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 "title": "Norway Plans a State-Owned Andøya Launch Pad for NOK 646 Million — Berlin Is Talking to Oslo About Military Launches",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/andoya-state-launch-pad-nok-646-million-defence-funded-germany-military-launch-talks-bundeswehr-standby-contracts/",
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 "published": "2026-10-21T18:42:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-23T18:43:10.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOttobrunn, 21 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Major General Wolfgang Ohl, deputy head of the defence ministry's forces directorate, told a space symposium in Ottobrunn on 21 October that Germany is talking to Norway at government level about converting the Andøya spaceport into a military launch site; Oslo has not commented on the talks\n * The Bundeswehr secures launch capacity through standby contracts, paid before the payload is known; in August the ministry said spaceports would s",
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