The Solar System Physics and Space Technology (SSPT) research program at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) in Kiruna is devoted to

Comparative research on the evolution and dynamics of the solar system objects (planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids) and their interaction with the solar wind.

We design and build instruments for space missions, analyze received data and develop computer models simulating planetary environments. Traditionally, the main focus of the group is experimental physics. We manufacture ion mass spectrometers, electron spectrometers, energetic particle detectors, and energetic neutral atom (ENA) imagers to study Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and comets. We use the state-of-the-art parallel computers (HPC2N) to run our numerical models. Beside space missions, we use the ground-based radars (EISCAT) to investigate distribution and characteristics of the interplanetary dust and meteoroids.

IRF press releases 2010-09-02 Längst bort i rymden med solens kraft - rymdsonden Rosetta 2010-07-07 Asteroid undersöks på plats av svenska instrument 2010-06-14 Revolutionerande mikromekanik används för att mäta massan på rymdpartiklar 2010-04-16 Svenskt satellitinstrument SARA upptäcker en minimagnetosfär på månen 2010-03-16 Tryckpulser i solvinden blåser bort Mars atmosfär	SSPT news 2010-06-22 Prisma and PRIMA successfully launched on 15 June 2010 2010-06-13 IRF:s instrument PRIMA sänds upp på den svenska satelliten Prisma den 15 juni 2010-06-13 IRF's instrument PRIMA to be launched on the Swedish Prisma satellite on 15/6 2010-04-14 IRF's instrument SARA observes mini-magnetosphere above lunar magnetic anomaly 2010-04-01 Webb-tv inslag om Near Earth Objects
Coming seminars	Vacancies Stop date: 2010-09-15 Biblioteks- och informationsassistent
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