JOHANNESBURG — Sweden’s Esrange Space Center is preparing for a busy period of launch activity as political scrutiny grows over efforts to establish an orbital launch capability at the site.

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Andrew Parsonson is based in Valetta, Malta, and has been covering the space industry since 2017.
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