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![Greetings from Lonyearbyen, Norway! NOAA along with NASA and other international space agencies through agreements with the Norwegian Space Agency uses theKongsberg Satellite Services Svalbard Satellite Station for communicating withpolar-orbiting satellites post0266.jpg Greetings from Lonyearbyen, Norway! NOAA along with NASA and other international space agencies through agreements with the Norwegian Space Agency uses theKongsberg Satellite Services Svalbard Satellite Station for communicating withpolar-orbiting satellites](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_post0266.jpg?itok=nxQrLvFF)
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Greetings from Lonyearbyen, Norway! NOAA along with NASA and other international space agencies through agreements with the Norwegian Space Agency uses theKongsberg Satellite Services Svalbard Satellite Station for communicating withpolar-orbiting satellites. At 78 13 N, it is capable of contact each orbit of aPOES. L-R: Jim Valenti, Doug Whiteley, Pete Wilczynski, and John Overton. (Image credit: NOAA 200th Anniversary Postcards from the Field)