His Majesty King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway, together with a large delegation headed by the Governor of Svalbard, the minister of Justice and the Minister of Education visited KSAT SvalSat April 28, 2006.
On a beautiful spring day the King and the Queen were introduced to satellite operation and control, remote sensing from satellites, oil-spill and ship detection base don data from Polar orbiting satellites. Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) is a world leading provider of services in these areas. KSAT services are provided to international satellite owners and operators such as NASA, NOAA, ESA Eumetsat, ISRO of India, JAXA of Japan to mention a few. The Svalbard Station is the world largest ground station for reception of data from polar orbiting meteorological satellites. The oil spill and ship detection service is the only operational service of its kind and it based on data received from radar satellites.
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(01.05.06)
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