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 competed its Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission among European and American manufacturers before selecting Northrop Grumman to build two satellites.
GMV received a contract from Northrop Grumman to provide the flight control system for Space Norway’s two highly elliptical orbit satellites.
Inmarsat has two payloads scheduled to launch in 2022 on Space Norway satellites being built by Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman is providing ground infrastructure for the two Space Norway satellites it is building under a contract won in July.
The seven non-replacement commercial GEO orders 2019 include three Global Xpress satellites from Inmarsat, Viasat’s Asia-Pacific ViaSat-3 satellite, PSN’s SATRIA satellite, and Space Norway’s two Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission satellites.
Space Norway was established in 2014 as a state-run company tasked with procuring the ASBM constellation.
Space Norway purchased the two ASBM satellites on 2019-07-03.
The ASBM satellites will each carry a commercial Ka-band payload operated by Space Norway and leased by Inmarsat.
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 EHF-EDR payloads are being developed by Northrop Grumman and are planned to be hosted on Space Norway buses, with the first scheduled to launch in 2022.
Space Norway received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2017 to provide communications services in the United States.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence may purchase commercial Ka-band capacity from Space Norway for military use in addition to the X-band payload the MoD will have on the ASBM satellites.