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Agency Delegate Report: Danish National Space Center

Agency Delegate Report: Danish National Space Center. Torsten Neubert Danish National Space Center. DNSC Agency Status. Research in Denmark has been reorganized Governmental research labs are fused with universities

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Agency Delegate Report: Danish National Space Center

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  1. Agency Delegate Report:Danish National Space Center Torsten Neubert Danish National Space Center

  2. DNSC Agency Status • Research in Denmark has been reorganized • Governmental research labs are fused with universities • Danish National Space Center (DNSC) is now a unit of the Danish Technical University (DTU) • DNSC is now >110 employees, with ~25 added from DTU, strengthening space instrumentation capabilities • DNSC’s status as ”Agency” • National space actors are organized in a ”Danish Space Consortium”, with DNSC as the coordinator • DNSC maintains the contact to the Ministry of Research and Innovation • DNSC and the Space Consortium act as advisors on priorities for participation in ESA’s voluntary programs and appointment of representatives to various ESA boards • DNSC and the Consortium give advice to the Ministry on future directions and initiatives Emne | 5. januar 2005 | ILWS – Uppsala 12-06-2007 | side 2

  3. Danish ILWS-related activities • SWARM • Three satellites in low-Earth, polar orbit • High-precision magnetometers, accelerometers, electric field, ion drift probe • Is at the end of phase B, launch expected in 2011 • ASIM • Instrument suite for the International Space Station • 6 TV-frame rate imagers and 6 photometers, one X-ray monitor • Is in phase B, expected launch in 2011 • EU – Space Weather • ESA – Cosmic Vision • Magnetometer chain in Greenland • Cosmic ray influence on climate • Cosmic ray detection network deployed at Danish High Schools Emne | 5. januar 2005 | ILWS – Uppsala 12-06-2007 | side 3

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