- Source: Kongsberg Satellite Services
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, 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.
Troll, Antarctic
Cordoba, Argentina (partner station)
Tolhuin, Argentina (partner station)
Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Punta Arenas, Chile
Nemea, Greece
Nuuk, Greenland
Bangalore, India (partner station)
Tokyo, Japan
Mauritius
Awarua, New Zealand
Svalbard, Norway
Tromsø, Norway
Vardø, Norway
Panama
Azores, Portugal (partner station)
Singapore
Hartebeesthoek, South Africa
Puertollano, Spain
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
Hawaii, United States
Ownership
KSAT is owned equally (50/50) by Space Norway AS (50%), and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (50%).
References
External links
Official Kongsberg Satellite Services website