Sweden, and space Presentation at the conference: Danmark som Rumfartsnation Copenhagen September 4 2007 By Claes-Göran Borg Senior Adviser, former President and CEO
40 years experience 1961 The Space Technology Group launched Sweden s first rocket from Nausta in Lapland 1962 Building of Esrange commenced 1972 founded
Swedish Government and Swedish space industry Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications Ministry of Education, Research and Culture Swedish National Space Board Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) Saab Ericsson Space Volvo Aero Other
Swedish National Space Board, Main objectives To contribute to a strong European space programme, including space research and independant access to space To support a national space research programme and widespread use of space technology applications within Sweden To develop and support a competitive Swedish space industry To exploit the space business opportunities at Esrange (Kiruna)
Swedish National Space Board Budget 2007 MSEK M Industrial activities 613 67 Space Research 168 18 Administration 23 3 Total 804 88 Out of this approx. 75% goes to ESA and 25% is spent on national and bilateral projects.
Swedish Space Industries
A comprehensive space industry, ready for the future
National space projects have laid the groundwork for the company s development into a competitive business partner
Our business concept: On the world market provide Solna 28 May 2007
Swedish Space c Circle 165 empl. Esrange 40 empl. Vidsel Solna Ågesta 130 empl. 15 empl. Founded in 1972 Owned by the Swedish Government 350 employees in Sweden, 70 in Germany Turnover approx. 500 MSEK Uppsala 7 empl. Solna 28 May 2007 LSE, Wessling, Germany 70 empl.
Our historical heritage Long experience as prime contractor for small satellites in Europe 2003: SMART-1 2001: ODIN 1998: ASTRID-2 1995: ASTRID-1 1992: FREJA 1986: VIKING Solna 28 May 2007
The future Satellites for: Telecommunication Earth observation Climate research Technology development Premier 2013 PROBA 2012 SVEA 2011 Smart OLEV 2010 Prisma 2009 Solna 28 May 2007 Small Geo 2010
Innovation and dependability Development companies to exploit innovations ECAPS World leading development of green propulsion systems NanoSpace World leading development of Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) for space applications
Esrange 40 years of experience World leading launch facility for sounding rockets, balloons as well as tests of space and aerospace systems 500 sounding rockets up to an apogee of 800 km 550 stratospheric balloons up to the size of 1.2 million m³ Solna 28 May 2007
NEAT North European Aerospace Test range The gateway to advanced tests A cooperation between Swedish Space and Swedish Defence Materiel Adm Unique test area in Europe Air space, 350 km long Low population and air traffic Excellent infrastructure, long experience Solna 28 May 2007
S P A H I P 2 S P A C E S H I P 2 illustration: virgin galactic
Stations for polar-orbiting satellites Alaska Kiruna Customer requirements 1. Maximum number of passes Drives towards higher latitudes 2. Avoid frequency congestion Drives towards lower latitudes Drives towards more sites 3. Minimum latency Drives towards more sites
Stations for satellites in equatorial orbits Hawaii Hawaii Perth Perth Customer requirements 1. Continuous contact Implies at least three stations 2. Redundant stations (overlap at critical phases) Drives towards more stations 3. High reliability Drives towards technical coherent stations (full control from SSC) Santiago Santiago Pretoria Pretoria
Effectively coordinated operation background data Satellite Aircraft surveillance detection identification analysis and interpretation report data link for images, reports and orders overview coordination decision surveillance sampling clean-up rescue Command post Ship
Our mission statement: We work with space technology because we believe humans benefit! Swedish Space is a unique space industry in Europe, a small company with innovation capacity and cuttingedge expertise combined with a high level of qualified and reliable services! Our wide expertise, based on our satellite projects, has given us competitive advantages in Europe. Important to maintain and develop the expertise in the company!
New challenges for Swedish space activities New government since one year Government Bill 2008 on science and innovation The finansing system for R&D reconsidered No new Swedish scientific satellite decided Challenges for the Swedish Space Industry
Challenges for the Swedish Industry : The future as small prime Saab Space: The future as independent equipment supplier Volvo Aero: Space only a very small but important part Many start-up, innovation companies with unique products
My personal thoughts: Some of the present objectives are outdated We must develop a new Space Policy with focus on: - Increased value to the tax payers - Increased value to the politicians - Increased value to the shareholders Through: - A few very visible Swedish projects (telecom, climate research, security, space exploration)