Hopp til innhold NO | EN HOME CONTACT US Our mission is to manage and further develop space-related infrastructure, and to make other investments in space-related activities. Space Norway in brief Space Norway AS was established in 1995 as a subsidiary of the Norwegian Space Agency to act as a vehicle for the agency’s operational activities. The company owns the fibre optic cable between Svalbard and mainland Norway. The cable is a key element of Norway’s infrastructure in the Arctic. Space Norway owns a 50 % stake in Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT). KSAT was established by the Norwegian Space Agency, Space Norway, and the Kongsberg Group in 2001. KSAT reads data from satellites that are observing the Earth from space. The company is the largest of its kind in the world and has enjoyed excellent growth in the international market. Space Norway have at its disposal satellite-based communications capacity providing coverage of the Troll Research Station in Antarctica. The solution on board the Thor 7 satellite has been developed in cooperation with Telenor. Space Norway is also the owner of Statsat AS, a company that manages small satellites owned by the Norwegian state, such as AISSat-1 and -2 and Norsat-1 and -2. Space Norway investigates the possibility of establishing new projects in space-related activities based in Norway, whether alone or in cooperation with others. Our Board of directors: Svein Olav Munkeby, Chairman Ann-Kari Heier, Board member Tore Olaf Rimmereid, Board member Siri Løvlund, Board member Click the link below for our annual report for 2020: Space Norway Annual Report Press release 03.07.2019: Space Norway to provide satellite based Arctic broadband Space Norway will cooperate with the satellite operator Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence to offer mobile broadband coverage to civilian and military users in the Arctic. Two satellites will be built by Northrop Grumman and are scheduled to be launched by SpaceX in late 2022. The ground station will be established in North Norway and ensure Norwegian control of this critically important capability. “This will be a milestone for people in the Arctic who have very limited or no broadband access in the region” says Jostein Rønneberg, Space Norway ́s CEO.“We are building a robust communications capability in an area strategically important to Norway and our partners. This will be vital for surveillance, fishery control and rescue operations in the vast sea area that is under Norwegian control, and will significantly improve our ability to operate in the High North”. Space Norway, a limited liability company owned by the Norwegian government, has established a new subsidiary company, Space Norway HEOSAT AS, to manage the program and operate the two satellites together with Kongsberg Satellites Services in Tromsø, Norway. The program is fully financed with customer agreements in place for the service life of the satellites. “After a multi-year dedicated effort, we are both proud and happy to have closed customer agreements with Inmarsat and with the Norwegian and US militaries”, saysthe Program Director Kjell-Ove Skare. “This is an exciting collaborative effort, which ensures a cost effective solution for all parties. Now we are eager to start the real work of building the satellites and the ground stations. We look forward to providingthe world’s first and only mobile broadband service in the Artic region; somethingwhich has long been an important objective for the Norwegian authorities.” Both satellites will be launched in late 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into a Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO), which will provide full coverage from 65 degrees North, which in practical terms is the area North of the Arctic Circle. Each of the two satellites will carry multiple payloads, and the system is scheduled to be operational for at least 15 years with users able to switch between current geostationary satellites and the HEO satellites. Each satellite will have a mass of 2000 kg and provide 6 kWatt power through their sun arrays. Drammensveien 165, Postboks 66 Skøyen, 0212 Oslo