The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) is a governmental research institute which conducts research and postgraduate education in atmospheric physics, space physics and space technology. Measurements are made in the atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere and around other planets with the help of ground-based equipment (including radar), stratospheric balloons and satellites. IRF was established (as Kiruna Geophysical Observatory) in 1957 and its first satellite instrument was launched in 1968. The head office is in Kiruna (geographic coordinates 67.84° N, 20.41° E) and IRF also has offices in UmeÄ, Uppsala and Lund.
Address:
Box 812, SE-981 28 Kiruna
Phone:
+46-980 79000
Head of public authority (President/Vice-Chancellor/CEO/DG):
Lars Eliasson
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22 November, 2022 - Institutet för rymdfysik
In a new thesis from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and UmeĂ„ University, unique methods for the analysis of radar data and simulations of meteoroids in the solar system are presented. The methods have been applied to confirm the existence of rare high-altitude meteors as well as to measure space debris from the Kosmos-1408 […]
3 October, 2022 - Institutet för rymdfysik
The agreement between IRF and the Turkish Space Technologies Research Institute (TĂŒbitak Uzay) means that Swedish space researchers will once again have the opportunity to study the Moon. The scientific instrument Lunar Neutrals Telescope (LNT) is being built at IRFâs headquarters in Kiruna to study surface and near-surface environment of the Moon. This instrument is […]
26 September, 2022 - Institutet för rymdfysik
On the 27th of September, Katerina Stergiopoulou, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and Uppsala University, will defend her doctoral thesis. New results about the physical processes taking place in the induced magnetospheres and magnetotails of Mars and Venus will be presented. Mars and Venus donât have a planetary magnetic field like Earth does. Consequently, […]
7 June, 2022 - Institutet för rymdfysik
In the doctoral thesis that Konrad Steinvall, Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Uppsala University, presents on June 8, new results are presented on how waves in electrically charged gas, space plasma, interact with the plasma itself in connection with an explosive process called magnetic reconnection. The process is connected to both solar storms and […]
11 May, 2022 - Institutet för rymdfysik
On May 13th Philipp Wittmann, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and UmeĂ„ University, will defend his doctoral thesis. Philipp has been part of developing, testing, and calibrating the particle instrument Jovian plasma Dynamics and Composition analyzer (JDC). It will measure ions and electrons in the Jovian system onboard the upcoming European spacecraft JUpiter ICy […]
24 November, 2021 - Institutet för rymdfysik
Sofia Bergman, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and UmeÄ University, will defend her doctoral thesis on low-energy ions around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 26 November. Observing low energy ions is notoriously difficult because their properties are affected greatly by the spacecraft which observes them. Sofia has developed new methods to do this. Using her work, scientists can study low-energy ions around comets and in a variety of other places in the Solar System.
25 November, 2020 - Institutet för rymdfysik
The SpaceLab test facility at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) in Kiruna, Sweden, offers industry and research groups an extensive opportunity to test and qualify space-related hardware for satellites, rockets, balloons and ground-based technology. A film and a website are now being launched to present the test capabilities within IRF SpaceLab. âIRF has […]
18 November, 2020 - Institutet för rymdfysik
The Swedish-led satellite instrument Particle Environment Package (PEP) will help researchers at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) to understand how three of Jupiterâs icy moons are affected by the particles around Jupiter and search for the pre-conditions for life. After 14 years of work, the instrument is ready to take its place on […]
21 August, 2020 - Institutet för rymdfysik
Now the first of two Swedish-led Jupiter instruments has left the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) to take its place on the European spacecraft JUICE. The Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation instrument (RPWI) will measure electric and magnetic fields to identify and map the oceans beneath the frozen ice cover of the moon Ganymede.
21 February, 2020 - Institutet för rymdfysik
A researcher from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics, IRF, is a member of the international research team that has detected twisted radio beams from the famous black hole in the M87 galaxy. The radiation discovered reveals unique properties of black holes.
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