Rocket and
Balloon Activities

Here is where you’ll find information about our current and completed rocket and balloon missions at Esrange Space Center.

Rocket and balloon missions

Most of our launch missions are listed here

Mission type launch period launched
ORIGIN Sounding rocket 6 January - 9 February 2025 -
SubOrbital Express 4 Sounding rocket 13 November - 3 December 2024 -
MAPHEUS 15 Sounding rocket 28 October - 12 November 2024 11 November 2024
STERN III Sounding rocket 14 October - 24 October 2024 24 October 2024
BEXUS 35 Stratospheric balloon 27 September - 6 October 2024 2 October 2024
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More about some of our launches

Six science projects to space from Sweden

15:11 November 14, 2024

On 22 November, the launch window opens for one of the year’s most anticipated rocket launches at Esrange Space Center in Sweden, owned and operated by Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). After more than two years of planning and preparation, SubOrbital...

600th rocket launched from Esrange

10:11 November 11, 2024

Today, at 08.38 UTC, the Swedish space industry reached an impressive milestone as the 600th suborbital rocket, MAPHEUS-15, was launched from SSC’s spaceport Esrange Space Center in Kiruna. The science rocket reached an altitude of 309 km carrying a payload...

STERN-III STAHR – Student-built rocket goes into the sky

14:10 October 25, 2024

Students from Aachen have been building their own rocket for years. Now they have finally been able to launch it from the Esrange Space Center. “It is pretty crazy” says Sebastian Hessel, one of the students who have been working...
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Videos

SubOrbital Express 3 launch 23 Nov 2022

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SubOrbital Express onboard camera.

SubOrbital Express 3 - flight lookout

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PoGO+ balloon launch

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Rocket impact area at Esrange

Safety information
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Follow some of our launches live on our Youtube channel.

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REXUS/BEXUS

Read more about the REXUS/BEXUS program.

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SSC not only supports spacecraft launch operations, but services the launch vehicle as well, and sometimes both simultaneously.

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