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🛰️ Hλιακή καταιγίδα έφερε το σέλας στον ουρανό της Ελλάδας !

Ο διευθύνων σύμβουλος της SPARC, περιγράφει στο in.gr το φαινόμενο.

🔗 Διαβάστε το άρθρο: https://www.in.gr/2026/01/20/in-science/space/hliaki-kataigida-efere-selas-ston-ourano-tis-elladas-eikones

Σέλας στον ελληνικό ουρανό – σπάνιο φαινόμενο ορατό χάρη στην έντονη ηλιακή δραστηριότητα. (Πηγή: Andreas Vossinakis)

This holiday season, at SPARC we continue to look up.
We wish everyone health and peace, new ideas, creative collaborations, and exciting journeys!

Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!

📡 Η ESA αξιοποιεί λογισμικό ανάλυσης δεδομένων της SPARC για την παρακολούθηση των ηλιακών καταιγίδων.

Αυτή είναι η ελληνική τεχνολογία που χρησιμοποιεί ο Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Διαστήματος για τη μελέτη των ηλιακών καταιγίδων Ανάμεσα στα διάφορα φαινόμενα των τελευταίων ημερών ήταν και ένα Επεισόδιο Εμφάνισης Ηλιακών Ενεργητικών Σωματιδίων (Solar Energetic Particle Event) που

We just made a laser call… 265 million km away ⚡️ On 7 July 2025, we connected with @NASA’s Psyche spacecraft using light — our first-ever deep-space optical link! Two observatories in Greece. One powerful laser. A return signal from deep space. And this is just the beginning. 📹 @europeanspaceagency 📸 ESA

SPARC has been awarded a contract by European Space Agency in response to the “Real-Time Assessment of Radiation Environments on Gateway” tender.

The Lunar Gateway Unified Aggregated Datasets (L-GUARD) project – our contribution to safer lunar exploration – will develop sophisticated radiation data processing schemes tailored to the radiation sensors on-board the Lunar Gateway. By combining data from the European Radiation Sensor Array (ERSA) and the Internal Dosimeter Array (IDA), we're working to provide astronauts and mission teams with precise and reliable products associated with the radiation environment encountered along Lunar Gateway’s orbit.

We're collaborating with a highly skilled consortium consisting of national research institutes, universities and SMEs:

-Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA)
-German Aerospace Center/Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
-SE2S GmbH (SE2S)
-Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical -University (IEAP CTU)
-HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research (HUN-REN EK)
-Kallisto Consultancy (Kallisto)
-Aboa Space Research Oy (ASRO)
-TRAD Tests & Radiations (TRAD)
-DH Consultancy BV (DHC)



Each partner brings their expertise in radiation instrumentation, radiation detection and data analysis. Through this focused collaboration, L-GUARD will make a significant contribution to astronaut safety and mission success in the radiation environment encountered by Lunar Gateway in its near-rectilinear halo orbit.

SPARC team members delivered 3 oral presentations, convened one conference session and contributed in several poster presentations at the European Space Weather Week in ,

Looking forward to the next ESWW meeting in

Success for the SPEARHEAD project at the Interim Report Meeting! The team presented detailed updates and key findings in high-energy particle data research, receiving positive and constructive feedback from our External Evaluator, Dr. Jurgen Watermann, and Project Officer, Zoran Kovac. We are excited for the next phases of the project!

Εθνικόν Αστεροσκοπείον Αθηνών
Ινστιτούτο Αστρονομίας, Αστροφυσικής, Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών,Τηλεπισκόπησης Turun yliopisto - University of Turku
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
SPARC
ESA - European Space Agency
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Johns Hopkins University
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)

It's an honor for SPARC to contribute with ESA - European Space Agency to the special issue on space weather of the Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) Quaterly Newsletter.

GSICS is an international collaborative effort initiated in 2005 by the World Meteorological Organization and the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites.

Center for Satellite Applications and Research - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR STAR translates raw satellite data into critical information needed to inform the public and safeguard the environment across the country and around the world.

Shockwaves ripple across the glare as a launch eclipses the setting Sun in this exciting close-up. Captured on September 17, the roaring Falcon 9 rocket carried European Galileo L13 navigation satellites to medium Earth orbit after a lift-off from Cape Canaveral on Florida's space coast. The Falcon 9 booster returned safely to Earth about 8.5 minutes later, notching the 22nd launch and landing for the reusable workhorse launch vehicle. But where did it land? Just Read the Instructions.

Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography)

Several contributions from the SPARC team and intentional collaborators have already been presented at the Committee of Space Research (COSPAR) 2024: 45th General Assembly which is taking place in Busan, Korea this week from 13-21 July 2024