https://spacewatch.global/tag/swedish-space-corporation/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:32:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/swedish-space-corporation/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/wsw-2026-science-suborbital-flights-the-question-of-why-we-launch-with-armelle-frenea-schmidt/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70618 On the final day of the Winter Satellite Workshop 2026 in Espoo, Finland, Daniela Jovic sits down with Armelle Frenea Schmidt, Business Development Director for Science Services at SSC – Swedish Space Corporation. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/03/ssc-wins-additional-ground-station-contracts-for-copernicus/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64511 SSC has received several additional satellite ground station contracts from ESA for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program. The new contracts include ground station support from both Punta Arenas, the US and Canada.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/dhruva-space-announces-successful-closure-of-its-series-a-round/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54958 Dhruva Space, a full-stack Space Engineering solutions provider based in Hyderabad, India, has announced a successful closure of their Series A funding at INR 123 Crores (USD 14.7 million). The funding will go towards the company’s upcoming spacecraft manufacturing facility, strategic business acquisition plans, and enhancing product offerings to deploy them to the global market.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/crean-welcomes-sam-peterson-as-new-chief-commercial-officer/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 07:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53884 CREAN has announced its newest addition to its team as it hires Sam Peterson as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). This strategic hire marks a significant step forward for CREAN as it continues to accelerate growth through new product and service offerings to our customers with complex engineering, production, and supply chain challenges.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/sweden-to-inaugurate-space-center-in-january/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45701 On 13 January 2023, the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf, and European and Swedish political dignitaries will visit Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden to cut the ribbon of a new spaceport. The new spaceport, which saw years of preparation and construction, will significantly reshape the European space landscape. The event will take place in Kiruna in conjunction with Sweden taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/isar-aerospace-joins-rit2021-in-sweden/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37475 Isar Aerospace has joined the RIT 2021 space development program with plans to expand its operations in the Kiruna space cluster in northern Sweden, RIT Space reported. RIT 2021 is an EU-funded collaborative project aiming to create sustainable growth in the region of Norrbotten, enhancing its role as Sweden’s space industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/ssc-and-bradford-ecaps-sign-mou-for-orbital-debris-removal-services/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36818 The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Bradford Space / ECAPS signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaborative orbital debris removal services. The agreement was signed at the International Astronautical Congress 2021 in Dubai. Common Earth orbits are getting increasingly congested with more companies deploying satellite constellations than ever before.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/swedish-space-corporation-signs-contract-with-isar-aerospace/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20205 Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and German space tech company Isar Aerospace have signed a long-term contract for testing of a new generation of European rocket engines for minilaunchers at Esrange Space Center in Sweden.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/scc-helps-strengthen-earth-observation-capabilities-at-inuvik-satellite-station/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13414 Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), in co-operation with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is expanding its data reception capabilities at the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF) in Canada’s Northwest Territories. This expansion marks the next step in a long-standing and productive collaboration between SSC and NRCan.]]>