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# Norway's CAA report flags over EUR 146 million per flight cost from Esrange
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-07-norway-caa-esrange-launch-cost-report/
- Published: 2025-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:00:38.000Z
- Description: Norway's Civil Aviation Authority delivered a government-commissioned report finding insufficient data to assess the risk of orbital launches from Sweden's Esrange over Norwegian territory, with trade press citing a cost to Norway of over EUR 146 million per flight.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (Luftfartstilsynet) news release, 7 March 2025](https://luftfartstilsynet.no/en/about-us/news/news-2025/report-on-the-investigation-of-orbital-launches-from-kiruna-over-norway?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** The report does not itself block or approve Esrange launches; it only recommends further flight-safety analysis before risk can be assessed.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

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