Source: ESA
Nordic Ionospheric Sounding rocket Seeding Experiment (NISSE)
| Progress: | Feb 2010 |
What happened to NISSE after the launch? The story one year after lift-off...
more... |
| Feb 2009 | NISSE launched on March 12th 2009! | |
| Jan 2009 |
Brandnew pictures on the Production News page!
more... |
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| Since Nov 2008 |
NISSE has a blog on the International Polar Year (IPY) homepage
IPY blog |
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| 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2008 |
NISSE has been elected as the highlight of the International Polar Year (IPY) homepage
IPY page |
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| November 2008 |
The water tank and release system construction was
completed and a full ground test was carried out Download the video (3GP format): Water Release Test and see the new pictures of the assembled tank in: NISSE's Manufacturing News |
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| 9 September 2008 |
NISSE's success story is spread over Finland in the Avaruusluotain! Read the first story: Avaruusluotain |
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| 20 August 2008 |
The workshop at the University of Bergen has now manufactured 6 brackets. Next in queue is the explosive
valve system |
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| 25 June 2008 | After an interview with Timo Pitkänen, the Kaleva newspaper of Oulu, Finland, publis$ Check it out online: Kaleva news | |
| Jun 2008 |
Timo Pitkänen went to Sodankylä Geophysical
Observatory, Finland, to do the SIC modelling for NISSE. The results are very promising! A clear electron
density depletion is expected to occur after the water release! For further information on the modelling see: Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory |
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| 13 Jun 2008 |
NISSE press release reaches over 15 online newspages! Just google "Nordic Ionospheric Sounding rocket Seeding Experiment" |
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| 30 Apr 2008 |
The Finnish national wide radio channel YLE Radio 1 mentions NISSE in their Avaruusradiaattori (Space Radiator).
Listen here:
YLE Radio |
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| Apr 2008 | Dream Team attends the REXUS/BEXUS Student Training Week from 20- 26 Apr 2008 | |
| 4 Apr 2008 | Web pages for NISSE launched! | |
| 17 Mar 2008 |
Gisela Baumann joins the Dream Team Dream Team got a new member: Gisela Baumann from University of Helsinki (also at Finnish Meteorological Institute) joins the team |
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| 10 Mar 2008 |
NISSE selected to fly aboard the REXUS! See: ESA Rexus project |
Last update: 11.12.2008
