https://spacewatch.global/tag/kongsberg-satellite-services/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 12 May 2026 10:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/kongsberg-satellite-services/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/geoint-2026-day-three-ksats-rob-ayasse-tracking-dark-vessels-and-the-power-of-ground-stations/ Mon, 11 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73834 Torsten Kriening talks with Rob Ayasse, VP of Earth Observation Sales at KSAT, at GEOINT 2026. Discover KSAT's dual business model, the new Wake by KSAT dark vessel detection platform, and a real-world case study tracking a sanctions-busting tanker from Russia to Syria.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/nasa-selects-volunteers-to-track-the-orion-spacecraft-during-its-artemis-ii-mission-around-the-moon/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70879 NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II test flight's journey around the Moon. This comes as the Agency shifts the mission's earliest possible launch date from February to March after concluding its wet dress rehearsal. The volunteers comprised established commercial service providers, members of academia, and individual amateur radio enthusiasts who will use their respective equipment to passively track radio waves transmitted by Orion during its approximately 10-day journey.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/ksat-and-liberatech-forge-strategic-alliance-to-advance-global-earth-intelligence/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65713 In a move that reflects the accelerating convergence of space-based infrastructure and advanced analytics, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Liberatech Space have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming Earth observation into real-time, predictive intelligence. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/sky-perfect-jsat-and-ksat-to-provide-ground-station-services-to-jaxa/ Wed, 10 May 2023 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48575 SKY Perfect JSAT, a Japanese Satellite Communications & Solutions provider, and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a Norwegian company, will provide Near-Earth Tracking and Control Services to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other Japanese governmental organisations. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/nicfi-prolongs-public-access-to-satellite-images/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47449 During his visit to Brazil, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Espen Barth Eide announced that NICFI’s Satellite Data Program is extended until September 2024. After 2.5 years of the program, it has become evident that public access to high resolution satellite images leads to more effective rainforest protection, Eide said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/ksat-signs-agreement-with-mbrsc-to-support-uaes-first-lunar-rover/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47117 Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a Norwegian-based company, has been contracted by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), home to the UAE National Space Programme, to provide direct communication between the Moon and the Earth. The Emirati Lunar Mission (ELM) Rashid rover will communicate with KSAT’s Svalsat ground station located on the island of Svalbard. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/ksat-to-support-noaas-deep-space-solar-observatory/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45833 KBR has selected Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to provide all Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) SWFO Antenna Network (SAN) services. The KBR and KSAT team are developing a blended network, including U.S. government ground station sites with KSAT-owned capabilities delivered as a service.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/ksat-to-support-intuitive-machines-missions-to-the-moon/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33564&preview=true&preview_id=33564 Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) will support and service Intuitive Machines (IM) for all its Moon missions, the company announced. KSAT has entered a long-term agreement with IM to support every stage of IM’s missions to the Moon, from launch and early operations, through transit, including lunar operations, KSAT said. IM will use KSAT services for its 2022 IM-1 mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/europe-pushes-moonlight-a-lunar-satellite-constellation/ Wed, 19 May 2021 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32871&preview=true&preview_id=32871 “The first ever lunar communications & navigation service”: Europe pushes ahead with its plan to place communication and navigation satellites around the Moon. Under its Moonlight initiative, the European Space Agency (ESA) supports two consortia of European companies which embark on the design of telecommunications and navigation services for Moon missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/astrocast-and-ksat-sign-new-partnership-to-leverage-the-ksatlite-ground-network-for-faster-constellation-growth/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24925&preview=true&preview_id=24925 Astrocast and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) announced today the signing of a new partnership agreement to utilize the integral flexibility of the KSATLITE ground network as a relay for the Astrocast IoT Nanosatellite Network.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/iceye-and-ksat-to-break-the-15-minutes-barrier-from-acquisition-to-delivery-for-sar-imaging/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 05:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14551 ICEYE and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), will jointly offer full SAR Ground Segment services to ICEYE SAR satellite constellation customers. This collaborative service enables timelines as short as 15 minutes from image acquisition to processed SAR image delivery for government customers globally.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/earth-chooses-spacemetric-process-still-images-video/ Mon, 25 Dec 2017 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6738 British ‘New Space’ pioneer Earth-i announced that images and video from its new prototype satellite due for launch early January 2018 will be managed, catalogued and geometrically corrected using software from Swedish photogrammetry and imagery specialist, Spacemetric. Earth-i is building the first commercial constellation in the world to provide full-colour video; and the first European-owned […]]]>