KSAT / organization
sourcing5 factsKSAT operates as a global space services company across two focus areas: ground network services, providing satellite communication infrastructure such as data acquisition, telemetry, tracking and command across a global network of several hundred antennas at over 40 ground station locations, and Earth observation services delivering monitoring and imagery analysis for environmental tracking, land monitoring, and maritime surveillance. The company employs over 600 people and operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. KSAT is equally owned by Space Norway AS and Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS.
faq
What is KSAT?
KSAT focuses on Ground network services and Earth observation services. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
Where is KSAT based?
KSAT is based in Norway. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
When was KSAT founded?
KSAT was founded in 2002. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
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- 20242024-12-23KSAT selected as a provider to NASA's Near Space Network, including lunar services (source, as of 2026-07-12)
- 20072007KSAT's Troll Satellite Station becomes operational (source, as of 2026-07-12)
- 20022002KSAT established by Norwegian Space Centre and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (source, as of 2026-07-12)
- 19971997Svalbard Satellite Station established (source, as of 2026-07-12)
- 19671967Tromso Telemetry Station inaugurated (source, as of 2026-07-12)