Space cargo from Helsinki

Commercial-scale radar Earth-observation satellites. Residual launch capacity routed through Vandenberg SLC-4E, Kourou (CSG) and 1 other site.

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The Helsinki region builds radar Earth-observation satellites at commercial scale — a capability few countries have at all — alongside a substantial electronics and RF engineering base.

Cargo leaving Helsinki for orbit consolidates at Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL). From there it routes to Vandenberg SLC-4E, Kourou (CSG) and 1 other site. Charterspace lists the residual capacity on flights that are already leaving, so what is open from these sites changes as providers release it.

Nothing on this page is a guaranteed service. Residual capacity is sporadic by nature — most of the time there is none open from any given site, and a leg listed today may be gone tomorrow. Payloads bound for orbit are subject to export control, hazardous-materials rules and the launch provider's own acceptance criteria, all of which are settled before anything is booked. If nothing here matches what you need to ship, tell us and we will look at the routes that are not listed.

Launch sites serving Helsinki

  • Baikonur CosmodromeAir freight to Almaty (ALA) or Astana (NQZ), then rail west to the cosmodrome.
  • Kourou – CSGAir freight to Cayenne (CAY), then road west to the Centre Spatial Guyanais.
  • Vandenberg SLC-4EAir freight to Los Angeles (LAX) or Santa Barbara (SBA), then road up the coast.

Open capacity from launch sites serving Helsinki

This list is filtered to legs departing from the launch sites Helsinki is served by, not everything on the platform.

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Listed capacity is not guaranteed: it can be de-manifested at any time at the launch operator’s sole discretion, and all capacity is subject to export control laws and regulations. Read the full Risk Disclosure, or tell us what you need to ship if your route is not listed.