Particularly advantageous for accessing polar orbiting satellites
The ground station at Esrange Ground Station includes multiple independent Telemetry Tracking & Command (TT&C) systems in S-Band with antenna sizes ranging from 7.3 to 13.5m. Multiple receive antenna systems in S, X and Ka-band for Earth observation. The site is supporting the SSC Space Go services by 4m-class S, X and Ka band antennas.
Esrange Space Center has abundant space available for antenna and equipment expansion to accommodate our growing customer base.
The station has its own power backup and generation system (UPS and diesel).
Location
Esrange Space Center is located above the Arctic Circle at 67º 53′ North latitude, 21º 04′ East longitude and approximately forty kilometres outside the town of Kiruna, Sweden. The location is particularly advantageous for accessing polar-orbiting satellites and the Kiruna station emphasizes data acquisition and processing for remote sensing and scientific missions as well as TT&C and LEOP support.
The “Kinuvik” concept – the dual use of SSC ground stations in Kiruna (Esrange Space Center) and Inuvik , Canada – offers the capability for satellite contacts on all orbits during one day. It also provides the benefit of possible long duration passes which significantly increases the amount of data that can be downlinked from polar-orbiting satellites.
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