Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for project establishment to create a basic capability for satellite launches from SSC’s Esrange Space […]
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600th rocket launched from Esrange
The Swedish space industry reached an impressive milestone as the 600th suborbital rocket, MAPHEUS-15, was launched from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna — the science rocket reached an altitude of 309 […]
Swedish Space Corporation will present their services at Silicon Valley Space Week
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) helps Earth benefit from space — the company’s products and services enable successful space projects within Earth Observation (EO), telecommunications, security, meteorology, navigation and positioning, […]
SSC’s largest balloon ever launches from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden
Larger means higher – and on July 17 at 4.39 pm local time, the largest stratospheric balloon ever to be launched from Esrange Space Center rose from the ground in northern […]
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) + Perigee to launch satellites from Esrange
SSC and South Korean rocket company Perigee Aerospace Inc. have signed a collaborative agreement to launch satellites jointly from the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, starting in 2025 — […]
Airbus-built TEXUS sounding rockets launched to conduct experiments in microgravity
The TEXUS 60 rocket was successfully launched by Airbus on Sunday, March 24, at 10:45 CET, from Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Sweden — the rocket reached an apogee of […]
Swedish Space Corporation’s new CEO brings her expertise in commercial and international business
The Board of Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has appointed Charlotta Sund as the new President and CEO of the SSC Group. She will take office during the autumn of 2023, […]
SubOrbital Express 3 mission carries 12 payloads to space from the Esrange Space Center
Following two-and-a-half years of preparation, on Wednesday, November 23rd, the SubOrbital Express 3 mission launched from Swedish Space Corporation‘s Esrange Space Center located above the Polar Circle in Northern Sweden. […]
SSC scheduled to launch diabetes research in space experiment
How can humankind benefit from space research? Well, the applications are almost unlimited. One example, an experiment onboard SSC‘s SubOrbital Express-3 rocket, aims to provide answers to the questions around […]
DLR launches their MAPHEUS 12 research rocket from the Esrange Space Center
On October 21, 2022, at 09:25, the MAPHEUS 12 research rocket of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) took off from the Esrange Space Center […]