Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launches

Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launches

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Esrange Space Centre, Sweden (AFP) Jan 13, 2023

As the mercury drops to minus 20 Celsius, a research rocket lifts off from one of the world's northernmost space centres, its burner aglow in the twilight of Sweden's snowy Arctic forests. Hopes are high that a rocket like this could carry a satellite next year, in what could be the first satellite launch from a spaceport in continental Europe. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and European

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