The United States and Sweden have signed a five-year technology safeguards agreement that allows American space satellite launchers to be exported to Sweden’s Esrange Space Center.
The agreement seeks to boost information exchange and cooperation with U.S. launcher manufacturers and protect advanced space technology, Stockholm announced Monday.
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Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard, a signatory to the TSA, stressed the critical need for stronger cooperation with the United States in the space domain.
“This agreement is of major strategic importance for Swedish space capability and Europe’s and allies’ access to space,” she said. “It also strengthens cooperation with the U.S. in strategically important areas.”
Sweden noted that many U.S. launchers for small spacecraft are suited for use at the Esrange Space Center, which Swedish Space Corp. operates.
The two countries are both members of NATO, which announced the development of its first commercial space strategy in October 2024. The strategy includes provisions for protecting industry partners and accelerating military space technologies for the alliance.