Swedish Space Corporation
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The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is a comprehensive space company covering the entire field, from the definition of innovative business concepts and space projects to the development, tests and operation of the systems.
SSC designs, develops and tests various types of space systems – satellites, sounding rockets, space subsystems and experiment equipment for research in microgravity. Thirty years’ experience of designing comprehensive space missions and delivering them in orbit, in close cooperation with the users, makes SSC unique as prime contractor in space technology. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries ECAPS
and NanoSpace, SSC is also engaged in the development of environmentally friendly propulsion systems and micromechanical systems for space applications.
From its facility Esrange
Space Center in Northern Sweden, SSC launches sounding rockets and high-altitude balloons for research in the areas of microgravity, astrophysics, astronomy and atmospheric studies.
Esrange is also one of the world’s busiest civilian satellite ground stations, communicating with both telecom and scientific satellites. SSC’s facility Stockholm Teleport provides satellite communication services, and the wholly owned German company LSE is specialised in satellite control and ground station services. SSC runs a global ground station network, PrioraNet, in which its US subsidiary USN plays a big part.
SSC operates test systems at the Vidsel
Test Range, run by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV). Together with FMV, SSC operates and markets test services for air and space vehicles through the NEAT
cooperation (North European Aerospace Test range).
SSC also designs, develops and installs maritime surveillance systems which are used by coast guard authorities around the world.
SSC designs, develops and tests various types of space systems – satellites, sounding rockets, space subsystems and experiment equipment for research in microgravity. Thirty years’ experience of designing comprehensive space missions and delivering them in orbit, in close cooperation with the users, makes SSC unique as prime contractor in space technology. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries ECAPS
ECAPS
ECAPS is a Swedish space company, established in 2000 by the Swedish Space Corporation and Volvo Aero with the primary purpose of developing rocket propellants safer than hydrazine, but with the same application areas....
and NanoSpace, SSC is also engaged in the development of environmentally friendly propulsion systems and micromechanical systems for space applications.
From its facility Esrange
Esrange
Esrange Space Center is a rocket range and research centre located outside the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. It is a base for scientific research with high altitude balloons, investigation of the aurora borealis, sounding rocket launches, and satellite tracking, among other things...
Space Center in Northern Sweden, SSC launches sounding rockets and high-altitude balloons for research in the areas of microgravity, astrophysics, astronomy and atmospheric studies.
Esrange is also one of the world’s busiest civilian satellite ground stations, communicating with both telecom and scientific satellites. SSC’s facility Stockholm Teleport provides satellite communication services, and the wholly owned German company LSE is specialised in satellite control and ground station services. SSC runs a global ground station network, PrioraNet, in which its US subsidiary USN plays a big part.
SSC operates test systems at the Vidsel
Vidsel
Vidsel is a locality situated in Älvsbyn Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 569 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated about 900 km north of Stockholm, Sweden, in the Arctic Circle; Perhaps its earliest history is as a seasonal settlement, but permanent inhabitants have lived here since...
Test Range, run by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV). Together with FMV, SSC operates and markets test services for air and space vehicles through the NEAT
North European Aerospace Test range
North European Aerospace Test range is Europe's largest overland test range for aerospace systems.It is a co-operation by the Swedish Space Corporation and Swedish Defence Materiel Administration....
cooperation (North European Aerospace Test range).
SSC also designs, develops and installs maritime surveillance systems which are used by coast guard authorities around the world.
Scientific satellites developed
- Prisma satellitesPrismaPrisma is a satellite project led by the Swedish Space Corporation which consist of two satellites that fly in formation.It was launched, along with the PICARD spacecraft, on 15 June 2010 on a Dnepr-1 launcher from Dombarovskiy Cosmodrome, near Yasny, Russia...
- launched June 15, 2010 - SMART-1SMART-1SMART-1 was a Swedish-designed European Space Agency satellite that orbited around the Moon. It was launched on September 27, 2003 at 23:14 UTC from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. "SMART" stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology...
- launched September 27, 2003 - OdinOdin (satellite)Odin is a Swedish satellite working in two disciplines; astrophysics and aeronomy, and it was named after god Odin. Within the field of astrophysics, Odin is used in the study of star formation...
- launched February 20, 2001 - Astrid 2Astrid (satellites)Astrid-1 and Astrid-2 were two microsatellites designed and developed by Swedish Space Corporation on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board. They were piggyback launched on a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle from Plesetsk, Russia...
- launched December 10, 1998 - Astrid 1Astrid (satellites)Astrid-1 and Astrid-2 were two microsatellites designed and developed by Swedish Space Corporation on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board. They were piggyback launched on a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle from Plesetsk, Russia...
- launched January 24, 1995 - FrejaFreja (satellite)FREJA was a Swedish satellite developed by the Swedish Space Corporation on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board. It was piggyback launched on a Long March 2C launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China on October 6, 1992. The satellite total cost was 19 million U.S...
- launched October 6, 1992 - VikingViking (satellite)Viking was Sweden's first satellite. It was launched on an Ariane 1 rocket as a piggyback payload together with the French satellite SPOT 1, on February 22, 1986. Operations ended on May 12, 1987...
- launched February 22, 1986
Telecom satellites project management
- Tele-XTele-XTele-X was the first communications satellite serving the Nordic countries. It was launched with an Ariane 2 rocket from Kourou, French Guyana, on April 2, 1989. On January 16, 1998, its fuel was exhausted and it was moved into graveyard orbit...
- Sirius WSIRIUS (satellite)Sirius was a constellation of communications satellites operated at 5°E in geostationary orbit by SES Sirius . They carried digital satellite television to the countries of Scandinavia, Baltic states, eastern Europe and Africa, including the Viasat pay TV system, along with several pay TV...
- Sirius 2SIRIUS (satellite)Sirius was a constellation of communications satellites operated at 5°E in geostationary orbit by SES Sirius . They carried digital satellite television to the countries of Scandinavia, Baltic states, eastern Europe and Africa, including the Viasat pay TV system, along with several pay TV...
- Sirius 3SIRIUS (satellite)Sirius was a constellation of communications satellites operated at 5°E in geostationary orbit by SES Sirius . They carried digital satellite television to the countries of Scandinavia, Baltic states, eastern Europe and Africa, including the Viasat pay TV system, along with several pay TV...