Logotype

Downloadable logotypes for the Swedish Institute of Space Physics Below you can find the logotype of IRF in a number of formats suitable for the web and for printing. For the web Complete logotype blue (jpg format) Complete logotype black (jpg format) Small logotype blue (jpg format) Small logotype black (jpg format) Zip files (1…

Press room

Press room One of IRF’s main tasks is to spread information about space and about current Swedish space research. Please contact us if you have questions about our activities or our research areas. Our information officer will help you get in touch with the right person if you are looking for comments or background facts….

Restaurant Atmosfären

Restaurant Atmosfären Welcome to Restaurant Atmosfären at the Kiruna Space Campus. We are open on weekdays and serve lunch and coffee at the following times: Lunch: 11.15 to 13.00 Coffee: 9.30-10.00 and 14.30 to 15.00 Note! Lunch must be pre-booked before 9.30. The restaurant can accommodate about 60 people.

Venus Express

Venus Express (ASPERA-4) The European Space Agency (ESA) sent the first European space probe to Venus on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on 9 November 2005. After a five-month journey, the space probe went into orbit around Venus on 11 April 2006 and began studying the thick atmosphere and the plasma around the…

Chang’e 4

Chang’e 4 (ASAN)  In the end of December 2018 the Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 4 was sent to the moon. The spacecraft carries a lander and a mobile robot and landed on the far side of the moon 3 January 2019. IRF in Kiruna participates with the Advanced Small Analyzer for Neutrals instrument (ASAN). The instrument…

Completed projects

Completed projects Below is links of completed projects 2023 – 2003 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 /2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003

Projects on hold

Projects on hold Right now there is no master thesis projects or project works on hold.   

Master theses projects & shorter student projects 

Master theses projects & shorter student projects Please click on the links below for topics available for Master’s thesis projects and shorter student projects at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF). Available projects – Space plasma physics (Uppsala) Available projects – Solar system physics and space technology (Kiruna) Available projects – Solar terrestrial and…

Contact

IRF The head office for IRF is located on the Space Campus in Kiruna, about 5 km east of Kiruna by road E10. Central roles Director General Olle Norberg +46 72 5813394 olle.norberg@irf.se Deputy Director General Stas Barabash +46 70 2178586 stas.barabash@irf.se Financial Manager Anna-Karin Ukonsaari +46 72 5813356 anna-karin.ukonsaari@irf.se Personnel Officer Cecilia Flemström +46…

Press

Welcome to the IRF press room Under construction One of IRF’s main tasks is to spread information about space and about current Swedish space research. Please contact us if you have questions about our activities or our research areas. Our information officer will help you get in touch with the right person if you are…