Auroral Imaging Group
The Auroral Imaging Group (AIG) is a world leader in developing and operating instrumentation for observing the Northern Lights.
AIG Homepage
CASSIOPE / e-POP
The Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) is a research payload on the CASSIOPE spacecraft that is collecting new data on space storms and associated plasma outflows from the Earth’s ionosphere.
e-POP Website
SWARM (CEFI)
Swarm is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study the Earth's magnetic field. University of Calgary researchers provided the Canadian Electric Field Instruments (CEFI).
SWARM Website (ESA)
ABOVE
ABOVE is the Array for Broadband Observations of VLF/ELF Emissions. It is a project to deploy an array of sensitive radio receivers across Western Canada and deliver data from those receivers.
ABOVE Website
Miniature Plasma Imager
Designed and built at the University of Calgary, this new prototype instrument is designed to examine the physics of processes in Earth’s upper atmosphere, and how energy from the sun affects the structure and motion of matter within it.
Media StoryPast Projects
Long History of UofC Space Research| Project | Description | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOVE^2 | ABOVE^2 is a balloon campaign to augment the ground-based ABOVE receivers providing high-altitude measurements of X-rays and ELF/VLF radio waves related to electron precipitation from Earth's radiation belts. | 2016-10 | Link (UofC) |
| GO Canada | UCalgary leads four of the arrays that comprise GO Canada (auroral imagers, riometers, photometers, and very low frequency (VLF) receivers). | 2016-01 | Auroral Imaging Group (UofC) |
| RISR-C | The Resolute Bay Observatory is home to NSF's Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radar - North (RISR-N), and the UofC's RISR-C (Canada) radar. | 2015-08 | Auroral Imaging Group (UofC) |
| SWARM (CEFI) | UofC contributed the electric field instruments to the ESA SWARM mission. | 2013-11-22 | SWARM (ESA) |
| CASSIOPE / e-POP | UofC led the development of the e-POP mission on the CASSIOPE satellite, and continues to operate the satellite collecting data on space storms and plasma outflows. | 2013-09-29 | e-POP Homepage (UofC) |
| S520-26 | Japanese Sounding Rocket flight. UofC provided Imaging Mass Spectrometer |
2012-01-12 | Link (Japanese) |
| S520-23 | Japanese Sounding Rocket flight. UofC provided Suprathermal Ion Imager |
2007-09-02 | Link (Japanese) |
| THEMIS | UofC ground-based instruments collect data in conjunction with the 5 THEMIS satellites in orbit. | 2007-02-17 | Auroral Imaging Group (UofC) |
| JOULE-II | NASA Sounding Rocket Flights. UofC provided Suprathermal Ion Imagers |
2007-01-19 | JOULE-II (UofC) |
| CGSM / NORSTAR | UofC operated the photometer, riometer, and All Sky Imager components of the CGSM network. | 2005 | Auroral Imaging Group (UofC) |
| JOULE | NASA Sounding Rocket Flights. UofC provided a Suprathermal Ion Imager |
2003-03-27 | JOULE (UofC) |
| CUSP | NASA Sounding Rocket Flight. UofC provided a Suprathermal Ion Imager and a Suprathermal Electron Imager |
2002-12-14 | CUSP (UofC) |
| SS520-2 | Japanese Sounding Rocket flight. UofC provided the Thermal Suprathermal Analyzer instrument (TSA). |
2000-12-04 | SS520-2 (UofC) |
| GEODESIC | Canadian Sounding Rocket Flight. (Mission lead: UofC) First flight of CCD-based particle detectors (Thermal Electron Imager, and a Suprathermal Ion Imager) |
2000-02-26 | GEODESIC (UofC) |
| Nozomi | Japanese led Mars Atmospheric Explorer Mission. UofC contributed the Thermal Plasma Analyzer (TPA) instrument. |
1998-07-04 | Nozomi (ISAS/JAXA) |
| ACTIVE | Canadian Sounding Rocket Flight. UofC led the mission and contributed the Thermal Plasma Analyzer |
1998-04-28 | ACTIVE (UofC) |
| Interball-A | Russian satellite project consisting of two satellite pairs. UofC contributed the UltraViolet Auroral Imager instrument. |
1996-08-29 | INTERBALL (Russian Space Research Institute) |
| OEDIPUS-C | CSA / NASA Souding Rocket Flight. UofC contributed two identical Thermal Ion Detectors. |
1995-11-07 | OEDIPUS-C (UofC) |
| Freja | Swedish satellite. UofC contributed the Auroral Imager and operated the Cold Plasma Analyzer. |
1992-10-06 | FREJA (UofC) |
| Akebono | Japanese satellite (which operated for 26 years!). UofC contributed the Suprathermal Mass Spectrometer. |
1989-02-22 | AKEBONO (UofC) |
| Viking | Sweden's First satellite. UofC provided two ultraviolet cameras for the satellite. |
1986-02-22 | |
| CANOPUS All-Sky Imager | UofC deployed the first CCD based auroral imager. | 1986 | Auroral Imaging Group (UofC) |