Sweden inaugurates mainland Europe's first satellite launch complex

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Spaceport Esrange, mainland Europe's first orbital launch complex, was inaugurated on Friday at the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who jointly cut the ribbon.

"Europe has its foothold in space and will keep it," von