Swedish Space Corporation and Dhruva Space to expand Ground Station network synergies
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Dhruva Space announce the ambition to further expanding their synergies within the satellite ground station networks domain. By leveraging SSC’s network of ground stations for LEAP-1, an upcoming hosted payload satellite mission in 2024, SSC and Dhruva Space will help accelerate the growth of Swedish and Indian newspace initiatives.
This engagement marks a significant milestone in the existing collaboration between the two companies. SSC's experience in establishment and operations of ground station services, will further augment Dhruva Space's expertise in full-stack space solutions, encompassing satellite manufacturing, launch services, and mission operations. The SSC ground stations will play a critical role in facilitating communication, data transfer, tracking, and control during the crucial early stages of the LEAP-1 hosted payload mission.
“We are honored that our long-term partnership with SSC continues and is further strengthened to the next level. Having undertaken advanced studies in Sweden and successfully completing a program at the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, this collaboration holds significant value for me as both a space scientist and an entrepreneur. By leveraging our combined strengths, we aim to redefine the standards of efficiency and accessibility in the deployment of payloads to Low Earth Orbit,” says Sanjay Nekkanti, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Dhruva Space.
“We are delighted to expand our relations with Dhruva Space and to support their upcoming LEAP-1 mission with our ground station network. Sweden and India have a long history of collaboration in a wide range of industries, including the space sector where SSC most recently supported ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission. With Dhruva Space, our first private customer in India, we look forward to further exploring the newspace sector together with an innovative provider of space engineering solutions,” says Fredrik Gisle, Head of APAC Market Region at SSC.
This agreement is a steppingstone for future collaborations, including collaborative ground station operations, the sharing of resources, joint research projects, expertise, and infrastructure to optimize ground station operations for both India and Sweden.
Contact: Philip Ohlsson, Head of Communications at SSC, +46 (0)70 721 70 26, philip.ohlsson@sscspace.com
About SSC: Swedish Space Corporation helps Earth benefit from Space. Since the 70’s, SSC has helped space organizations, companies, other commercial actors and research institutes to get access to space. Through our local presence on all continents and close to 700 committed employees, we offer specialist expertise in satellite ground station connectivity, spacecraft operations, rocket and balloon systems, launch services, flight test services and data analytics. Among our strongest assets are Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, set to become first to launch satellites from continental Europe in 2025, as well as our global ground station network for satellite communications - SSC Connect. https://sscspace.com/
About Dhruva Space: Dhruva Space, founded in 2012, is a Full-Stack Space Engineering Solutions provider based in Hyderabad, India, and in Graz, Austria. The company is active across Space, Launch, and Ground segments and supports civilian and defense clients worldwide. Dhruva Space offers Satellite/s teamed with Earth Station/s and Launch Services as an integrated solution or individually as technology solutions to power space-based applications on Earth and beyond. https://dhruvaspace.com/
