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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.