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NorSat-3 was launched on 2012-04-28 aboard Arianespace’s Vega Flight VV18 from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
NorSat-3 is equipped with an experimental navigation radar detector developed by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) to augment the AIS receiver.
Space Flight Laboratory developed the 16.5 kg NorSat-3 smallsat on its Next Generation Earth Monitoring and Observation (NEMO) platform under contract to the Norwegian Space Agency.
CNES will support evaluation of the thruster performances and precise navigation payloads for NorSat-TD using accurate ranging measurements from the Nice optical geodesy station.
Space Flight Laboratory developed NorSat-3, which was expected to launch in 2021-04-01.
NorSat-TD will be developed using Space Flight Laboratory’s 30x30x40-cm DEFIANT microsatellite bus with a mass of 35 kg due to additional planned payloads.
Space Flight Laboratory is contracted to design and build the NorSat-TD spacecraft and perform integration and testing of all systems and payloads.
ThrustMe developed an iodine-fueled electric propulsion thruster that will be tested on NorSat-TD to demonstrate the ability to change a satellite’s orbit.
Fugro developed Space Star, a space-based GPS instrument that will be tested on NorSat-TD to determine satellite position in orbit for improved situational awareness.
Space Norway developed the VHF Data Exchange System, an advanced communication system that first flew on NorSat-2 and has been improved for higher bandwidth and more reliable two-way communications among satellites, ships, and land.
NorSat-TD completed its final design review and has been slated for launch in 2022.
NorSat-1, NorSat-2, and NorSat-3 were built on Space Flight Laboratory’s 15-kg NEMO microsatellite platform measuring 20x20x0.4 m.
The Norwegian Space Agency awarded Space Flight Laboratory of Canada a contract to develop the NorSat Technology Demonstrator microsatellite.
NorSat-2 and NorSat-TD will provide greater communication capacity for ships in Norwegian waters when operating together.
Space Flight Laboratory developed the operational NorSat-1 and NorSat-2 microsatellites launched in 2017.
SFL’s NEMO microsatellite platform has a mass of 15 kg and measures 20 x 20 x 0.4 m and was used for NorSat-1, NorSat-2, and NorSat-3.
NorSat-TD will test Space Star, a space-based GPS instrument developed by Fugro, as a means of determining a satellite’s position in orbit for improved situational awareness.
NorSat-TD will carry the Small Communication Active Terminal (SmallCAT) developed by TNO to support laser communications experiments between the satellite and a ground station operated by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment.
SFL developed the operational NorSat-1 and NorSat-2 microsatellites that launched in 2017.
SFL developed NorSat-3, which was expected to launch in 2021-04-01.