 Kongsberg Satellite Services , a joint venture between Kongsberg Group and the Norwegian Space Center , operates TrollSat , a satellite ground station which allows downloading of data . In conjunction with SvalSat , located in Longyearbyen , Svalbard , TrollSat targets satellites in a polar orbit . TrollSat consists of a single radome with an 7 @.@ 3 @-@ meter ( 24 ft ) low Earth orbit antenna capable of S band and X band reception . To relay the information , TrollSat has a 4 @.@ 8 @-@ meter ( 16 ft ) and a 7 @.@ 6 @-@ meter ( 25 ft ) C band uplink to provide broadband connection to Europe and North America . TrollSat will be one of 30 ground stations for the European satellite navigation system Galileo , and is Norway 's main contribution to the project . 
