Swedish Space Corporation

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Swedish Space Corporation
Swedish Space Corporation Logo
Type Government-owned
Founded Solna, Sweden (1972)
Headquarters Solna, Sweden
Key people Claes-Göran Borg, CEO
Industry Space
Employees 300 as of 2005
Website Swedish Space Corporation

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), or Rymdbolaget, is a Swedish government owned company that was established in 1972 to develop and implement space projects primarily on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board and European Space Agency. It operates Esrange, a rocket launch facility and research centre in Kiruna.

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[edit] Scientific satellites developed

[edit] Future scientific satellites

  • Prisma satellites - under development, planned launch in late 2008 or 2009
  • STEAM - project under examination, could be ready to launch in 2009

[edit] Telecom satellites project management

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