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1/11/2007
 Spaceport Sweden is a co-operation between Swedish Space Corporation , ICEHOTEL, LFV Group (Luftfartsverket) and Kiruna’s business-development company Progressum. The aim of Spaceport Sweden is to make Kiruna Europe’s first and most obvious place for personal suborbital spaceflight.
Virgin Galactic is the world’s first commercial spaceline that will give ordinary people the opportunity to become non-professional astronauts and they have chosen Spaceport Sweden as one of their operational partners.
Virgin Galactic’s mission is to provide excellence in commercialized human sub orbital space flight. Its aim is to create 500 new astronauts within the first year of operation, and up to 50,000 within 10 years of operation.
Date and Time: January 26, 2007, 10:30
Place: Arena Arctica, Kiruna Airport
Registration:
Please notify participation, at the latest, by January 22, 2007 to johanna.bergstrom-roos@esrange.ssc.se
Program 26 Jan:
09:00 Before the event at Arena Arctica, media is invited to visit Kiruna City Hall for a presentation of Swedish Space Corporation as well as visiting the ongoing space exhibition.
10:00 Transfer to Arena Arctica at Kiruna Airport. Transportation is provided.
10:30 Welcome by Olle Norberg, Spaceport Sweden and Head of Esrange Space Center
10.40 Signing of agreement between Virgin Galactic and Spaceport Sweden – Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic and Claes-Göran Borg, Chairman of Spaceport Sweden and President of Swedish Space Corporation
10:50 Inauguration – Maud Olofsson, Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Deputy Prime Minister, also responsible for government business in the space and tourism areas
11:00 Virgin Galactic – Will Whitehorn, President
11:20 Time for questions
In addition to the already mentioned representatives, Kenneth Stålnacke (Mayor of Kiruna) and Per-Ola Eriksson (County Governor of Norrbotten) will also participate.
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EXTRA MEDIA PROGRAM!
Due to the big interest for the inauguration of Spaceport Sweden we are planning to organise a supplementary programme for the media the day before the inauguration. If you are interested in attending the programme (or parts of it), please notify participation, at the latest, by January 22, 2007 to: johanna.bergstrom-roos@esrange.ssc.se.
We recommend accommodation at the Hotel Kebne, where rooms are reserved for this event. Please notify your hotel reservation at the latest by January 19 at 12.00 (Swedish time) to Johanna Bergström-Roos. The rate for a single room is SEK 890:- per night.
When flying to and from Kiruna, we recommend the following flights;
From Stockholm, Arlanda: Wednesday January 24: 21.30 (arrival at 23.10 Swedish time).
From Kiruna, Kiruna Airport: Friday January 26: 13.55 (arrival at 15.30 Swedish time).
Program Thursday 25 Jan:
09.30
Bus to LKAB and a visit to the largest and most modern underground iron mine in the world, information about giant investment for the future, Anders Lindberg (pick up at the hotel)
11.30
Bus to the Town Hall and information about Kiruna - a city in transformation as it has to move due to mining activities, Mats Persson
12.15
Lunch
13.30
Bus to Esrange Space Center owned by Swedish Space Corporation
14.00
Stop at the airport to pick up arriving journalists (departure from Stockholm, Arlanda at 11.55 Swedish time)
14.40
Presentation of activities at Esrange Space Center and a guided tour. Meeting with scientists working at Esrange during two of this winters balloon campaigns, Johanna Bergström-Roos
16.00
Bus to ICEHOTEL
16.30
Guided tour at ICEHOTEL, Camilla Bondareva
18.00
Bus to town (the evening is free)
Read more about the organizations involved at:
http://www.spaceportsweden.com (to be launched January 26, 2007)
www.virgingalactic.com
www.icehotel.com
www.arenaarctica.com
www.progressum.se
www.lkab.com
www.kommun.kiruna.se (Swedish only)
www.kirunatestarea.se
www.neat.se
In connection with visiting Kiruna, we suggest the following complementary program items:
SSC's Esrange Space Center, johanna.bergstrom-roos@esrange.ssc.se
LKAB’s grand investments, anders.lindberg@lkab.com , www.lkab.com
ICEHOTEL, camillla@icehotel.com , www.icehotel.com
Kiruna Municipality and the moving of the city, ulrika.hannu@kommun.kiruna.se , www.kommun.kiruna.se (Swedish Only)
Kiruna Test Area and Kiruna Proving Grounds, bj@progressum.se www.kirunatestarea.com and www.kirunapg.com
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