The rocket explodes. Photograph: AP By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 30 March 2025 Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless A test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from
Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video Published by Militarnyi, 2 February 2025 The Swedish Armed Forces have announced the launch of their first military satellite, a communications satellite called Gna-3. Swedish television company SVT reported on this. The satellite was launched on
Image Credit: Perigee Aerospace By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 7 May 2024 South Korea’s Perigee Aerospace has signed a collaborative agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation to launch its Blue Whale 1 rocket from Esrange Space Center in Sweden. Esrange was built by the European Space Research Organisation
Published by Phys.org, 2 November 2023 Norway on Thursday joined the race to launch satellites from the European continent by inaugurating a new spaceport on the island of Andoya, north of the Arctic Circle.Isar Aerospace said the "Andoya Spaceport" was to "become the first operational orbital spaceport in continental Europe
By Daniel Boffey, Published by The Guardian, 21 September 2023 Sweden is leading in a battle to be the first European space base outside Russia to launch a satellite into orbit First place is “nice but it’s not necessary”, says Stefan Gustafsson, a senior official at the Sweden Space Corporation
By Kathryn Armstrong, Published by the BBC, 26 April 2023 Sweden has got into hot water with Norway after one of its research rockets malfunctioned and landed in its neighbour's territory. The rocket was launched at 07:20 local time (05:20 GMT) on Monday from the Esrange Space Center, before plunging
Published by RT, 16 February 2023 The US-led military bloc will use commercial satellites to improve intelligence gathering NATO has announced a new space project that aims to create a fleet of spy satellites. The initiative, which includes NATO applicants Sweden and Finland, involves not only national but commercial assets.
Published by The Associated Press, 13 January 2023 Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, second from left, stands next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Swedish King Carl Gustaf, right, at the inauguration of a new satellite launch ramp on Jan. 13, 2023. KIRUNA, Sweden — The European
