Balloon bonanza at Esrange: Record breaking launches in northern Sweden
In close collaboration with strategic partners like NASA and CNES, Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is launching a record amount of eight stratospheric balloons this summer. The largest one measures three times the size of the Globe (Avicii Arena) in Stockholm, and will fly high above the Atlantic to a safe landing in Canada. These are hectic times at the Esrange Space Center outside Kiruna in northern Sweden. A total of eight stratospheric balloons – five transatlantic, two stationary and one student balloon – will be launched from Esrange within a matter of weeks. A record in both