LA PLATA, Maryland —The Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) has dropped its original plans to encourage startup orbital launch rockets to operate from northern Sweden’s Esrange facility to focus on proven vehicles, starting with US-based Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha vehicle. SSC also plans to use the Blue Whale 1 rocket from Perigee Aerospace of South Korea under an earlier agreement.
The decision comes following an apparently classic cost/benefit assessment by SSC and follows a late-2024 decision by the Swedish Defence Materiel administration (FMV . . .
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