Strong Irish links to the Solar Orbiter launch at Cape Canaveral
Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) attended the launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday 10th February.
Solar Orbiter will address some of the most challenging problems in space science and help us understand how the sun operates and impacts the Earth and the entire Solar System. It was launched from Cape Canaveral at 4:03m Irish time on Monday 10th February and will spend 7 years on its mission, sending images back to the Earth.
There are strong Irish connections to the Solar Orbiter: researchers from DIAS were involved in the development of software for the satellite, while an Irish company – ENBIO – developed the protective heat shield that will enable the Orbiter to study the sun at an unprecedented level of proximity.
Professor Peter Gallagher, Head of DIAS Astrophysics, is a Co-Investigator for the Solar Telescope Imaging X-rays (STIX) instrument on Solar Orbiter, and attended the launch in Florida, along with DIAS researcher Dr. Shane Maloney, who worked on software for the spacecraft.
Speaking in advance of the launch, Professor Gallagher said: “Irish research and innovation have played a vital role in the development of the Solar Orbiter. The observations the Orbiter will collect will help scientists better understand what drives the sun’s activity and how the Sun effect the Earth. It is testament to the calibre of researchers working in Ireland that we have such strong Irish involvement in this project.”
Ireland’s membership of the European Space Agency, funded by the Government through the Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation, enables Irish industry and research institutes to participate in the development of technologies for ESA science missions such as Solar Orbiter.
Irish companies ENBIO and CAPTEC won a total of €3.1M in industrial contracts for the Solar Orbiter mission, with ENBIO developing a unique thermal coating for the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna and heatshield, and CAPTEC providing software services to ensure that Solar Orbiter’s critical onboard software is fit for purpose.
Trinity College Dublin and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies received ESA funding of €965k to support the development of imaging software for the STIX (Spectrometer/Telescope Imaging X-rays) instrument, one of ten science instruments on Solar Orbiter.
Professor Peter Gallagher and Dr. Shane Maloney are available for interview/comment.
Professor Peter Gallagher at the recent DIAS 2020 launch
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DIAS & the ESA Solar Orbiter
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Last Updated: 11th February 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Strong Irish links to the Solar Orbiter launch at Cape Canaveral
Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) attended the launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday 10th February.
Solar Orbiter will address some of the most challenging problems in space science and help us understand how the sun operates and impacts the Earth and the entire Solar System. It was launched from Cape Canaveral at 4:03m Irish time on Monday 10th February and will spend 7 years on its mission, sending images back to the Earth.
There are strong Irish connections to the Solar Orbiter: researchers from DIAS were involved in the development of software for the satellite, while an Irish company – ENBIO – developed the protective heat shield that will enable the Orbiter to study the sun at an unprecedented level of proximity.
Professor Peter Gallagher, Head of DIAS Astrophysics, is a Co-Investigator for the Solar Telescope Imaging X-rays (STIX) instrument on Solar Orbiter, and attended the launch in Florida, along with DIAS researcher Dr. Shane Maloney, who worked on software for the spacecraft.
Speaking in advance of the launch, Professor Gallagher said: “Irish research and innovation have played a vital role in the development of the Solar Orbiter. The observations the Orbiter will collect will help scientists better understand what drives the sun’s activity and how the Sun effect the Earth. It is testament to the calibre of researchers working in Ireland that we have such strong Irish involvement in this project.”
Ireland’s membership of the European Space Agency, funded by the Government through the Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation, enables Irish industry and research institutes to participate in the development of technologies for ESA science missions such as Solar Orbiter.
Irish companies ENBIO and CAPTEC won a total of €3.1M in industrial contracts for the Solar Orbiter mission, with ENBIO developing a unique thermal coating for the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna and heatshield, and CAPTEC providing software services to ensure that Solar Orbiter’s critical onboard software is fit for purpose.
Trinity College Dublin and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies received ESA funding of €965k to support the development of imaging software for the STIX (Spectrometer/Telescope Imaging X-rays) instrument, one of ten science instruments on Solar Orbiter.
Professor Peter Gallagher and Dr. Shane Maloney are available for interview/comment.
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#BooksofDIAS: The MacEgan Legal Treatise (2020) edited by Fergus Kelly This Treatise is of special importance as it provides a professional lawyer’s account of Irish ‘Brehon’ law in the period after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169. See more: shop.dias.ie/product/the-ma… #DBF2020
DIAS School of Theoretical Physics is hiring! -Postdoctoral Scholarship in Theoretical Physics -Schrödinger Fellowship in Theoretical Physics Application closes on 10 January 2021. More details and how to apply is on our website: dias.ie/positions/ #jobfairy #physics
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..., be appointed Director of the School of Theoretical Physics”, which was seconded by Professor A. J. McConnell and carried unanimously. (4/4) Read more: dias.ie/2010/09/15/stp…
The 21 November, will mark the 80th Anniversary of the first meeting of the Governing Board of the School of Theoretical Physics. The first item on the agenda was a proposal by the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Conway, “that Professor Erwin Schrödinger, (3/4)
During the lunch De Valera outlined his plan for an Institute for Advanced Studies embracing a School of Celtic Learning, a School of Theoretical Physics, and a School of Medical Research, with possible additional sections to be added on later. (2/4)
#OTD in 1903 long serving @StpDias Board member Professor Albert Joseph McConnell was born. Coincidently also #OTD in 1938 McConnell attended a luncheon hosted by then Taoiseach Eamon DeValera in @LeinsterHouse with Erwin Schrödinger (1/4) *picture from 1942