The U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, conducting basic and applied scientific research and development. Within the space industry, NRL focuses on developing space-based platforms and exploiting existing space systems for various applications, including remote sensing, surveillance, and communications. NRL designs and operates spaceborne research instruments and experiments and partners with organizations like the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Key activities include satellite servicing robotics and ensuring satellite interoperability.
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George R. Carruthers studied the geocorona during his career at the Naval Research Lab.
The SoftRide vibration mitigation ring was tested on the Naval Research Lab's GEOSAT Follow-On satellite and the NRO’s STEX satellite in 1998.
NRL’s Sensor Development & Applications section contracted Blue Canyon Technologies of Boulder, Colorado to build and integrate the two CIRCE spacecraft.
SSL had planned to provide a satellite bus for RSGS that would combine with servicing hardware developed by the Naval Research Lab to demonstrate GEO satellite repair capabilities.