Kongsberg Satellite Services Explained

Kongsberg Satellite Services AS
Type:Private
Location:Tromsø, Norway
Area Served:Global
Industry:Space
Products:Ground station services
Revenue: NOK 236 693 000 (before taxes, 2017)
Operating Income: NOK 752 139 000 (2017)
Num Employees:270 (2021)
Parent:Kongsberg Gruppen Norwegian Space Centre
Homepage:ksat.no

Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) is a Norwegian-based company. KSAT has the most extensive ground station network globally, and the world's largest ground station for support of polar orbiting satellites located at 78° North - Svalbard, Norway. They are a provider of ground network services and maritime monitoring services

KSAT headquarters is in Tromsø, Norway, with sales offices in Oslo, Stockholm and Denver, Colorado. KSAT AS is part of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norwegian Kongsberg Gruppen, an international technology group, that supplies high-technology to merchant marine, defence, aerospace, offshore oil and gas industries, and renewable and utilities industries.

KSAT was established in 2002, though its roots may be traced back to 1967 when the Tromsø ground station was inaugurated.

By mid 2021 KSAT had approximately 270 employees.

Sites

The company's global ground network consists of more than 200 antennas at 23 sites worldwide,[1] this provides optimized locations for satellites in polar, inclined and equatorial orbits. Everything is remotely monitored and controlled and from the HQ's network operations center in Tromsø.

Ownership

KSAT is owned equally (50/50) by Space Norway AS (50%), and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (50%).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ground Station Services .