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Space - Andoya Rocket Range får sterk konkurranse om å skyte opp små satellitter - Barents Observer

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.)

Towards the launch platform at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Sweden to launch satellites from space center inside the Arctic Circle

The Swedish government provides additional funding to Esrange Space Center near Kiruna with the aim to launch small satellites into orbit by 2022.
October 15, 2020

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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