Swedish Space Corporation

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Swedish Space Corporation
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.

Contents 1 Scientific satellites developed 2 Future scientific satellites 3 Telecom satellites project management 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Scientific satellites developed

• SMART-1 - launched September 27, 2003
• Odin - launched February 20, 2001
• Astrid 2 - launched December 10, 1998
• Astrid 1 - launched January 24, 1995
• Freja - launched October 6, 1992
• Viking - launched February 22, 1986

[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

• Tele-X
• Sirius W
• Sirius 2
• Sirius 3

[edit] See also

• Swedish Institute of Space Physics
• List of Swedish government enterprises
• Nordic Satellite
• North European Aerospace Test range
• SMART-1

[edit] External links

• Swedish Space Corporation - Official site