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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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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway
  • Also known as: “SvalSat”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Svalbard Airport, Longyear and Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Aerodrome
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY 3.0.
Svalbard Airport is the main airport serving in Norway. It is 5 km northwest of on the west coast, and is the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights. is situated 2½ km northeast of Svalbard Satellite Station.

Warehouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of in the remote Arctic archipelago. is situated 2 km east of Svalbard Satellite Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nybyen and Longyearbyen.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of , on the island of , in the archipelago of . The name is Norwegian and translates as The New Town. is situated 5 km southeast of Svalbard Satellite Station.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is the largest populated area, and capital of the region of . The settlement is generally regarded as the northernmost town in the world as well as the most easily accessed frontier in the Arctic, and is an ideal base for the greater exploration of and the high Arctic.

Svalbard Satellite Station

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
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Satellite Map

Discover Svalbard Satellite Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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 Polar bear road sign.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Svalbard Satellite Station”. Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.