The Danish National Space Center (DNSC; , DRC) is a Danish sector research

Research

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 Institute and a part of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. It is located in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 at Østerbro

Østerbro

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. It has a staff of 105, including 69 researchers.

It came about as a result of combining the Danish Space Research Institute

Danish Space Research Institute

Danish Space Research Institute was the space agency of Denmark from 1966 to 2005. It was a Danish sector research institute formed in 1966 under the Danish Ministry for Education and Research, later the Danish Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation...

 with the geodesy

Geodesy

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 part of the National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark

National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark

The National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark , short KMS, is the Danish state owned central agency responsible for surveying, mapping and land registering of all of Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and all waters associated with these...

 on January 1, 2005.

The Center conducts research in astrophysics

Astrophysics

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, Solar System

Solar System

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 physics

Physics

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, geodesy

Geodesy

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, and space technology

Space technology

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. To conduct the research, the Center collaborates with the Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Geophysics and Physics. The Center claims to employ seventy researchers, engineer

Engineer

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s, and technician

Technician

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s.

In 2007 DNSC merged with the Technical University of Denmark

Technical University of Denmark

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to DTU Space.