Svalbard Satellite Station

Svalbard Satellite Station or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on near in , Norway. Opened in 1997, it is operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services, a joint venture between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Space Centre.
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  • Research institute
  • …is also known as “SvalSat”
  • Description: satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Svalbard Airport, Longyear and Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
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Aerodrome
Svalbard Airport is the main airport serving in Norway. is situated 2½ km northeast of Svalbard Satellite Station.
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Warehouse
The is a secure backup… is situated 2 km east of Svalbard Satellite Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nybyen and Longyearbyen.
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Suburb
is a small settlement located on the southern… is situated 5 km southeast of Svalbard Satellite Station.
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, is the largest populated area, and capital of the region of .
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Hamlet
is a former Soviet company town in … is situated 9 km southwest of Svalbard Satellite Station.

Svalbard Satellite Station

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Latitude
78.22801° or 78° 13′ 41″ north
Longitude
15.40157° or 15° 24′ 6″ east
Open location code
CFCQ6CH2+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 587698406
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q1796135

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Svalbard Satellite Station” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Estació de satèl·lit de Svalbard”
  • Danish: “Svalbard Satellitstation”
  • Danish: “Svalbard satellittstation”
  • Danish: “SvalSat”
  • French: “Station du Svalbard”
  • French: “Téléport du Svalbard”
  • German: “Svalbard Satelliten-Station”
  • German: “SvalSat”
  • Japanese: “スヴァールバル衛星基地”
  • Japanese: “スヴァールバル衛星局”
  • Korean: “스발바르 위성 기지국”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svalbard satellittstasjon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svalsat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “SvalSat”
  • Norwegian: “Svalbard satellittstasjon”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de satélite de Esvalbarda”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de satélite de Svalbard”
  • Swedish: “Svalbard satellittstasjon”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Flyplassen and Blomsterdalshøgda.

Nearby Places

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Svalbard: Highlights

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