Kongsberg Satellite Services


Kongsberg Satellite Services AS 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
The headquarters is in Tromsø, Norway, with sales offices in Oslo, Stockholm and Mountain View, California.
KSAT was established in 2002, but the journey began already in 1967 when the Tromsø Telemetry Station was inaugurated.
By the end of 2018 KSAT had approximately 200 employees.

Services

Satellite Operations services:
In 2018, KSATLITE, a dedicated unit at KSAT was established to meet the increasing demand for services in the NewSpace market.
Earth Observation services:
The company's global ground network consists of more than 200 antennas at 23 sites worldwide, 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.
KSAT is owned equally by Space Norway AS, and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS.