Esrange has been promised orbital launches since 2015, was opened for them in January 2023, and has not launched a satellite.
0
orbital launches from this country in 2026, to 2 October
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orbits reached by its launch firms, ever
€0.0m
public money to its launch firms, not counting contracts for future launches
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launch firms we cover
Checked 8 October 2026
Launch sites
No orbital launch from Esrange. It flies sounding rockets and balloons, as it has since 1966.
Esrange Space Center
- What happened
- The first satellite launch was promised for 2020, then 2022, then the turn of 2023/24, then 2024, 2025 and 2026. Firefly now says 2028.
The launch site has had €98.9m of public money since 2018. The first satellite launch was promised for 2020 and is now promised for 2028.
Money from company accounts, public registers and ESA contracts; promises from the statements on our company and spaceport pages; launch counts from Jonathan McDowell’s launch log of 7 October 2026. Every figure is on the page it comes from.