Andoya Rocket Range har fått store penger for å bygge opp den samme kapaisteten som Sverige. Bare i UK er det hele 5 fasiliteter som også er med i konkurransen. Den skarpeste konkurrenten er etter min mening Esrange ved Kiruna, beskrevet under. Til forskjell fra Andøya har de et etablert romforsknings- og studiemiljø i Kiruna, og ikke minst en helt annen infrastruktur enn Andøya, daglige flyavganger til hovedstaden og ikke minst tog knyttet til SJ`s nett. Jeg er redd Odd Roger Enoksens store ord må svelges, men jeg ønsker ham og hans prosjekt lykke til. Det var godt at "The Whale" kan realiseres. (Red.)
The space center in
northern Sweden is mostly known for launching sounding rockets and research
balloons. Now, the Swedish Space Corporation wants to be the first location
north of the Arctic Circle to provide facilities for launching satellites into
orbit.
90 million kronor (€8,6
million) was this week granted by the government and comes in
addition to previous investment in creating a test facility at Esrange.
Esrange is state-owned and
was established in 1972.
The SCC says the first
rocket tests will be conducted by ISAR Aerospace and Rocket Factory Augsburg
(RFA) later this autumn.
“The decision means that
Sweden will become a launching state, providing a capability that only a few
countries have, of great importance for research, technology development and
expanded international collaboration,” says Stefan Gardefjord, CEO of the
Swedish Space Centre.
Esrange is located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by
a vast wilderness perfect for launching of rockets. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Although being the first
to launch a satellite from a space center north of the Arctic Circle, the
Swedes are not first with satellite launchings from northern latitudes.
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