{"city":"Tromsø","name":"KSAT","slug":"ksat","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"deployment","value":"Currently operates 17 satellites","source":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"deployment","value":"Has 20 more satellites in the pipeline","source":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"deployment","value":"Currently operates 17 satellites for five customers","source":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"deployment","value":"Established a satellite network operations center in Norway","source":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"product_launch","value":"Plans to expand its ground-station network into orbit with the Hyper relay network","source":"www.satellitetoday.com — 2026-09-03"},{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"deployment","value":"Established a satellite network operations center in Norway and currently operates 17 satellites for five customers, with 20 more satellites in the pipeline","source":"Via Satellite"}],"peers":[{"name":"SSC Space","rank":27,"slug":"ssc-space","score":"79"},{"name":"Kratos Defense","rank":42,"slug":"kratos-defense","score":"76"},{"name":"Leaf Space","rank":82,"slug":"leaf-space","score":"66"}],"stage":"Private","state":"Troms","aliases":["KSAT","Kongsberg Satellite Services"],"country":"Norway","domains":[{"why":"KSAT operates a worldwide ground-station and antenna network, providing satellite operations, communications and data delivery for customers such as ESA and defense constellations.","list":"Space 100","rank":19,"tier":"member","layer":"Ground & data","total":81,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":6,"technology":6},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Ground stations"}],"founded":2002,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-01","header":"KSAT is advancing construction of its third lunar communications ground station near Yuma, Arizona.","outlet":"PR Newswire, all releases"},{"date":"2026-09-09","header":"AnyLink began aggregating multiple ground networks into a single optimized communications path.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-03","header":"KSAT plans to expand its ground-station network into orbit with the Hyper relay network.","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-08-28","header":"KSAT is supporting Norway’s maritime domain-awareness network with low-latency satellite-ground connectivity.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-08-28","header":"KSAT and Unibap agreed to deploy edge-computing capabilities on two KSAT demonstration satellites.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-06-04","header":"KSAT and Synspective expanded their strategic alliance to support a larger StriX SAR constellation.","outlet":"sorae"}],"website":"https://www.ksat.no","category":"Space · Ground & data","categories":[{"name":"Ground stations","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Ground & data"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-02T10:00:39.592+00:00","facts_total":59,"positioning":"KSAT is a Norwegian ground-station operator (a 50/50 JV of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Space Norway) running 200+ antennas across 23 sites, including the largest polar ground station on Earth at Svalbard (78N), a structural monopoly in polar ground segment. It is a NASA Near Space Network provider (including lunar services), added Australia and Maspalomas sites under a Maxar extension, and is moving its product into orbit via the Hyper program of orbiting ground stations (launch contract December 2025). A CEO transition occurred in January 2026, and standalone financials are equity-accounted and not separately filed (estimated 10-100m to 100-500m).","sub_category":"Ground stations","signals_total":16,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ksat","title":"KSAT · space, Tromsø, Troms, Norway · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"KSAT operates a worldwide ground-station and antenna network, providing satellite operations, communications and data delivery for customers such as ESA and defense constellations. Space 100 rank 19 (score 81) 16 signals and 59 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}