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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Gunnar Ånesland is the director of Broadcasting Products & Engineering at Space Norway.
Space Norway is collaborating with Media Excel to power a next-generation encoding headend for premium video distribution.
Space Norway has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of the communications satellite, THOR 8, into geostationary orbit.
The launch of THOR 8 will strengthen Space Norway’s communications capacity for governmental and commercial clients.
Northrop Grumman provided two GEOStar-3 satellites for the ASBM mission in addition to payload development, integration, testing, launch support, and early mission operations for Space Norway.
Northrop Grumman delivered two satellites to Space Norway on 2024-06-21 for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) to provide internet connectivity in the northern polar region.
Telenor will divest its space operations to focus on its core terrestrial communications business as part of the transaction with Space Norway.
Space Norway and Telenor Satellite generated about 1.8 billion Norwegian krone in combined revenues for 2022.
Space Norway half owns KSAT, a polar satellite infrastructure provider that operates a Svalbard ground station site connected by undersea fiber-optic cables managed by Space Norway.
Telenor plans to sell its satellite division to Space Norway in a deal worth around $216,000,000 announced on 2023-11-16.
ASBM is a two-satellite constellation designed to deliver broadband communications to the Northern polar region for the U.S. Space Force and Space Norway.
The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) is a two-satellite constellation designed to deliver broadband communications to the Northern polar region for the U.S. Space Force and Space Norway.
Viasat and Space Norway completed thermal vacuum testing of the first of two satellites for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission on 2023-06-29.
The Space Systems Command has partnered on international programs such as deploying U.S. military communications payloads on Space Norway satellites.
The U.S. Space Force signed an agreement with Space Norway to launch two military communications payloads on the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission projected to launch later 2023.
The U.S. Space Force delivered the second and final Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) military communications payloads for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) on 2023-11-28.
The U.S. Space Force is building a gateway site at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska to operate two new polar communications payloads scheduled to launch in 2023 on a Space Norway mission.
Space Norway’s current plan is to launch the first MicroSAR satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as a rideshare.
Space Norway AS signed contracts with vendors and will immediately start building a radar satellite system optimized for maritime surveillance in Norwegian areas of interest.
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).