Two members of the CPT-SCOPE team, namely Anastasiya Dykyy and Timo Stein, presented the preliminary results of the CPT-SCOPE flight-test aboard BEXUS 20 on October 10, 2015, at the 1st Symposium on Space Educational Activities.
Category Archives: Updates
General updates about activities at IDEAS.
CPT-SCOPE BEXUS 20 Launches from Esrange Kiruna
Dear all,
After a number of delays due to other payloads and the successful launch of BEXUS 21 our instrument will fly aboard BEXUS 20 on October 10, 2015 scheduled at 14001130. The countdown begins at 1000 and I have to get going at 0600.
Have a look on the live stream from Kiruna and wish luck:
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First Phase of ASIC for Infrared Focal Plane Array Control Finished
We have completed the first design iteration of NIRCA – the Near Infrared Readout and Controller ASIC for Focal Plane Arrays (FPA) under contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Norwegian Space Center. The project aims at future astronomical science and Earth observation missions, where NIRCA will be used with image sensors based on mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe, or MCT).