Esrange Space Center is involved in several rocket and balloon campaigns every year.
The rockets are launched by EuroLaunch* the balloons are launched either by the SSC balloon launch team or by launch teams from CNES (France) or CSBF (USA).
Rocket campaigns 2012
| Mission |
Scientific purpose |
Status |
| MASER 12 |
Experiments in microgravity (1 VSB-30 rocket) |
Launched 13 February 2012 |
| REXUS 11 |
Student mission (1 Improved Orion rocket) |
tbd 2012 |
| REXUS 12 |
Student mission (1 Improved Orion rocket) |
Launched 19 March 2012 |
| MAPHEUS 3 |
Experiments in microgravity (1 Nike Improved-Orion rocket) |
tbd 2012 |
Balloon campaigns 2012
| Mission |
Status |
| IWC/LTU |
2-3 balloons, January 2012 |
| PoGoLite |
June 2012 |
| BEXUS 14, student flight |
October 2012 |
| BEXUS 15, student flight |
October 2012 |
* EuroLaunch
SSC and the German space organization DLR have concluded a cooperative agreement in the area of suborbital services for upper atmosphere and microgravity research. SSC and DLR have been working in the field of Sounding Rockets and Balloons since the 70's and have provided launch operation services to scientists and space organizations in Europe and worldwide. They coordinate their services and infrastructure in order to improve efficiency and offer maximum value to scientists and space organizations. SSC and DLR market their coordinated “end-to-end” services under the trademark EuroLaunch.
