PROBA-2 SWAP/LYRA and SolarOrbiter EUI Guest Investigator Call - Proba-3

The PRoject for On-Board Autonomy (PROBA) missions are mini-satellites with a with a weight around 150 kg and the size of a (bit larger than a) washing machine. Each of the missions is testing a range of new technologies in space and thus brings them at TRL-9 with the aim to implement these te

chnologies in larger science or technology spacecraft. Besides the technology demonstration, each of the PROBA missions dedicates its main mission goal to a scientific application: PROBA-1 and PROBA-V are dedicated to Earth observation, and PROBA-2 and PROBA-3 to solar science.

PROBA-2 was launched on 2 November 2009 into a polar orbit at an altitude of slightly above 720km. The image on the right is an artist impression of PROBA-2 in its orbit. The solar panels are directed towards the Sun, as are the two scientific instruments SWAP and LYRA. Both instruments provide scientific data since early 2010 on a daily basis. The Science Operations Centre, located at the Royal Observatory in Belgium, Brussels, is in charge of the long-term planning, the commanding, the data retrieval and processing and its distribution to the scientific community.

Each year, the Solar Physics team of the Royal Observatory calls for a Guest Investigator to allow scientists the opportunity to colocate themselves with the Science Operations Centre and the Science Teams of the instrument flown. Since the launch of Solar Orbiter, also the EUI instrument joined the Guest Investigator call that is now covering three solar instruments.

This year the dealine for the Guest Investigator call is 3 November 2024. Please visit the official Guest Investigator page for full information.