The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is a government-owned, global provider of advanced space services. SSC's operations include launching sounding rockets and stratospheric balloons, operating satellite ground stations, and providing engineering and consulting for space missions. They operate the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden and offer services to space organizations, research institutes, and commercial customers, including ESA and DLR. SSC is also involved in developing Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM) programs.
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The estimate of 30 to 50 operational optical ground stations includes two Swedish Space Corporation facilities in Australia and Chile.
In 2026, PExT will begin expanded direct-to-Earth demonstrations with commercial ground service providers, including the Swedish Space Corporation.
Iceye collaborated with Swedish Space Corporation to enhance sovereign space capabilities for Nordic and NATO security.
The Swedish government and the Swedish Space Corporation planned to establish an orbital launch capability at Esrange in October 2020.
The Swedish Space Corporation will support communications between space and ground through a partner ground station owned by the German Aerospace Center.
The Swedish Space Corporation will participate in NASA's demonstration of next-generation space communication technology on December 23, 2025.
The Swedish Space Corporation will change its name to 'SSC Space' starting in 2026.
During the extension period, the Swedish Space Corporation plans to support over 50 communication passes, including a demonstration of direct Earth communication in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Charlotta Sund, CEO of Swedish Space Corporation, selected 'Uteblivna vi' by Lisa Nilsson for Spotify Wrapped in Space 2025.
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has been selected to demonstrate direct-to-Earth, forward, and return links on the Ka-band using its global ground station network in support of NASA's Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) technology demonstration.
The extended testing will include direct-to-Earth testing with Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) will change its name to SSC Space at the start of 2026.
Swedish Space Corporation will change its company name to SSC Space at the beginning of 2026.
ICEYE and Swedish Space Corporation signed a Letter of Intent to enhance sovereign space capabilities for Nordic and NATO security.
ICEYE and Swedish Space Corporation will explore options to leverage their complementary strengths.
Iceye and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) signed a letter of intent to collaborate on sovereign space capabilities for Nordic and NATO security.
Nick Priborsky, president at the Swedish Space Corporation, noted that increased competition drives innovation in ground station operations.
ArianeGroup engineers and the Swedish Space Corporation will perform a general rehearsal on the launch platform to validate the methane and liquid oxygen propellants used by Themis.
Swedish Space Corporation received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for project establishment to create a basic capability for satellite launches from SSC’s Esrange Space Center.
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration is establishing a collaboration with the Swedish Space Corporation through the project establishment order as a first step to create a basic capability for satellite launches from Esrange.