Ringerike National Space Commission

The Ringerike National Space Commission which exists a joint venture between the Ministry Of Defense and Ministry Of Science and Technology. The commission handles the design and management of Space related technology, of which civil projects are then operated by the commission, and military ones are operated by the Air Force.

History
The Ringerike government identified a strategic need for a space capability, first in the sphere of communications, in the 1960 Defense Review, however it was also determined that achieving a domestic space launch capability would eventually become an integral part of the economy therefore the government resolved to create a jointly owned space agency, between the Ministry Of Defense (65% of the budget contribution), the Ministry Of Science And Technology (35% of the budget contribution) however funding is frequently directly provided by the treasury from outside these organizations.

Rocket Program
The RNSC started it's rocket development program with small scale rockets and low payload re-entry experiments, using the rocket family, which had the secondary objective of being a test of the feasibility of a domestically built family of ballistic missiles and was developed by the Air Force before the formation of the RNSC. This was immediately followed up by the first purpose built satellite launcher,, which was first launched on June 16, 1966. It's first successful payload was the satellite "Erik-1", a hybrid scientific and communications satellite.

Space Launch Program
The RNSC oversaw an indigenous space launch capability before handing over many of it's responsibilities in the civil sector to AnterCosmos. This has lead to the RNSC taking on a much more active role in military launch programs, as well as some civil projects deemed too vital to hand off to an international organization.

Human Spaceflight Program
In recent years Ringerike has expressed an increasing desire to possess a Human spaceflight capability, ideally making use of the Arvakr launch system to cut costs. Several proposals have been put forward ranging form purchasing foreign capsules outright to a lifting body reusable capsule, with the solution chosen likely simply to be the most cost-effective.