ROCKET & BALLOON ACTIVITIES
SSC’s launch facility, Esrange Space Center, is located about 40 km east of Kiruna. Here you can find rocket launchers for various types of sounding rockets, a balloon launch pad with the size of 40 football fields, a restaurant and a hotel for the scientists and technicians who come here from all over the world. Launches can also take place elsewhere depending on the scientific mission requirements.
47+
Years of experience
574
Rockets Launched
649
Balloons Launched
118
Payloads Delivered
Upcoming & Ongoing
Completed
HEMERA
HEMERA is a balloon infrastructure project, funded by the European Commission within its programme Horizon2020. In this programme, six zero […]
STERN II LEONIS II
II LEONIS II is a student campaign of the Institute of Space Systems (IRAS) of the Technische Universitat Carolo-Wilhelmina zu […]
Unique balloon mission at Esrange
Mini Booster is a balloon campaign aimed to measure infrasound in the atmosphere.
TEXUS 56
AROUND 6 MINUTES OF MICROGRAVITY The TEXUS project is a sounding rocket program with the primary aim to investigate the […]
SPIDER 2
SPIDER 2 is a small payload for investigation of disturbances in electrojet by rockets. The mission was carried out in […]
