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ArkEdge Space formed a strategic partnership with Kongsberg Satellite Services to collaborate in the microsatellite sector.
Kongsberg Satellite Services plans to deploy Hyperion on high-performing satellites of around 300 kilograms to provide the power, pointing agility, and communications capacity needed to demonstrate the full HYPER concept at operationally relevant scale.
Arnulf Kjeldsen, EVP Strategy and Technology at Kongsberg Satellite Services, positions Hyperion as a key step to strengthen secure data delivery and give customers more control over when and where their data reaches the ground.
Kongsberg Satellite Services has signed a launch contract for the first Hyperion satellites and is targeting initial deployment in late 2027.
Kongsberg Satellite Services positions HYPER as the next stage in automating and hardening ground segment services and notes that 2026 marks ten years of KSATlite operations.
HYPER will use Kongsberg Satellite Services' full global ground network as its backbone, including established sites in locations such as Svalbard and Antarctica to link space-based relays with terrestrial downlink stations.
The Hyperion mission will extend Kongsberg Satellite Services' global ground network into low Earth orbit to test how an in-orbit relay layer can cut latency and increase contact opportunities for customer spacecraft.
HYPER adds a space-based relay segment that complements Kongsberg Satellite Services' existing network of several hundred antennas at more than 40 sites worldwide.
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSat) is a satellite ground station and Earth observation service provider.
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSat) will launch demonstration satellites in 2027 for a future geospatial imagery data-relay constellation.
HYPER functions as an orbital relay layer that augments Kongsberg Satellite Services’ existing terrestrial ground network.
The Hyperion mission will validate inter-satellite links and seamless integration with Kongsberg Satellite Services’ global ground infrastructure.
Kongsberg Satellite Services unveiled the Hyperion mission at the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley on February 10, 2026.
KSAT USA identifies latency reduction as the primary unmet need in imaging and prioritizes faster data delivery.
Kongsberg Satellite Services operates a global ground network of more than 40 sites and 300 antennas.
Kongsberg Satellite Services aims to eliminate latency gaps in satellite communications by transposing terrestrial ground station capabilities into space.
Kongsberg Satellite Services has a signed launch contract with SpaceX targeting a launch window in late 2027 for the first Hyperion satellites.
The combined KSAT and VAKE organization is pursuing shorter decision cycles by reducing the time from satellite collection to information delivery across multiple satellite operators.
The Vake Powered By KSAT platform provides options to task new satellite collections directly from the platform interface.
KSAT acquired VAKE in 2024.