Technology Transfer: IACTEC

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  • Visit to the IACTEC by Fernando Clavijo and Javier Franco

    The President of the Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo, visited the IACTEC facilities this Friday, the technological and business collaboration space of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), to gain first-hand knowledge of the projects being developed and to give his support to the work underway. During the visit, the President was accompanied by the Director of the Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI), Javier Franco. During the event, Clavijo announced that research in astrophysics and astronomy will receive 7 million euros

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  • Representation of the ALISIO-1 satellite. Credit: IACTEC-Space.

    The first Canary Earth Observation Satellite, belonging to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has successfully passed all the pre-launch technical tests, and is on the way to the United States for launch from California before the end of the year. ALISIO-1 (Advanced Land-Imaging Satellite for Infrared Observations) is the first Canary satellite which will orbit the Earth, in the framework of the ALISIO space programme, led by the IAC and coordinated by the IACTEC-Space group. In 2018, the team gained its first success after the launch of an atmospheric sounding balloon with live

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  • Mujeres de IACTEC

    La ciencia se escribe con muchas letras. Se escribe con f de física, con e de electrónica, con i de ingeniería. La ciencia se escribe también con m de mujer. En las jóvenes mentes de las investigadoras del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) habitaba una pequeña chispa científica que daría inicio a sus carreras. Niñas que contaban estrellas para dejarse dormir y que lucharían años más tarde por llegar al día en que sus sueños se hicieran realidad. Para poder observar y entender los secretos que esconde el Universo se necesita tecnología. De esto se encarga el IACTEC, un espacio de

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  • Imagen del proyecto "Habla con Ellas: Mujeres en Astronomía"

    Some 40 women astronomers, engineers and technologists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), from IACTEC and from other collaborating institutions are taking part in around ten initiatives to raise awareness of the important contribution of women in Science and to stimulate the interest of girls in scientific and technological careers. The activities are part of the celebrations of 11F, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and they will extend from February till June. Even though the percentage of women in scientific and technical careers has grown in recent

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  • DRAGO Proyecto Educativo

    The project "DRAGO: Canary Islands Educational Centres from Space" ended its 1st edition on Monday 27th June with a visit to the Teide Observatory for the winners and finalists, where they were also presented with the corresponding prizes. In this way, students and teachers from 5 schools in the Canary Islands were brought together in this first edition. DRAGO is an innovative educational project created by the space division of IACTEC, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, together with the Regional Ministry of Education, Universities, Culture and Sports of the Canary Islands

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  • Training engineers at the IACTEC nanosatellite test site

    Astrophysics and Space Science are two of the priority areas in the Strategy for Intelligent Specialization in the Canaries (RIS3). To promote this area IACTEC, the branch of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for technolgical business cooperation, has started up the Incubator for High Technology in Astrophysics and Space (IATAE). The incubator will offer a working area to those collaborating with the IAC (businesses, NGO’s, and related initiatives) who have innovative projects based on technolgy and with an intensive knowledge content, in the areas of Astrophysics and Space

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