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Kongsberg Digital is pleased to announce that the Norwegian Coastal Administration has taken the next step in its digitalization journey by signing up to Kongsberg Digital’s data infrastructure subscription service, Vessel Insight, and the performance application Vessel Performance. The Norwegian Coastal Administration is a national agency for coastal management, maritime safety and preparedness against acute .
NorSat-3 maritime traffic monitoring microsatellite is launched with state-of-the-art KONGSBERG technology
KONGSBERG technology is set to play a pivotal role in the working life of a recently-activated microsatellite. The Norwegian Space Agency’s new NorSat-3, launched on April 29th, 2021 from Vega Flight VV 18 which took off from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana, will be used by the Norwegian Coastal Administration for monitoring maritime traffic in Norway’s busy seaways. Its AIS and NRD (navigation radar detector) payload draws upon KONGSBERG’s most advanced, future-proof developments in space-based vessel detection.
NorSat-3 will take its place 605km above the Earth in a polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit) constellation alongside four other microsatellites. These have already been in service for years and have all exceeded their working life expectancy, but are nevertheless still operating efficiently. The new 16.5kg satellite has been designed to provide next-level
Update: Eemslift Hendrika taken under tow April 8, 2021, by Jasmina Ovcina
A tow line has been attached to the Dutch-flagged cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika, which has been drifting off Norway since Monday.
The ship has been secured and is now being towed by two tug boats to harbour in
Ålesund, the Norwegian Coastal Administration said in an update.
Photo: KV Bergen; Norwegian Coastal Administration
The tow line was set up by a salvage crew from the Dutch firm Smit Salvage. The personnel was taken on board by a rescue helicopter, and they managed to connect the vessel to the tugboats, both at the bow and at the stern of the vessel.