Norsk Romsenter

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Norsk Romsenter
founding 1987
Headquarters Oslo
management Christian Hauglie-Hanssen
budget 99.2 million euros (2010)
Employee 32 (2010)
Web presence www.romsenter.no

The Norsk Romsenter (NSC for short) is the space agency of the Kingdom of Norway , based in Oslo . Its task is to promote space travel in Norway and manage the national space projects as well as the Norwegian projects within the ESA .

It was founded in 1987, the year Norway joined ESA. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Economy and Industry . In 2010 the NSC employed 32 people and was headed by Bo Nyborg Andersen.

In 2010 the Norsk Romsenter had a budget of EUR 99.2 million, from which the organization financed national and international projects. Of these 99.2 million euros, 62.3 million euros were used for projects in the ESA; 15.9 million euros were invested in mandatory program funds and 46.4 million euros in optional program funds of the ESA. The mandatory program funds comprise the scientific and operational activities of ESA, while the optional program funds are intended for a wide range of technological developments and applications. 15.9 million euros were spent on work on the Galileo satellite navigation system. National projects, companies and research institutions were supported by the NSC with 7.5 million euros in 2010.

On July 12, 2010 Norway's first satellite, AISSat-1 , was successfully launched into space. The satellite is used to monitor shipping traffic in northern waters and around Svalbard . It serves as a relay station for signals from the Automatic Identification System and can monitor environmental events and the transport of dangerous goods.

The NSC also manages government holdings in the organizations:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Annual Report 2010. (PDF; 5 MB) Norsk Romsenter, August 2011, accessed on August 1, 2012 .

Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 17.6 "  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 29.1"  E