SPACE INDEX

1 SHARED SECTOR / LIVE DATA

Andøya Space vs Novespace

Operates sounding rocket ranges and Europe's northernmost orbital spaceport, providing launch services, defence testing, drone operations, and space education from northern Norway / CNES subsidiary that owns and operates the Airbus A310 Zero-G for parabolic microgravity flights

HEAD-TO-HEAD 13 FIELDS
Andøya Space Novespace
Founded 1962 1986
Headquarters Andenes, Norway France
Type government private
Status operating operating
Employees 182 27
Total funding
Latest round
Sectors Spaceports & Range Services, Space Defense Systems, Suborbital & High-Altitude Space Tourism & Experience, Suborbital & High-Altitude
Products listed 21 0
Federal contracts
Launches
Leaders listed Ketil Olsen, Tore Ostby, Havard Berg-Olsen Jean-François Clervoy, Thierry Gharib, Christophe Mora
News mentions 21 7
SHARED SECTORS 1
FREQUENTLY ASKED
01

How do Andøya Space and Novespace compare?

Both companies work in Suborbital & High-Altitude. Andøya Space was founded in 1962 and Novespace in 1986.
02

Which is larger, Andøya Space or Novespace?

Andøya Space reports the larger workforce, with 182 employees versus 27.
SOURCES

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.