Sponsors – European Space Camp

CURRENT SPONSORS

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Norwegian Space Agency

The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) is a governmental agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The headquarter is located in Oslo. NOSA promotes the development, co-ordination and evaluation of national space activities as well as supports Norwegian interests in the European Space Agency. The goals of NOSA are to create growth in the space sector, meet national user needs, attain a leading position in space research and maintain a leading role in space-related ground infrastructure.

Andøya Space

Andøya Space is the world’s northernmost permanent launch facility for sounding rockets and scientific balloons and is responsible for all scientific-related balloon and rocket operations in Norwegian territory. Andøya Spaceport will soon be the first facility for launch of satellites from European territory. Andøya Space provides complete services for launch, operations, data acquisition, recovery and ground instrumentation support. Andøya Space have conducted over 1.000 rocket launches and hosted scientists and engineers from companies, institutes and universities all over the world.

Kongsberg Space & Surveillance

Kongsberg Space & Surveillance is a division of Kongsberg Defence Systems, and delivers a broad spectrum of equipment, systems and services related to space and maritime surveillance customers in more than 40 countries. The portfolio includes equipment and components for the European heavy-lift launcher Ariane 5, communication satellites, earth observation satellites and scientific space probes. The division is a world leading supplier of satellite ground stations for downloading and processing satellite data, as well as a supplier of satellite services from ground stations at Svalbard in the Arctic, the Antarctic and numerous other locations. The division is also a provider of maritime domain awareness systems and control centers for maritime surveillance, where integration of terrestrial and satellite data constitutes an important component.

The Space & Surveillance division is also Norway’s largest supplier of equipment and services to the European Space Agency (ESA) and consists of five operational units;
Kongsberg Space
Kongsberg Norspace AS
Kongsberg Norcontrol IT AS
Kongsberg Spacetec AS
Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (50% ownership)

Kongsberg Space & Surveillance is a part of the Kongsberg Group, an international technology corporation with more than 7200 employees in 25 countries.

NAMMO Raufoss

Nammo is a manufacturer of military and civilian ammunition, the headquarter is located in Raufoss, Norway. The Nammo Group has subsidiaries in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Australia and Canada and is owned fifty-fifty by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Finnish defence company Patria Oyj.

Nammo has nearly five decades of experience in developing and producing different rocket motors for missiles and space applications. Nammo has for instance delivered rocket motors and components to Ariane 5 since the nineties.

Kongsberg Satellite Services

KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Systems) is a world leading provider of satellite ground station services and satellite based maritime monitoring services . KSAT is a commercial Norwegian enterprise with the head office located in Tromsø. Today KSAT supports more than 100 different satellite missions and has a world-wide customer base. KSAT owns and operates a truly Global Ground Station Network, consisting of 20 different locations. The KSAT Ground Station Network includes the world’s largest Polar ground station in Svalbard, at 78°N, and the Antarctic Troll Station, at 72°S.

Gard

Gard enables sustainable maritime development by providing insurance, financial security and practical assistance when disaster strikes.

For more than 100 years, Gard has been insuring the global maritime industries for their whole range of risks. Today, it is the largest P&I Club and the second largest marine insurer in the world – employing 480 people in 13 global offices.

The University Center in Svalbard

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world’s northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen at 78º N. UNIS’ geographical position gives it a unique advantage, enabling students and faculty to use nature as a laboratory, arena for observation and data collection. UNIS offers high quality courses at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics and Arctic Technology. In 2018, UNIS had 772 students from 43 countries attending one or more course. The student body consists of approximately 50% national and 50% international students and English is the official language at UNIS. There are no tuition fees.

University of Stavanger

The University of Stavanger (UiS) has more than 1200 students distributed between six faculties and 13 institutes. UiS is situated in the most attractive area of Norway with over 400 000 citizens. The area has a dynamic labour market, and an exciting culture. In cooperation with their surroundings, both nationally and internationally, the university has an open and innovative climate for education, research, outreach and museum activity. The University of Stavanger is the only Norwegian university that is a member in the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU). The institute for mathematics and physics (IMF) is one of the seven institutes in the science-faculty. The institute offers four studies and students can choose between more than 35 different courses. In addition, the university offers Ph.D.-positions in IT, mathematics and physics.

Andøya Municipality

Andøy municipality is located in Nordland, Norway and belongs to Vesterålen archipelago. Andøy’s largest island is Andøya, where you can find the administrative centre Andenes. Andøy was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the old municipalities of Andenes, Bjørnskinn and Dvergberg. Today, Andenes is a thriving fishing village and enjoys a number of tourists every year. The main industries are fishing (70 fishing vessels and fish-processing plants in three separate locations), peat, tourism (such as whaling), military operations and space-related research. In addition, substantial amounts of meat, such as pork, beef and lamb, are produced in the municipality.

Samfunnsløftet

Samfunnsløftet is a fund made by SpareBank Nord-Norge. SpareBank Nord-Norge is dedicated to the community in the North of Norway and therefore gives a large part of their proceeds to big and small activities that contribute to value creation and development in the North. Like this Samfunnsløftet lifts the North of Norway to new heights!

Universitetet i Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, located on a small island in Northern Norway on the edge of the Arctic, is the northernmost university in the world. Established in 1968, it is one of four traditional universities in Norway and has more than 12 000 students and 2 700 staff. The academic community in Tromsø is highly international. More than 20 % of the academic staff and 10 % of the student body are from abroad.

UiT offers more than 20 English taught Master’s degree programmes within a variety of academic subjects, including a Master’s programme in Space Physics. In Tromsø, we study the physics of the upper atmosphere and its interaction with space, for example the physics of aurora and noctilucent clouds, with radar, optical, and rocket observations.

BECOMING A SPONSOR

European Space Camp is always looking for more sponsors to enhance the program and make the camp accessible to more participants.

There are many reasons to become a sponsor of European Space Camp. In addition to playing a vital role in encouraging more students to study and choose a career within science, your involvement will be published across traditional and social media.

For any inquiries or questions regarding becoming a sponsor, contact contact@spacecamp.no.

Social Media

Sponsors are featured yearly in social media posts. Additionally, the sponsor’s logo will be visible in pictures and videos from camp.

Promotional Material

All of our sponsors have a chance to have promotional material, like a brochure, attached to the ESC program the participants get.

Lecture

The opportunity to present a lecturer to European Space Camp participants on behalf on their organisation (depending on amount of funding).

Support us as an idividual

If you would like to support our work to promote interest for space among youth and give more students the oppurtunity to attend ESC, you can support us directly by making an individual donation.

Whether 100 or 10 000 NOK – we really appreciate every donation and it helps us make the camp even better. If you would like to support us, you can do so here.