First Commercial Ground Station in Finland Starts Service on X and S Bands Finnish new space company NorthBase Oy (Ltd.) has finalized its first ground station NorthBase-2 in Muonio, Finnish Lapland. The station is the first commercial ground station in Finland, supporting downlink on S and X bands and uplink […]
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Tampere 05.08.2022 Tampere-based antenna targeted especially for LEOP services NorthBase Oy (Ltd.), a Finnish new space startup, has been preparing a local satellite ground station NorthBase-1 in its hometown Tampere, the biggest city in Finland outside the capital area. NorthBase-1 is to start its operation in October 2022 on VHF […]
Tampere 18.05.2022 The annual general meeting of NorthBase has appointed two new members – Pertti Yliniemi andRoope Takala – to the board of the company. Jari Mononen and Tommi Rasila will continue theirtenure as the other two members. While Jari Mononen, Pertti Yliniemi and Tommi Rasila representshareholders of the company, […]
Tampere 29.03.2022 3,9m antenna will serve domestic and international clients on X and S bands Finnish new space startup NorthBase Oy (Ltd.) has finalized funding and partnership negotiations and is commencing with its plan to open a commercial scale satellite ground station NorthBase-2 in Finnish Lapland. Planned to be in […]
Tampere 04.10.2021 Annual general meeting of Association of Finnish Defence and Aerospace Industries AFDA (Puolustus- ja Ilmailuteollisuus PIA ry in Finnish) has accepted NorthBase Oy to its membership. Former members include prominent Finnish companies such as Insta, Huld and Iceye as well as well international companies with presence in Finland […]
29.10.2021 Tampere Negotiations with Nordea Bank have resulted in a positive decision on investment funding for NorthBase-2 ground station to be built in Northern Finland. Funding is based in European Guarantee Fund collateral and further supported by Finnvera, a specialized financing company owned by State of Finland. This together with […]