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NorSat-TD will demonstrate new technologies from France, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway. Updated: 20.01.2021
Friday the 22nd of January 2021 the Netherlands Space Office and the Norwegian Space Agency signed an agreement that places Dutch high-technology on Norway s new national satellite NorSat Technology Demonstrator (NorSat-TD).
The signing ceremony took place simultaneously at the embassies i both countries.
NorSat-TD will test technologies in orbit for Norwegian companies, state actors and international partners.
Moreover, the new satellite will increase the competency of the Norwegian space sector, particularly in the field of advanced communications technologies, as well as in satellite control and operations in orbit.
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Rathsman, meanwhile, said she would speak but only after the official announcement on December 17. Until those plans were nobbled by ESA.
As for the deafening silence we received from Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of the International Astronautical Federation and former head of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) this writer s not quite sure what to make of that.
Suffice to say, Ehrenfreund s departure from DLR earlier this year was shrouded in a similar amount of confusion and conspiracy as Wörner s upcoming departure from ESA one speaks of a lack of support but not much more.