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The Swedish Esrange space base on the outskirts of Kiruna will begin launching satellites. This was announced by the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Matilda Ernkrans (S) on Wednesday afternoon.
The government has decided on a state co-financing of a total of SEK 90 million, money that will allow for a new rocket launch pad.
– We know that it provides jobs here and now, it will attract high-tech startups to Norrbotten, but also other parts of Sweden where we have a strong space industry, and it will continue to develop our already strong space research, says Matilda Ernkrans for TT, according SvD.
The satellite launches from Esrange will be the first of their kind from European soil, making Sweden part of the group of just over ten countries that have this type of capacity, reports Swedish Radio.
Esrange’s satellites are expected to ship from 2022.
