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Andøya Space

Norwegian space company
Organization business Q528446
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Summary

Andøya Space is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,886 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: space launch[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Andøy Municipality[4]
  • Country: Norway[5]
  • Owned by: Ministry of Trade and Industry[6], Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace[7]
  • Headquarters location: Andenes[8]
  • Child organization or unit: Andøya Space Education[9], Q141351530[10]
  • Commons category: Andøya Space Center[11]
  • Industry: space industry[12]
  • Inception: 1962[13]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Andøya[14]
  • Parent organization or unit: Ministry of Trade and Industry[15]
  • Significant event: 2020 Gjerdrum landslide[16]
  • Official website: https://andoyaspace.no[17], http://www.rocketrange.no/[18]
  • Director / manager: Ketil Olsen[19]
  • Employees: 140[20]
  • Official name: Andøya Space AS[21]
  • Legal form: aksjeselskap[22]
  • Owner of: Svalbard Rocket Range[23]
  • Social media followers: 1085[24]
  • P14750: 8F2C-9C30-FA8B-A5DF-8ED2[25]

Why It Matters

Andøya Space has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

atmospheric sciences business Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Norwegian Centre for Research Data. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . andoyaspace.no. andoyaspace.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . andoyaspace.no. andoyaspace.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . uasnorway.no. uasnorway.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . virksomhet.brreg.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'j
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ source for legal form, source for official name from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|OKA bot task"
  2. 6w ago · ~2026-47266-28 · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → Andøya Space Education, Q141351530
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Child organization or unit: Q141351530"
  3. 7w ago · Ulflarsen · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Svalbard Rocket Range
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Andøya_Space
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Owner of: Andøya Spaceport"
  4. 7w ago · ~2026-47266-28 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → space launch
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Field of work: atmospheric sciences"
  5. 9w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 8F2C-9C30-FA8B-A5DF-8ED2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 8F2C-9C30-FA8B-A5DF-8ED2, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  6. 20w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subsidiary → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 69.29416667, 'lon': 16.02083333}
    Parent org → —
    Director / manager → Odd Roger Enoksen, Ketil Olsen
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Employees: 140, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259350|batch #259350]]"
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