Norway opens Andøya spaceport Norway inaugurated its northern Andøya spaceport Thursday as commercial launch competition on continental Europe heats up.
Construction has finished on “the first operational orbital spaceport in continental Europe”, which is located on the remote island of Andøya in the north of the country.
Oslo, Norway: Norway on Thursday joined the race to launch satellites from the European continent by inaugurating a new spaceport on the island of Andoya, north of the Arctic Circle.