Kongsberg Spacetec

Kongsberg Spacetec AS or KSPT or Spacetec A/S is a supplier of space systems and services and is part of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace’s Space & Surveillance division. The ground services station is in Tromsø, Norway. The company is co-located with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Tromsø Satellite Station (TSS).

The company was created by employees of Tromsø Satellite Station, which had been operating since 1967. They created Drive Electronics in 1982, but it was bankrupt two years later. The company was recreated as Spacetec, which was registered on 11 December 1984. The company was created with a stock of NOK 5 million or NOK 1,000 per share. Spacetec created a joint company called Norspace. The companies that it was created from are Norsk Data, Computas, Informasjonskontroll and Noratom. Its job was to act as a supplier for the European Space Agency. By 1986, the company had eighteen employees. It received a state subsidy of NOK 6.25 million to help pay for its expansion.

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