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Minister of Trade and Industry visits Space Norway in Dulles, USA

Minister Jan Christian Vestre visiting Northrop Grumman. Here with Norway's Ambassador to the USA, Anniken Krutnes, defense attaché Odd-Harald Hagen, Oddveig Tretterud from Space Norway and two representatives from Northrop Grumman. Foto: NFD

Minister of Trand and Industry Jan Christian Vestre visited the US in September 2022 . The purpose of the visit was to strengthen the historically deep industrial relations between the two countries. The agenda was further and more targeted cooperation within green tech and opportunities for Norwegian businesses.

The Minister visited Northrop Grumman in Dulles, Virginia on 8th september together with Ambassador Anniken Krutnes. They received an orientation on the building of Space Norway’s Arctic satellites. Space Norway entered an agreement with Northrop Grumman in 2019 on the building of two large satellites with military and civillian broadband communication in the Arctic. The satellites will be launched by SpaceX in mid 2024.