Swedish Space Corporation
Provides global ground station networks, satellite launch services, sounding rocket and balloon systems, and spacecraft engineering from Esrange Space Center and stations on six continents
Swedish Space Corporation, operating as SSC Space, is a Swedish government-owned provider of advanced space services with over 50 years of operational history. The company operates one of the world's largest commercial ground station networks for satellite communications, with more than 20 stations strategically positioned across six continents for global coverage. SSC Space owns and operates Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, which serves as a versatile facility for sounding rocket launches, stratospheric balloon flights, rocket engine testing, and the development of orbital launch capabilities for sun-synchronous and polar orbiting satellites. The company has launched more than 1,200 suborbital missions and supports the full satellite mission lifecycle through telemetry, tracking, command, and data reception services. Its four divisions cover science and launch services, ground station connectivity, spacecraft operations and engineering, and orbital launch and rocket test services. SSC Space serves institutional, commercial, and defense customers in earth observation, telecommunications, meteorology, navigation, and scientific research.
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