Andøya Space

Norwegian range and spaceport for sounding rockets, testing, and orbital launch.

Andøya Space is the Norwegian aerospace range on Andøya in Nordland. The first sounding rocket flew from the site in 1962; today it runs sounding-rocket and balloon campaigns, a missile test range, space education, and an orbital spaceport project. It is 90% owned by the Norwegian state and 10% by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.