Andøya Space
Norwegian rocket launch facility
Andøya Space
Andøya Space, formerly Andøya Space Center, 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. In September 2026, the site hosted its first successful orbital launch, when Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport, making it first launch from Northern Europe, making it second active spaceport in Europe after Plesetsk Cosmodrome and third European spaceport in history after Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar. 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. It operates on a commercial basis. Andøya Space also supports the SvalRak launch facility in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard to the north. The facility...
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