SSC has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for establishment of satellite launch capability at Esrange.

SSC Space har tecknat avtal med Försvarets materielverk om att etablera satellituppsändningsförmåga från Esrange Space Center. Värdet på avtalet är 209 miljoner kronor och satsningen är till för att u...

Nordic launch race heats up as Sweden secures 2028 orbital launch at Esrange

JOHANNESBURG — Sweden’s Esrange Space Center is preparing for a busy period of launch activity as political scrutiny grows over efforts to establish an orbital launch capability at the site. Esrange has supported sounding rocket flights since 1966. In Jan. 2023, SSC Space, the state-owned company that runs the facility, inaugurated a new orbital launch complex at the site that has yet to support an orbital mission.

The Swedish Armed Forces have tasked SSC with establishing a satellite launch capability at Esrange Space Center.

The state-owned Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, is among the sites building out orbital rocket programs to allow Europe to advance in the global space race and launch satellites from the conti...

ArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of its Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden.

ESA says it is “waiting for spring” to launch an initial hop test of its Themis reusable rocket demonstrator from the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden.

As Europe accelerates efforts to strengthen independent, resilient, and responsive space

Esrange Space Center has facilities for science, launch, ground segment, and rocket testing, and more - owned and operated by SSC Space.

SSC has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for establishment of satellite launch capability at Esrange.

DLR’s MAPHEUS-17 suborbital mission is slated to launch from Esrange in Sweden as early as 1 October.

SSC has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for establishment of satellite launch capability at Esrange.

A report from Norway’s Civil Aviation Authority has estimated that launches from Sweden’s Esrange facility could cost the country more than €146.45 million per flight.

SSC Space launched its SubOrbital Express-5 mission from Esrange, carrying 12 experiments, including one that examined the effects of microgravity on red hair.

ESA's Themis reusable rocket demonstrator has completed its journey to the Esrange Space Centre, where it will be prepared for an initial 20-metre hop test.

Two small sounding rockets carrying student payloads were successfully launched from Esrange Space Center on 11 and 13 March as part of the REXUS programme.