The Norwegian Small Satellite Symposium 2026

This will be the 8th edition of the small satellite symposium, since the start ten years ago in 2015. The forum started targeting the growing interest of maritime surveilane. The last few years, the forum has been held the day before the Space Dinner in Oslo, and the topics are wider. This year, we focus on the long-term prospects of space and satellite related research.

The GEMINI-center for Small Satellites (with NTNU, SINTEF and UiO) together with the Norwegian Space Cluster, Tekna Romfart and NIFRO invite contributions for the 2026 Microsatellite symposium. The seminar will be held at Sjølystparket at Skøyen, 9th of February 2026, from 0900. We would like to invite contributions (12 to 15 min talks) on the topics indicated below. Please submit your idea by the 10th of January 2026.

The registration for the seminar will be done separately. 

Topics

Norway now (soon) has the capability of running small satellite projects from start to finish industrially. Several Norwegian Universities have science missions ongoing. A growing number of actors from big and small industry, the research sector and the educational sector are involved in one way or another.

Fragmenting of, the community is a risk, so through the small satellite symposium, we hope to bring actors together. This year, we focus on two themes: Science updates for small satellite projects and especially the outlooks: What are the key research and industrial challenges for the next 5 to 10 years? Is it data management - including processing - onboard the satellites? Communication bottlenecks? Civil security? Cyber-security? Space situational awareness? Requiring or funding issues? 

Program 

Updated 30th of January.