U.S. Naval Research Lab

TREx connects satellite operations centers to commercial and government-owned antennas and was originally developed by NRL’s Naval Center for Space Technology.

Brian Cassidy, the NRL program manager for TREx, noted that this effort demonstrates the benefits of early coordination and shared vision in delivering critical capabilities.

CCOR-2 builds on NRL's CCOR-1, which operates on NOAA's GOES-19 in geostationary orbit.

Carruthers continued to work in the trailer even after formally retiring from NRL.

Later in his career, Carruthers's lab was moved into a trailer outside the main NRL building due to limited office space.

PARCAE utilized a multiple satellite dispenser developed by NRL engineers Peter Wilhem and Frederick W. Raymond.

The NRL developed new capabilities to enable closer integration of surveillance data with Navy unit operations.

NRL completed spaceflight qualification and thermal vacuum testing of the RSGS payload on 2024-10-08.

The RSGS payload resided in a cryogenic thermal vacuum chamber at NRL’s Naval Center for Space Technology in Washington, D.C. during testing on 2024-10-08.

The NRL robotic arms completed thermal vacuum testing on 2024-11-14 and are now at Northrop Grumman’s satellite integration facility in Dulles, Virginia.

SpaceLogistics is using the NRL-developed robotic arms for the MRV under a partnership with DARPA.

The Naval Research Laboratory will test the payload for compatibility with the NRL-designed robot arm.

NRL implemented machine vision, position control, collision avoidance, and compliance control algorithms in RSGS flight software, and the flight software provides command-and-control functionality and control interfaces to the spacecraft bus.

NRL procured panchromatic and color cameras and designed LED lighting units to provide situational awareness during RSGS robotic activities.

NRL’s Sensor Development & Applications section contracted Blue Canyon Technologies of Boulder, Colorado to build and integrate the two CIRCE spacecraft.