We're excited to share the first glimpse of Chronos, headed to orbit later this year aboard our Terra Nova satellite. Chronos is NordSpace's own imaging payload developed in-house for edge-AI real-time intelligence in low earth orbit (LEO), initially trained for wildfire and arctic monitoring, and to practice wide-field-of-view space domain awareness. Chronos will be in-orbit later this year aboard NordSpace’s first Terra Nova satellite built to test real-time operations in LEO, launching with SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission. Chronos features a NVIDIA GPU and 3 cameras: high-resolution visible band, multispectral, and situational awareness. This pathfinder mission is fully privately funded and managed by NordSpace in our Space Systems Lab (SSL). In addition to Chronos, Terra Nova is flying Zephyr-EP, a small electric thruster developed to test in-space propulsion applications such as station-keeping, RPOD, and de-orbiting. This mission is both a demonstration of key technologies NordSpace will leverage for our upcoming constellation and hosted payload offering, and an experience building activity for in-space operations as part of NordSpace’s goal to develop an end-to-end space missions capability in Canada. The Terra-Nova platform will be scaled to larger satellites for hosted payload missions starting later this year, with the goal to boost satellite output in Canada while generating significant internalized demand for NordSpace's own orbital launch vehicle program. If you are looking to fly your payload to space or are looking to develop small constellations, reach out to our team for the fastest and most reliable way to complete your mission. @NationalDefence @DRDC_RDDC @csa_asc
