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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GHGSat is partnering with Kongsberg Satellite Services to provide satellite operations and control of GHGSat’s constellation of greenhouse gas monitoring spacecraft.
Kongsberg Satellite Services has worked with GHGSat since 2019 to deliver emissions data from GHGSat’s first satellite for Earth observation services.
Since 2021, Kongsberg Satellite Services has supported the GHGSat constellation from its Global Ground Station network.
Kongsberg Satellite Systems (KSAT) established the first commercial ground station in Greece in 2020.
Since 2021, KSAT has supported the GHGSat constellation from its Global Ground Station network.
KSAT has worked with GHGSat since 2019 to support emissions data downlink from GHGSat’s first Earth observation satellite.
KSAT will provide services to GHGSat from the Tromsø Satellite Operations Centre (TSOC).
Kongsberg Satellite Services will provide services to GHGSat from the Tromsø Satellite Operations Center (TSOC).
GHGSat is partnering with Kongsberg Satellite Services to provide satellite operations and control of GHGSat’s constellation of greenhouse gas monitoring spacecraft.
The Tromsø Satellite Operations Center is a new KSAT operations center designed to provide resilient and secure solutions and to be adaptable to manage multiple missions featuring different platforms and Mission Control Systems.
KSAT has worked with GHGSat since 2019 on emissions data from GHGSat’s first satellite for Earth observation services.
Since 2021, KSAT has supported the GHGSat constellation from its Global Ground Station network.
The contract awarded to KSAT USA is a firm fixed-price milestone-based contract in the amount of $161,638.
NASA awarded KSAT Inc. a $162,000 contract to conduct studies related to direct-to-Earth and lunar-space-relay communications.
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) will establish, operate, and own the MicroSAR Ground System using KSAT’s existing global network.
The Space Norway group comprises the holding company Space Norway AS, the 100% owned subsidiaries Statsat AS and Space Norway HEOSAT AS (HEOSAT), and a 50% ownership in Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT).
KSAT will establish, operate, and own the MicroSAR Ground System using its existing global network.
KSAT will provide services related to satellite operations and downlink of MicroSAR data on behalf of Space Norway.
Kongsberg Satellite Services operates ground stations in Punta Arenas, Chile; Svalbard, Norway; and Troll Station, Antarctica that will support LunIR communications.
The 11 kg LunIR satellite will communicate with Earth via ground stations operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services in Punta Arenas, Chile; Svalbard, Norway; and Troll station, Antarctica.