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 Center

Andøya Space Center (ASC) 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. ASC provides complete services for launch, operations, data acquisition, recovery and ground instrumentation support. The space center has conducted 698 rocket launches and hosted scientists and engineers from more than 70 institutes and universities.

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.

Norwegian defence research establishment

Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) is the prime institution responsible for defence related research and development in Norway, with emphasis on science and technology. Our principal mission is to carry out research to meet the requirements of the Norwegian Armed Forces. We contribute to a safe and secure society and a competitive defence industry through research-based knowledge. FFI was one of the initiators of the rocket launch facility at Andøya in 1962 and carried out atmospheric research through numerous rocket campaigns from that site. Today our space activity includes aspects of satellite support to the armed forces, the use of microsatellites and the ground-penetrating RIMFAX radar on board NASA’s Mars 2020 rover.

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.

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 is a Norwegian based company that focusses on providing the maritime industries with insurance products that offer financial protection and practical assistance for the past 100 years. Almost 42% of the world fleet has an insurance contract with Gard, and the company has offices in 10 different countries.

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.

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.

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranking research and education institution. The university offers its 28.000 students around 60 bachelor and more than 100 master’s degrees.

Among the space related studies are a master’s degree in astronomy, in space physics and space technology, computational science and electrical engineering (applied physics).

Researchers and students in Oslo are developing space instruments for use at the International Space Station, on ESA satellites and NASA rockets. They collaborate closely with universities and agencies in Canada, USA and Japan.

University of Bergen

The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognized research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental principles driving university culture. UiB is the most cited university in Norway.

UiB hosts four Norwegian Centres of Excellence and among them is the Birkeland Centre for Space Science (BCSS). BCSS has become a world-class research centre within just a few years and has attracted top-rated people and is doing cutting-edge research on several areas within space science. The scientific research at BCSS focuses on topics related to magnetospheric, ionospheric and atmospheric phenomena such as aurora, ionospheric currents, particle precipitation and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes. BCSS has partnered with several international groups to build both space- and ground-based instrumentation.

UiB offers both Master’s and Phd programs in space science and in space instrumentation-related microelectronics.

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.

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.

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).