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NASA’s Perseverance rover is lowered to the Martian surface February 18 to begin its astrobiology research and search for signs of ancient microbial life. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
By Leigh Hartman
When NASA’s Perseverance rover searches Mars for signs of ancient life it uses technology from partner nations across Europe.
The 2,260-pound (1,025-kilogram) rover is armed with imaging and sensor equipment from France, Italy, Spain and Norway.
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The U.S. Department of Defense works with our allies to expand their industrial base. We benefit because it helps the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standardize on equipment and our allies’ industrial capacity, capability and workforce can complement those of the United States. Allied countries benefit under the Global Capabilities Program which offers allies opportunities to partner on research and development, with the goal to build prototypes and eventually co-produce systems.
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Norway Selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to Develop Technology Demonstrator Microsatellite
February 16, 2021 By Editor
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Artist’s rendering of NorSat-TD in orbit. (Credit: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)).
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, 16 February 2021 – The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) has awarded Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of Canada a contract to develop the NorSat Technology Demonstrator (TD) microsatellite. With a primary mission of testing out new technologies in space, NorSat-TD will validate payloads and concepts from Norway, the Netherlands, France, and Italy.
SFL, which developed the operational NorSat-1 and -2 microsatellites launched in 2017, as well as NorSat-3 expected to launch in Q2 2021, has been contracted to design and build the NorSat-TD spacecraft and perform integration and testing of all systems and payloads. NorSat-TD has completed its final design review and been slated for launch in 2022.