ICI Rocket Program

ICI Rocket Program ICI-5 to be launched from Svalbard Dec 2019. The rocket is part of the Grand Challenge Initiative, a

Solar flares give rise to more than just the northern lights: on the Earth’s day side, sunlight tears electrons loose from the atmosphere. Complete clouds of electrons are formed and drift across the Arctic. These electron clouds are invisible to our eyes, but they appear on radar screens and in super-sensitive cameras made to capture the northern lights. When night falls in Norway, electron cloud

s are formed over North America. After only a few hours, the electron clouds have reached our lands, since they are drawn out of the polar region by the nightly northern lights. Beautiful to observe, but disruptive for navigation and communication systems. UiO researchers have found that the most serious interferences occur when electron clouds coincide with the northern lights. They now want to explore these “freak” events by taking measurements from on board a rocket.

14/12/2019

Ever wonder what scientists do when they're waiting for a rocket to be launched? Here's our Principal Investigator Jøran Moen confirming a "hypothesis" that you can feel the lamp vibrate if you run your finger over it 😂

08/12/2019

The ICI-5 mission launched on a NASA sounding rocket from a Norwegian launch site at 2:43 a.m. EST on Nov. 26.

ICI-5, or Investigation of Cusp Irregularities-5, reached 157 miles in altitude before returning back to Earth. The mission hopes to further investigate Earth's polar cusps.

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/35ykKF9.
Photo: NASA/Allison Stancil-Ervin

05/12/2019
04/12/2019

ICI-5 Sounding Rocket Launch 🚀😍

The ICI-5 was launched this morning at 07:43:04 UT into a beautiful red arc.
26/11/2019

The ICI-5 was launched this morning at 07:43:04 UT into a beautiful red arc.

ICI-5 (ICI Rocket Program) launched from Ny-Ålesund today.

Photo: Martin Langteigen, Eiscat Svalbard Radar

25/11/2019

Rocket is on the rail, and countdown has begun 🚀

24/11/2019

Time-lapse of the auroras we saw last night in Ny Ålesund😍 T-1 day until the launch window begins! 🚀

23/11/2019

Principal Investigator (PI) Jøran Moen presenting the science of the ICI-5 Sounding Rocket at the Pre-flight meeting. T-1 day until the launch campaign begins!

Rocket is on the rail, wearing a styrofoam coat to keep it warm ☺️
22/11/2019

Rocket is on the rail, wearing a styrofoam coat to keep it warm ☺️

ICI-5 team having dinner together before departing for Ny Ålesund for the launch campaign 📸: David and Joran
21/11/2019

ICI-5 team having dinner together before departing for Ny Ålesund for the launch campaign
📸: David and Joran

Launch window for ICI-5 opens in one week, on November 25. 🚀🤩📸: Trond Abrahamsen/ Andøya Space Center.
18/11/2019

Launch window for ICI-5 opens in one week, on November 25. 🚀🤩
📸: Trond Abrahamsen/ Andøya Space Center.

17/11/2019

What is it like to go to Ny-Ålesund, the closest town to the north pole, to launch a rocket? Watch this NASA mini documentary to find out.

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