At the end of the year, Bjørn Ivar Moen has announce he will leave the position as CEO of Telenor Sweden. Recruitment of a new CEO will be announced shortly. […]
Norway
Norway officially licensed to launch at Andøya Spaceport
Less than one year after the opening of the Norwegian spaceport at Andøya, Andøya Spaceport has reached yet another important milestone towards the first launch of satellites from Norwegian soil. […]
SpaceX to launch Northrop Gumman’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission for Space Norway
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2, two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian […]
Telenor Group brings in CEO from SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, she will be Telenor’s President and CEO
Telenor Group’s Board of Directors has appointed Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer as new President & CEO. Sigve Brekke is stepping down December 1st after more than 9 years as President & […]
USSPACECOM, NATO leaders affirm cooperation at Space Symposium
U.S. Space Command and fellow NATO spacefaring nations reaffirmed their ironclad commitment to the safety and stability of the space domain throughout Space Symposium that was in session from April […]
KSAT acquires majority stake in Norwegian startup VAKE
KSAT, Kongsberg Satellite Services, has acquired a majority stake of 70 percent of VAKE, a Norwegian space–startup that delivers maritime domain awareness by using satellite data combined with machine learning […]
HummingSat is the world’s first commercial GEO smallsat creating a new chapter in space innovation
Inspired by the tiny, fast-moving hummingbird, ESA and SWISSto12 have signed a contract for the full development of a new product line of satellites called HummingSat. SWISSto12 is a manufacturer […]
ESA–European Geosciences Union 2023 Excellence Award winners
Honoring individual scientists and teams of scientists that have contributed to the innovative use of Earth observation data, ESA and the European Geosciences Union (EGU) are happy to announce the […]
Europe’s 1st solar sail mission successfully launched
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has announced the successful launch of Europe‘s first solar sail mission aboard SpaceX Transporter-6 — the 6U smallsat, nicknamed ‘Alpha,’ was manufactured for France’s Gama and is […]
Norwegian-Dutch smallsats successfully launched
Two Norwegian-Dutch smallsats were successfully launched on January 3, 2023 — Birkeland and Huygens were placed into orbit by SpaceX via the Transporter-6 mission. MilSpace2 is a cooperation project between […]