The Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) is a government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research, responsible for national and international space activities, primarily focusing on research and development. SNSA distributes government grants for space research, initiates R&D in space and remote sensing, and acts as the Swedish point of contact for international cooperation. A significant portion of their budget supports programs within the European Space Agency (ESA). SNSA is involved in projects like the Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) and collaborates with organizations like UKSA and ESA.
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In April 2026, the Swedish National Space Agency and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration signed a Memorandum of Cooperation.
In April 2026, the Swedish National Space Agency and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to simplify launch licensing for U.S. commercial launch vehicles operating from Sweden.
The Swedish National Space Agency and the FAA signed a licensing coordination agreement on 15 April 2026.
The Swedish National Space Agency can use FAA information as a basis for Swedish launch licensing decisions if necessary.
The Swedish National Space Agency retains oversight of rocket launch licensing in Sweden under the FAA agreement.
The Swedish National Space Agency has signed an agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration to cooperate on licensing US rocket launches from Sweden’s Esrange Space Centre.
In late March, Sweden committed €1.3 million in new funding to the Swedish National Space Agency to increase annual launch permit application capacity from two to as many as 20.
The Swedish Space Agency currently handles one to two launch permit applications per year, and that number is expected to rise to as many as 20 annually.
The proposed Swedish budget amendment allocates SEK 14 million to build up the Swedish Space Agency’s permit and supervision capability.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signed funding arrangements with the Swedish National Space Agency and the UK Space Agency to provide additional national contributions to the ESA–State Space Agency of Ukraine project fund.
Das REXUS-Programm wird vom Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) und der schwedischen Raumfahrtagentur SNSA getragen.
The European Space Agency, Axiom Space, and the Swedish National Space Agency signed an agreement in April 2023 to enable Marcus Wandt’s flight.
The European Space Agency, working with the Swedish space agency, arranged the flight of Marcus Wandt.
Marcus Wandt, a Swedish Air Force pilot selected by ESA as a reserve astronaut in November 2022, will fly on the Axiom commercial flight funded by ESA and the Swedish National Space Agency.
SSC has been awarded a €2.26M contract by the European Space Agency under the ARTES Scylight programme with support from the Swedish National Space Agency for the second phase of the NODES project.
Swedish Space Corporation was awarded a €2.26 million contract by the European Space Agency with the support of the Swedish National Space Agency under ESA’s ARTES Scylight program for the second phase of the NODES project.