Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its 2024 DOD Arctic Strategy. This is the first update to DOD’s approach to the region since 2019. “The Arctic region of the […]
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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 — […]
Space Leasing International enters into a new lease agreement with RBC Signals
Space Leasing International (SLI), the aerospace subsidiary of the Libra Group, has signed a new lease agreement with RBC Signals — this agreement includes SLI’s purchase of a ground station […]
NASA welcomes Sweden as the newest Artemis Accords family member
On Tuesday, April 16, NASA welcomed Sweden as the 38th country to sign the Artemis Accords and commit to peaceful and safe space exploration. Minister for Education Dr. Mats Persson […]
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 […]
UPDATE 2: Success as SpaceX transports first humans for 2024 with Axiom’s first all European commercial astronauts
After one day’s delay, SpaceX on Thursday, January 18 launched Falcon 9’sAxiom Space’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy […]
UPDATE: SpaceX scrubs Axiom’s launch of first all European commercial astronauts to ISS
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, January 18 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) […]
Axiom on Wednesday to send first all European commercial astronauts to ISS
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, January 17 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) […]
UPDATE #4 SpaceX launches the Ovzon 3 revolutionary geostationary communications satellite
On Wednesday, January 3 at 6:04 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched the Ovzon 3 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]