Sweden to launch satellites from Arctic space center

The space center, near Kiruna, would be the first to launch a satellite into orbit from north of the Arctic Circle.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer October 16, 2020
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The Swedish government is providing additional funding to the Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, with the aim of launching small satellites into orbit by 2022.

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