Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is a Norwegian commercial company and a leading provider of ground station services and Earth observation services, connecting space and Earth. They operate a global network of ground stations, including polar and mid-latitude stations, with over 270 antennas, offering satellite tracking and control, launch support, and data reception. KSAT partners with organizations like NASA, JAXA, and Rocket Lab to provide communication services for spacecraft and support missions in low-Earth orbit and lunar exploration. Key activities include ground network services, Earth observation, maritime monitoring, and environmental monitoring using satellite data.
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KSAT is leading its first EC Horizon Europe project through POSEIDON.
Kongsberg Satellite Services of Norway leads and coordinates the POSEIDON consortium.
Axelspace’s expanded partnership with Kongsberg Satellite Services is intended to support future growth in environmental monitoring, disaster response, and maritime applications.
Axelspace will continue to use KSATlite, Kongsberg Satellite Services’ fully automated Ground Segment-as-a-Service for small satellites and mega-constellations.
The Axelspace and Kongsberg Satellite Services collaboration is aligned with ground segment cloudification and IT convergence in the commercial space sector.
KSAT’s Integrated Mission Services combines launch support, mission operations, and data delivery.
Axelspace’s existing GRUS constellation has been deployed and continuously operated with support from Kongsberg Satellite Services.
Kongsberg Satellite Services and Axelspace Corporation have expanded their strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of Axelspace’s AxelGlobe Earth observation business.
The enhanced Axelspace and Kongsberg Satellite Services agreement is intended to strengthen Axelspace’s operational infrastructure.
The expanded Kongsberg Satellite Services and Axelspace partnership is intended to enhance satellite observation frequency, strengthen operational capabilities, and enable faster continuous monitoring of Earth’s surface.
ArkEdge Space formed a strategic partnership with Kongsberg Satellite Services to collaborate in the microsatellite sector.
Kongsberg Satellite Services has signed a launch contract for the first Hyperion satellites and is targeting initial deployment in late 2027.
The Hyperion mission will extend Kongsberg Satellite Services' global ground network into low Earth orbit to test how an in-orbit relay layer can cut latency and increase contact opportunities for customer spacecraft.
HYPER will use Kongsberg Satellite Services' full global ground network as its backbone, including established sites in locations such as Svalbard and Antarctica to link space-based relays with terrestrial downlink stations.
Kongsberg Satellite Services plans to deploy Hyperion on high-performing satellites of around 300 kilograms to provide the power, pointing agility, and communications capacity needed to demonstrate the full HYPER concept at operationally relevant scale.
Arnulf Kjeldsen, EVP Strategy and Technology at Kongsberg Satellite Services, positions Hyperion as a key step to strengthen secure data delivery and give customers more control over when and where their data reaches the ground.
Kongsberg Satellite Services positions HYPER as the next stage in automating and hardening ground segment services and notes that 2026 marks ten years of KSATlite operations.
HYPER adds a space-based relay segment that complements Kongsberg Satellite Services' existing network of several hundred antennas at more than 40 sites worldwide.
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSat) will launch demonstration satellites in 2027 for a future geospatial imagery data-relay constellation.
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSat) is a satellite ground station and Earth observation service provider.