
2023: JUICE
The largest project ever for IRF is part of the European Space Agency mission JUICE, Jupiter ICy Moons Explorer. On …

2020: Solar Orbiter
Solar Orbiter is a European Space Agency (ESA) space mission to investigate the sun and solar wind up close with a …

2018: Chang’e 4
In the end of December 2018 the Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 4 was sent to the moon. The spacecraft carries a lander and a …

2018: BepiColombo
BepiColombo is a joint mission to Mercury between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration …

2015: MMS
Magnetospheric MultiScale, MMS, is a NASA mission consisting of four satellites with identical instrumentation launched …

2013: Swarm
The European Space Agency’s Swarm project consists of three identical satellites launched from Plesetsk in Russia on 22 …

2009: Cluster
The Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Uppsala is responsible for the EFW (Electric Field and Wave) instrument that …

2003: Mars Express
Mars Express is the first European satellite to Mars. It was launched on a Russian rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on …