After years of preparation and construction, mainland EU’s first orbital launch complex, Spaceport Esrange, was officially inaugurated today by the Swedish Head of State, King Carl XVI Gustaf; the President […]
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Europe’s first satellite launch complex to be inaugurated in Northern Sweden
On January 13, 2023, the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf, together with European and Swedish political dignitaries, will visit Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden to cut […]
GKN Aerospace + ArianeGroup extend partnership on Ariane 6 rocket engine subsystems
GKN Aerospace has signed a contract with ArianeGroup to supply the next phase of Ariane 6 turbines and Vulcain nozzles — this contract includes the manufacturing and supply of units […]
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 […]
Renowned ESA astronaut joins Satcube as an advisor
Satcube has named renowned ESA astronaut and physicist, Christer Fuglesang, as a company advisor — he is a professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a space advisor at Saab […]
AAC Clyde Space receives OHB Sweden order
AAC Clyde Space has won a 584,000 euros order for Sirius computers and Starbuck power systems from OHB Sweden — the units will be part of the core avionics for […]
Topping off the new Vega-C rocket on its maiden flight is a freshly-designed fairing developed by Beyond Gravity
On Wednesday, July 13th, the new, medium-lift, European Vega-C rocket lifted off from the European spaceport in Kourou for its inaugural flight. The rocket launched the “LARES 2” Laser Relativity […]
UPDATE 2: GomSpace finalizes their contract for the delivery of two smallsats to the German Space Agency (DLR)
GomSpace has formally signed a contract to deliver two, 12-unit cubesats to the German Space Agency, DLR. This finalizes the award process that was announced on June 14th and the […]