Farewell SOLAR!

Wednesday Feb 15, 2017, 9:30 AM → 10:30 PM UTC

Meridian Room (Space Pole)

With the support of ESA and BELSPO, B.USOC is organizing a public event in Brussels to witness the final deactivation of SOLAR and to share memories with all actors involved in the adventure. SOLAR is an external payload facility on the Columbus Laboratory dedicated to the Sun monitoring and hosting three instruments: SOVIM, SOLSPEC and SOL-ACES. SOLAR was launched on February 2008 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the frame of mission STS-122 that has delivered the Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station.

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Doors open: Welcome Coffee

Welcome and Introduction

Conveners: Dr Alain Hauchecorne (CNRS-LATMOS), Dr Didier Fussen (IASB), Pierre Coquay (BELSPO)

Witness SOLAR final deactivation

The SOLAR Observatory on ISS/Columbus - The Context

Convener: Astrid Orr (ESA)

SolACES, an introduction from Gerhard Schmidtke

Convener: Gerhard Schmidtke (IPM Fraunhofer)

9 years of SOLAR operations

Conveners: Ms Alice Michel (BIRA), Saliha Klaï (Space Applications Services)

SOLAR from Conceptual Design to Space

Convener: Stefano Masiello (Thales Alenia Space Italia)

Space to Ground Call from Thomas Pesquet

12:45 PM Buffet Lunch

and media opportunities for individual interviews

Group Picture

SOLAR/SOLSPEC: from its integration and calibration, to the nine years of exceptional solar spectral irradiance measurements onboard the ISS

Convener: Mr David Bolsée (BIRA-IASB)

SolACES: Monitoring of solar EUV radiation and absolute calibration in space

Convener: Robert Schäfer (IPM Fraunhofer)

3:00 PM Coffee Break

SOLAR from Conceptual Design to Space (part 2)

Convener: Stefano Masiello (Thales Alenia Space Italia)

9 years of SOLAR Operations - Technical Challenges

Conveners: Denis Van Hoof (Space Applications Services), Geraldine Marien (Space Applications Services)

4:00 PM Farewell Drink

7:30 PM Social Dinner

(not sponsored)