Thirty years of driving space in Catalonia
We promote research and innovation in space sciences and technologies, as well as the advancement of its ecosystem.
HIGHLIGHTED NEWS
Montsec Observatory hosts new Dutch instrumentation under the ESA Phi-LabNET framework
A cross-border collaboration between ESA Phi-Lab Spain (led by the IEEC) and ESA Phi-Lab Netherlands has successfully installed and integrated new instrumentation dedicated to advanced satellite tracking and space debris monitoring.
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APEC
Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector of Catalonia
NewSpace represents a new use of space with small and rapid development satellites. This new technology enables the creation of a new set of digital services and a new economy with strong growth.
HIGHLIGHTED PICTURE
The Solar Orbiter mission, led by the European Space Agency and with the participation of IEEC researchers, captured the solar flare that took place on 11 November. An active region of the Sun's outer atmosphere (the corona) lights up, and the surrounding space is subsequently filled with bright particles ejected by the Sun in a coronal mass ejection. This video capture was obtained with the spacecraft's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument, which can see light coming from charged particles from plasma at millions of degrees.
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— Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) (@IEEC_space) December 4, 2025
👉 Galileo, the European Union’s satellite navigation system managed by @EU4Space, enables a fast and reliable Search and Rescue (SAR) service.
Want to know how? Don’t miss the video!@gencat @EU4Space @Eurisy1 @aee_gob… pic.twitter.com/xxMR7WvuWy
