PFS (Mars Express mission)
MARS-EXPRESS was an ESA mission launched on June 2, 2003. The aim of the project was to investigate the surface and the atmosphere of Mars from its orbit. Poland was involved in the PFS experiment (Planetary Fourier Spectrometer). The
MERTIS (BepiColombo mission)
BEPICOLOMBO is ESA’s mission to Mercury. It consists of two orbiters. One is for planetary studies (MPO) and the other for magnetospheric studies (MMO). Orbiters will reach Mercury in 2022. Polish CBK PAN is involved in the MPO-MERTIS (Mercury
MXGS (ASIM mission / ISS)
The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) aboard ISS was proposed for studying the high-altitude, thunderstorm-related optical emission from the stratosphere and mesosphere. One of the two main instruments in ASIM is the Miniature-X and Gamma-ray Sensor (MXGS) designed by the
HP3 (InSight mission)
InSight is a NASA mission which will place a lander on Mars in order to explore the Martian interior by conducting geophysical studies. It addresses one of the most fundamental questions of the space science i.e. the process of
RFA (Obstanovka mission / ISS)
The OBSTANOVKA-1 experiment was delivered to ISS in its Russian Segment in February 2013, then mounted by cosmonauts outside the station (April 2013). The aim of the bstanovka experiment is to monitor and diagnose the electromagnetic radiation and property
IBEX-Lo (IBEX mission)
IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) was a NASA’s Small Explorer heliospheric mission launched on October 19, 2008. Its aim was to investigate the interaction of the solar wind colliding with the inflowing interstellar matter. It was the first spacecraft able
OPS-SAT satellite
OPS-SAT (3U CubeSat) will be a safe, hardware/software laboratory, flying in a LEO orbit, reconfigurable at every layer from channel coding upwards, devoted to demonstrate innovative new mission operation concepts. This ESA mission aims at providing powerful in-orbit tools
DESIS (payloday onboard ISS)
The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) environment and resource monitoring system was launched to the ISS in July 2018. The hyperspectral sensor system has 235 spectral channels with a spatial resolution of 30 metres. DLR and the US
CaSSIS (Trace Gas Orbiter mission)
The 2016 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is the first in a series of Mars missions to be undertaken jointly by two space agencies, ESA and Roscosmos. A key goal of this mission is to gain a better understanding
„Lem” & „Heweliusz” telescopes of BRITE constellation
BRITE (Brite Target Explorer) Project is an international collaboration aimed at collecting astronomical data on the brightness oscillation of stars which are bigger and hotter than the Sun. Institutes from Austria, Canada and Poland contributed star-observing nanosatellites, forming a
STIX (Solar Orbiter mission)
The STIX Solar Orbiter (SOLO) will be launched by ESA in 2018 to perform observations of the Sun, the inner heliosphere and solar wind. SOLO will fly towards the Sun and will have approached the star closer than any
