New-Space Demonstrator

The CENSSS partners involved in WP 2 are: UiO, FFI, KSAT, IDEAS, EIDEL, NEO, Jotne, Vake and S&T. The partners have designed and developed payloads and are now operating several small satellites orbiting the Earth. CENSSS will, based on the most promising payload developed in WP 1 model, design, integrate, launch, operate and exploit a Norwegian built New-Space satellite.

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Partners in CENSSS are already working on busses for onboard integration of sensors in CubeSats. CENSSS will continue this development to make complete solutions including the design and integration of complete small satellites, including sub- systems for power, attitude determination and control, positioning and orbit maintenance, up/down-link, data processing and handling, communication, thermal control, mechanical structure etc, as well as the ground segment for tracking, telemetry and control, data processing, analysis and distribution.

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The development will go through bread boarding in the lab, prototype manufacturing, environmental and functional testing and eventually flight ready hardware ready for launch. Innovative methods, such as digital-twins, will be utilized in the design, testing and validation of the spacecraft.