Norway joins the space race and opens Annoya launch site inside the Arctic Circle
The launch pad supports the Spectrum rocket, designed to deliver about 1000 kg of cargo into orbit
Norway has opened its northern spaceport, Andøya. The opening was attended by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, who cut the symbolic ribbon.
Source. This was reported by Space News.
The spaceport is located in Nordmel, on the island of Andøya inside the Arctic Circle. It is expected to become the first working orbital spaceport in Europe.
The ceremony took place 9 months after the opening of the Esrange spaceport in neighboring Sweden. Thus, Norway has also joined the space race.
The German rocket company Isar Aerospace has exclusive access to one of the launch pads at the spaceport. The infrastructure includes a launch pad, payload integration facilities, and a mission control center.
The launch pad supports the two-stage Spectrum rocket, designed to deliver up to 700 kilograms to sun-synchronous orbit and up to 1,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit.
The company is currently preparing for the final Spectrum tests. Shortly before the opening of the spaceport, it conducted integrated burn tests of Aquila engines lasting 260 seconds, according to the magazine Vse pro Kosmos.
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