Ketil Olsen
CEO of Andøya Space and former Vice Admiral, leading operations at the long-established Norwegian launch site with experience in sounding rockets, defense testing, and recent expansion to orbital launch services.
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Feb 4, 2026 • 43min
#163 | Spaceports | Ketil Olsen, Andøya Space
Ketil Olsen, CEO of Andøya Space and former Vice Admiral, leads Norway’s long-standing northern launch site. He talks about Andøya’s 1962 roots, the move from sounding rockets to orbital launches, upgrades for bigger rockets, customer deals like Isar Aerospace, regulatory and insurance hurdles, technology safeguards with the U.S., and plans to expand pads and build a local space ecosystem.
