Dutch tech has launched into space onboard a satellite designed to analyse climate change.
Dutch tech features prominently in those plans.
One key contribution comes from TNO, a research organisation headquartered in The Hague.
The non-profit co-createdEarthCAREs Multi Spectral Imager (MSI), which will generatedataon clouds and aerosols.
Two cameras on the gadget will record the horizontal structures of clouds and atmospheric particles.
Back on Earth, scientists will analyse the information.
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A satellite with a dragon tail
Airbus Netherlands has also played a key role in EarthCAREs developments.
The Leiden-based supplier contributed its Hyperjointtech, which joins metallic brackets to a composite structure during the curing process.
According to ESA, thesystem can strengthen joints, reduceassembly costs, and optimise mass on the satellite.
Airbus Netherlands also produced the probessolar panels, which have an unusual location.
You could say we gave the dragon a tail.
That dragons body also features a lidar system, a cloud profiling radar, and a broadband radiometer.
According to ESA, they makeEarthCARE the agencys most complex research mission yet.
Simonetta Cheli,ESAs Director of Earth Observation Programmes, added that the missioncomes at a critical time.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
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