Satellite antennas here at Svalbard are linked to mainland Norway via two subsea fiber optic cables. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Posted on 01/10/2022 10:02:16 PM PST by texas booster
Operator of what is the world’s northernmost fiber optic subsea cable, Space Norway, has located the disruption to somewhere between 130 to 230 kilometers from Longyearbyen in the area where the seabed goes from 300 meters down to 2700 meters in the Greenland Sea.
The error happened on Friday morning, January 7.
Svalbard Undersea Cable System is a twin submarine fiber optic communication cable connecting Longyearbyen with Andøya north of Harstad in northern Norway.
The two cables are 1,375 and 1,339 km respectively, and Space Norway informs in a press release that there is good connection in the cable still working, but with the other broken there is no redundancy.
How the damaged has happened is not clear, it will be examined, Space Norway informs. A ocean-going cable-laying vessel would be required to repair the cable.
In addition to providing the settlement of Longyearbyen with internet broadband, the fiber optic cables serve the SvalSat park of more than 100 satellite antennas on a nearby mountain plateau. SvalSat is today the world’s largest commercial ground station with worldwide customers. Its location at 78°N, halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, gives the station a unique position to provide all-orbit support to operators of polar-orbiting satellites.
Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Emilie Enger Mehl, says in a press release Sunday morning that her ministry follows the situation closely.
“I have been informed that an error has occurred on part of one of the two fiber connections between Svalbard and mainland Norway. Communication to and from Svalbard is still running as normal, even though one of the connections now has failed,” Enger Mehl says.
"Things" just keep happening to armored undersea cables, ever since Russia got their deep diving subs working.
With all due respect, I am very glad that I am not on a ship heading north to repair the cable.
Those dudes earn their pay.
Satellite antennas here at Svalbard are linked to mainland Norway via two subsea fiber optic cables. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
“Things.” “Errors.” Well OK, then.
They don’t tap ‘em like they used to. Poor quality work.
Under water ufos? Just saying!
You can never get the cable repairman out on a Monday.
Tap them?
What do you mean?
“What do you mean?”
During the Cold War a US sub cut into and then repaired a Soviet under sea cable. Because the Soviets thought it was impossible they didn’t encrypt the traffic. It was an amazing intelligence coup. Then a father and son who were in the Navy sold this and other information to the Soviets for a pittance. (The Walker caase.) That’s what he’s referring to.
Today the Navy tries to follow any Russian subs that travel along or across the cables we use to prevent the same thing.
Wow, I didn’t realize that the Norwegians made their ministers so young.
Or so attractive.
Just the Russians practicing underwater communications disruptions with one of their newer submarines equipped with cable-cutting, remotely operated arms.
She is your average everyday girl in Norway. If you can take the cold and the sky high taxes they have some of the hottest women on earth only Ukrainians give them a run for the money.
Like tapping a phone line. Most countries try to tap into international communication cables. Don’t usually get caught though until much later.
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