SPACEPORT FEATURES

Geographical/Technical

Country	Sweden
Altitude	460 msl (RWY); 300 msl (launchpads)
deg Latitude	67,82° (RWY); 67,89° (launchpads)
possible Easterly azimuths	Sub-orbital only
possible southerly azimuths	Sub-orbital only
proximity to sea	240 km W
weather-wind	<10% main RW crosswind >10 kt <1.2% main RW crosswind >20 kt
weather-precipitation	Per month in mm: 26 – 22 – 24 – 26 – 33 – 51 – 86 – 68 – 45 – 41 – 37 – 30

Local Infrastructure 

Runway	2500 x 45 m, heading 03/21 VOR-DME, NDB
Port	Closest port in Narvik, Norway, 170 km distance. Year-round ice-free port.
Railhead	Located in town of Kiruna, 10 km from RWY and 40 km from launchpads.
Hotels & Restaurants	A great number of hotels and restaurants are available in Kiruna.
Proximity to University	Umeå  University and Luleå University of Technology have a Department of Space Science located in the town of Kiruna. The main universities are 370 km (Luleå) and 610 km (Umeå) away. In Norway there are universities in Narvik (170 km) and Tromsö (450 km).
Proximity to NASA facilities	N/A Note! Both the Swedish CAA and Swedish Space are or have been involved in NASA operations outside Spaceport Sweden.

Site Facilities 

Pads for sounding rockets	3 fixed and 1 mobile launchers MAXUS: Fixed diameter launch stool, 1 m (Castor 4B) MRL: Rail launcher, hanging, max diameter 25 inch Skylark: Fixed diameter launcher, 22 inch (VSB 30) MAN: Rail launcher, hanging, max diameter 25 inch
Landing pad for RLV	See below
Horizontal takeoff/landing	On airport runway for air-launched vehicles or RLV
Fuel Handling-Solid	Yes
Ordnance/Pyro facilities	Storage facilities for Pyro articles are available
Vehicle Integration/Checkout	For air-launched vehicles, the Arena Arctica hangar is to be used for preparations. It is a
Spacecraft storage facilities	Storage for sounding rockets.
Met Office/Radiosonde	Experienced meteorologist and Vaisala radio-sondes are used at the facility.
Range Radars, cameras	C-band tracking radar is available. Tracking cameras can be arranged.
Telemetry data retrieval	P-, L-, S- and X-band TM, as well as P- and S-band TeleCommand are available.
On-site research labs	4 laboratories for biological and chemical research are available
Broadband access	Up to 12 Mbps
Emergency Response teams	Yes.
Downrange payload retrieval.	Yes. By helicopter.

Space Tourism Specific 

Family facilities -residential	Several hotels are located in the town of Kiruna and the neighbouring area.
Family facilities-entertainment	Located in one of northern Europe‘s most famous wilderness activity areas, especially during winter. Activities include hunting, fishing, dog-sledding, skiing, rock- and ice-climbing, snowmobile and rein-deer trekking and whale safaris.

Financial/Admin 

Years of Operations	40 years (nov 1966)
On-time launch record	500 sounding rockets
Int’l facilities-customs	Custom issues are regularely handled as the facilities are used by international entities such as NASA and ESA.