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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Under an agreement announced 2019-10-22, Rocket Lab will provide Electron and Photon customers access to the KSAT network of ground stations as an additional service.
KSAT USA's KSAT Lite ground station service pushes about 60% of customer data to Amazon Web Services.
Kongsberg Satellite Services seeks access to daily ocean imagery to serve customers acquiring Earth observation data for maritime applications.
Iceye and KSAT began working together in 2018 to develop data products focused on monitoring maritime vessels and ice.
KSAT operates a satellite ground network with 180 antennas at 21 sites around the world.
KSAT provides more than 1,000 data products per week to customers worldwide.
Iceye and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) signed a contract on 2019-09-25 to extend their joint campaign to speed up access to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for government and commercial customers.
Kongsberg Satellite Services transfers data in S-band, X-band and Ka-band and is working with Tesat to install optical ground stations.
NanoAvionics, Kongsberg Satellite Services, and Antwerp Space raised 10,000,000 EUR for an on-orbit demonstration of an Internet-of-Things satellite constellation in June.
Airbus is working with Swedish Space Corporation and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to strengthen their antenna networks to provide more downlink links at medium latitudes for CO3D imagery.
PlanetiQ will use ground stations from KSAT and Atlas Space Operations to communicate with its satellites.
KSAT, of which Space Norway owns 50 percent, will build four new antennas ahead of the ASBM Falcon 9 launch to provide communications services to the twin satellites.
The Iceye–KSAT collaboration aims to allow government customers to obtain processed SAR data in as little as 15 minutes.
NanoAvionics, KSAT, and Antwerp Space raised 10,000,000 EUR on 2019-06-06 to start a constellation for Internet of Things connectivity that they would operate on behalf of a still-to-be-determined service provider.
On 2019-06-06, Iceye and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) planned to work together to speed up delivery of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery.
Kongsberg Satellite Services operates 179 antennas at 22 different sites around the world.
Kongsberg Satellite Services is working with Tesat-Spacecom to add optical nodes to its ground station network.
The Canada-based operating license application by Norway-based Kongsberg Satellite Services for a satellite ground receiving station in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, has been pending since 2016.
Kongsberg Satellite Services of Norway owns and operates a global network of satellite ground stations and offers Earth observation services.
Kongsberg Satellite Services signed a memorandum of understanding with Tesat-Spacecom to work together on optical communications technology.