Andøya Space
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Andøya Space, also named Andøya Space Center and formerly Andøya Rocket Range, is a rocket launch site, rocket range, and spaceport on Andøya island (the northernmost in the Vesterålen archipelago) in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Since 1962, over 1,200 sounding and sub-orbital rockets of various configurations have been launched from the site.
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Abbreviation | ASC |
Formed | 1962 |
Type | Space agency |
Owner | Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace |
Employees | 100 |
Website | http://andoyaspace.no |
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Andøya Space is a civilian, limited liability company with its ownership split between two groups: 90% by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, and 10% by Kongsberg Defence Systems company.[1] It operates on a commercial basis. Andøya Space also supports the SvalRak launch facility in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard to the north. The facility has provided operations for both ESA, NASA, JAXA and DLR missions and related scientific research.