Lines of instrumentation: Space instrumentation

Space instrumentation

Some scientific projects require observations outside the Earth's atmosphere, for which balloons or artificial satellites are necessary. These missions and experiments are carried out with scientific instruments developed by large international consortiums. Since its inception, the IAC has been participating in this type of projects, developing on-board instrumentation and instrumentation for ground segments.

  • News
    The puzzle of the strange galaxy made of 99.99% dark matter is solved
    At present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a ubiquitous, but mysterious component, termed dark matter. Astronomers...
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    The second phase of the ALISIO-1 mission, which will take the latest version of the DRAGO infrared camera into space, gets under way
    After the excellent results from its predecesor, DRAGO (Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations) the updated version of this instrument...
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    Touching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
    This Tuesday October 20th at around 23.12 hr (Canary time) the NASA space probe OSIRIS-REx will make its first attempt to collect samples from the asteroid...
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    Valorization of technology and promotion of synergies with the productive environment
    Another purpose of the IAC is to increase the value of the research results generated by the center. The transfer of knowledge for the development of new...