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Towards Europe’s polar gateway to ! 🌌

Today, President von der Leyen has inaugurated the first spaceport for the launch of satellites on the mainland during her visit to Kiruna, . 🛰

Space plays a key role in the future of Europe’s competitiveness, security, green transition, and connectivity. By having the ability to launch satellites from European soil, we will achieve more prosperity and independence for the EU.

Full speech: europa.eu/!9XQVPN

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Jona Joachim

@EU_Commission Could you explain the physics of this? I always thought you need to be as close as possible to the equator to benefit from earth rotational velocity and reduce fuel usage. Polar seems like a very strange choice?

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Eric

@EU_Commission what a nice looking milf she's

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Spaceflight 🚀

@EU_Commission any excerpt of the speech (content) ?

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