132 MNOK satellite contract for KSAT

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is awarded a contract to provide ground station services to serve the next generation weather satellites developed by the National Space and Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), USA.

KSAT will be using the company’s ground stations in Svalbard Norway and in Antarctica to provide services to the Japanese satellite GCOM-W1 and the NASA satellites JPSS. The Ground Stations will be operated from KSAT’s main office in Tromsø.

The contract confirms KSATs position as the world leading provider of ground station services to polar orbiting satellites. The contract is for 5 years of operation. The contract value is apprx. MNOK 132.