MASER SOUNDING ROCKET MICROGRAVITY FLIGHTS

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1 MASER SOUNDING ROCKET MICROGRAVITY FLIGHTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

2 BOOK YOUR FLIGHT TICKET! LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES ON MASER OPEN NOW! World class flight ticket concept for your space mission! File your notification of interest for flying your scientific experiment, technology demonstrator or your choice of payload on MASER at Flight Opportunities from Esrange Space Center MASER 14 May 2019 Fully booked MASER 15 November 2020 Open MASER 16 May 2022 Open MASER 17 November 2023 Open

3 The flight ticket service The flight ticket covers a complete set of services that follow upon delivery of your experiment/payload module. The flight ticket includes: Verification and flight simulation test of an integrated experiment/ payload Launch operations, flight of your payload to 260 km apogee 6 minutes of high quality microgravity (<10-⁴ g) Land recovery operations (2 hrs) Accommodation at Esrange Space Center hotel, including meals, throughout the launch campaign, nominally 7 days Access to; offices, meeting rooms, laboratories, preparation halls, recreation facilities Payload bay Recovery system Avionics Additional services SSC offers customized services upon request. Some examples; Mechanical systems for accomodation of experiments/payloads Provision of electrical power Data acquisition Real-time ground display of experiment data Separation systems, e.g. for drop tests Experiment/ payload space MASER sounding rocket configuration Experiment mass and pricing MASER has a total capacity of 300 kg experiment mass. Each experiment / payload module can weigh between 2-70 kg. The price per kg for the flight ticket is from 7000 Euros, depending on selected service level. A typical experiment/payload module with SSC power and data systems

4 Excellent launch facilities and infrastructure SSC s launch facility Esrange Space Center is located 40 km from the town of Kiruna in the very north of Sweden, above the Arctic Circle (68 N, 21 E) and has access to a vast, unpopulated impact and recovery land area of 5200 km2. Kiruna has a highly developed infrastructure and a domestic airport providing daily flights to Stockholm. The climate is typically continental with cold winters and relatively warm summers. Esrange is equipped with large and modern facilities for rocket launches, preparation, integration and testing of payloads as well as clean room facilities, laboratories, workshops, offices and meeting rooms. It also houses its own hotel, restaurant and a multitude of indoors and outdoors recreation facilities. ESRANGE SPACE CENTER Norway Sweden Finland The location of Esrange The MASER launch tower Land recovery of MASER

5 Flight heritage of 13 successful MASER missions More than 60 experiment modules developed Over 660 sounding rocket launched Excellent launch facilities - Esrange Space Center About SSC SSC is a global provider of advanced space services. We develop experiment payloads and provide rocket and balloon launch services at our unique facility Esrange Space Center. We also provide reliable access to satellites through SSC s global network and ground stations, one of the largest ground station networks in the world. Furthermore, we provide engineering expertise to all phases of our customers space programs. With extensive experience and a solid understanding of the rapidly changing space market, we tailor innovative and sustainable solutions to institutional and commercial customers worldwide. SSC covers the global market through its offices in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, USA, Chile, Australia, China and Thailand, along with the global network of ground stations. SSC was founded in 1972 and has 500 employees. Read more at