Norway Exploring Observation Satellite

Norway's Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt (FFI), Military Research Institute is studying the development of a Norwegian observation satellite to monitor high latitude regions. The spacecraft would collect imagery and detect navigational radar systems giving Norway the capability to monitor all military and civilian traffic, including traffic in and out of the Russian naval ports around the Kola peninsula. The project would cost around NOK 100 million (EUR12 million). The satellite would be operational around 2007.

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