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Successful launch
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The Prisma
satellites were successfully launched aboard a Dnepr
launcher from Yasny, Russia, on 15 June 2010. Sixteen
minutes after take-off, the launcher released the two Prisma satellites, clamped together in launch configuration.
One minute before estimated time, 1,5 hours after launch,
SSC’s Esrange Space Center had its first contact with
Prisma and established communication links with the
mission control center in Solna. SSC’s operations team
could verify that the satellites were safe sunpointing
and that all systems were in a nominal state. All
subsystems on both satellites will now be successively
verified, before the planned separation of the two
satellites, Mango and Tango, on 3 August.
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Odin studies
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For the first time, Odin is
now used in a project where its data will be
synchronized with data delivered by another satellite,
the American satellite AIM. Atmospheric researchers
will study the processes related to summertime
noctilucent clouds, which occur in the atmosphere at 80
km altitude.
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Great interest
for SSC propulsion systems |
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companies NanoSpace and ECAPS were both sponsors for the
Space Propulsion 2010 conference in San Sebastian, Spain,
and got great response on their presentations and
well-attended exhibitions there.
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SSC at Chinese anniversary ceremony |
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In April, representatives from
SSC’s Beijing Office attended the 20 years anniversary
ceremony for international commercial satellite
launching services and the Long March Users’ Conference
at Xi’Chang Satellite Launch Center, as invited by China
Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC). Read more »
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Balloon flights
around the North Pole |
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Through a space cooperation
agreement recently signed between Sweden and Russia, SSC
has the possibility to fly high altitude balloons over
Russian territory. This enables SSC to offer circumpolar
flights from its facility Esrange Space Center in
northern Sweden. Such long duration flights are of great
value e.g. in astronomy research where long series of
measurements are essential.
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Another successful flight for MAXUS |
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The ESA Director General Mr
Jean-Jacques Dordain visited Esrange in March to attend
the launch of MAXUS, Europe’s largest sounding rocket
carrying experiments for research in microgravity. MAXUS
8 carried four experiments and a technology demonstrator
to 700 km altitude, providing 12 minutes of stable
microgravity, 10-5 g, for the experiments onboard.
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Record balloon flight from Esrange |
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scientific instrument MIPAS/B-Telis was successfully
flown with a 400 000 m³ balloon from Esrange last
winter. The flight was performed in record cold
atmospheric conditions for such a big balloon.
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New Chinese antenna system in Santiago |
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In May
2010, CLTC (China Satellite Launch & Tracking
Control General) visited SSC’s Santiago station
to sign an agreement for the construction of the
civil works for the CLTC 10 meter C-band antenna
at the station.
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New
station at Dongara |
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SSC will establish a new
ITAR-free ground station as an extension to its Dongara
station in Western Australia. As designed for
multi-mission supporting purposes, the station will also
serve Chinese space activities. It will be taken into
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Chinese ground station at Esrange |
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With
authorization of China Meterological
Administration (CMA), the China Space Star
Technology Co (SSTC) has contracted SSC to
establish a new ground station at Esrange to
serve the Chinese National Meteorological
Satellite Center (NSMC). The Chinese polar
station in Esrange will be established in 2011
and used for the collection of global
environmental data. Along with four Chinese
domestic stations, it will be part of a
real-time global network for the FY-3
meteorological satellites. |
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Changes and
challenges in LSE |
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The SSC company LSE has
acquired the Dutch company Aurora Technology which
provides space science and engineering services to ESA
in the Netherlands and Spain. The acquisition
strengthens LSE’s team in Holland and extends the
company’s presence to Spain.
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SSC to
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The Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has
contracted SSC to provide S-band ranging service for
the weather monitoring satellite mission COMS. For
this mission, SSC will use the Dongara Station in
Western Australia. Dongara is one of the stations of
the PrioraNet, SSC’s global station network for
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Historic tests at Vidsel |
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Two historic tests have been performed at
the Vidsel Test range, where SSC operates
and maintains test systems for the Swedish
Defence Material Administration (FMV). One
test concerned electronic interference, and
the other one was, most likely, Europe’s
first over-land live warhead firing with an
AMRAAM missile.
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MSS 6000 flies in
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The first of two SSC airborne
maritime surveillance systems, MSS 6000, was delivered
to Malaysia at the end of 2009. The two systems will be
operated onboard Bombardier 415 Maritime Patrol aircraft
by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).
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MSS 6000 tracks oil in the Gulf of Mexico |
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In early May 2010, Transport Canada
transferred one of their MSS 6000 equipped
Dash 8 aircraft to Louisiana in support of
the oil spill clean-up effort. The aircraft
has been flying twice-daily missions over
the Gulf of Mexico to provide real time
updates of the movement and extent of the
spill.
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Meet us at
Farnborough in Hall 1, Stand A25-26 |
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We will be present at the
Farnborough Air Show 19-25 July 2010 and will be happy
to provide you with updated news about our airborne
maritime surveillance systems. Together with the Swedish
Defence Materiel Administration, we also present our
joint aerospace services activities, NEAT. We look
forward to seeing you! |
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