Space Norway is a Norwegian state-owned enterprise and a major satellite operator in Northern Europe. It focuses on providing critical connectivity and infrastructure from subsea to outer space. The company owns and operates a fleet of satellites, including the ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) and THOR series, and subsea fiber cables, delivering services like broadcasting and data communication to governmental, public, and commercial sectors. Space Norway collaborates with entities like the Norwegian Armed Forces, US Space Force, Viasat, and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT).
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Space Norway operates two broadband satellites that carry defense-focused payloads.
Space Norway's Emergency Preparedness service embeds a software-driven satellite link directly into an organization's existing routing racks.
Space Norway is the primary owner and operator of communications satellites in Scandinavia.
Space Norway keeps dedicated orbital bandwidth permanently reserved for contracted Emergency Preparedness clients.
Space Norway is coordinating with telecom authorities in Sweden, Finland, and Denmark to expand the Emergency Preparedness service into those countries over the coming months.
Space Norway has rolled out its Emergency Preparedness satellite communications service.
Space Norway's Emergency Preparedness service provides backup communications for onshore businesses, public utilities, and government entities during failures of terrestrial fiber or cellular systems.
Client teams using Space Norway's Emergency Preparedness service undergo operational training and routine network failover drills after hardware installation.
Space Norway monitors Emergency Preparedness backup links around the clock through its centralized Network Operations Centre.
Transporter-16 includes payloads from K2 Space, Momentus, Varda, AAC Clyde Space, Space Norway, NuSat, Muon Space, Capella Space, Satlantis, Spire, PeakSat, and ICEYE.
Named prior FCC satellite milestone extension grantees include ViaSat, Hughes Network Systems, Space Norway, EarthWatch, DIRECTV, AT&T, Intelsat, SES, Maxar, and EchoStar.
Thales Alenia Space won GEO contracts for the THOR 8 satellite for Space Norway and JSAT-32 for SKY Perfect JSAT.
Space Norway confirmed on March 11 last year that it had decided in favour of Telesat Lightspeed.
Space Norway was established in 2014 as a completely commercially operated government-owned entity.
The Space Norway-operated ASBM system provides continuous broadband and secure communications across the Arctic serving Norwegian defense and civilian needs and providing a secure payload for the U.S. Space Force.
SvalSat in Svalbard is the world’s largest ground station with over 100 antennas and has operated since 1997 under Kongsberg Satellite Services, a joint venture between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Space Norway.
Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) implements a near-seamless transition between satellites in highly elliptical orbit and geostationary orbit to provide Arctic coverage.
Space Norway's new deployment will enable the efficient delivery of nearly 200 linear channels to its customers.
The HERO platform’s capabilities for AI-enabled encoding allow Space Norway to optimize video quality and bandwidth usage automatically.
Space Norway will use the HERO 6000 platform for its encoding headend rollout.