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.

  • Project
    JEM-EUSO IRCAM
    The Infrared Camera (IRCAM) of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO)
  • Gallery
    La misión CHEOPS, en la que participa el IAC, observa sus primeros exoplanetas
  • Technical facility
    Laboratory of Integrated Circuits (LABIC)
    As part of the IAC's strategic plan, since 2019, the Electronic Department of the Instrumentation Division has been carrying out many activities to obtain the...
  • News
    Lecture on the James Webb Space Telescope at the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos
    Macarena García Marín, astrophysicist who works for ESA and NASA on the Hubble’s successor, will explain the difficulties of deploying it into space.
  • News
    MACARENA GARCÍA MARÍN: “Queremos que los científicos del IAC y la comunidad europea en general utilicen el James Webb”
    Durante su última visita al Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) hablamos con Macarena García Marín, una de las tres antiguas estudiantes de la...
  • Grant
    Manufacture and integration of QM, FM and FS models of SO/PHI.
  • Grant
    Manufacturing and integration of SO/PHI (the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager for Solar Orbiter)
  • Capability
    National and international relations in the field of large scientific facilities with other public and private entities
    One of the missions of the IAC is to point out the value of the international nature of the center, by improving the relationships that are already underway...
  • News
    New data obtained about the biggest and one of the most complete Einstein rings
    In December 2020 a team from the European Space Agency (ESA) published an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) of GAL-CLUS-022058s, the biggest and...