What does CERN have to do with 3D colour x-rays and 19 th century paintings? Join experts from the CERN Knowledge Transfer Group on 14-15 September at the CERN Open Days, and learn more about the real-life applications of CERN’s highly advanced technology and scientific...Read more ›
CERN's Aerospace Activities Strategy
Aerospace is a field in which CERN is playing a critical and increasingly recognised role from both the scientific and the technological point of view. This domain is considered as highly strategic by many of CERN's institutional and industrial partners in the Member States and beyond.
Both space missions and underground accelerator and detector infrastructures have to deal with extremely harsh environments, posing stringent technological requirements that often overlap. In addition, the exploration of the smallest and largest structures of the Universe requires instruments and data exploitation systems capable of the highest achievable performances.
CERN's technologies, facilities and know-how have concrete applications in space, and the KT Group is committed to exploring synergies and establishing partnerships with institutional, research and commercial organisations active in the aerospace sector.
Find out more about CERN's Aerospace projects and activities
CERN testing facilities with potential or existing aerospace applications
CERN operates unique technical facilities for testing equipment in space-like environments. Irradiation facilities are of particular interest to the aerospace community.
CERN know-how and technologies with potential or existing aerospace applications
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Recent news items related to our aerospace application activities
A new collaboration agreement between CERN and ESA, signed on 11 July, will address the challenge of operating in harsh radiation environments, found in both particle-physics facilities and outer space. The agreement concerns radiation environments, technologies and facilities...Read more ›
CHARM, a unique facility at CERN to test electronics in complex radiation environments, has now tested its first full space system: CELESTA (CERN Latchup and radmon Experiment STudent sAtellite). The micro-satellite was successfully tested and qualified in July under a range of radiation...Read more ›
Success stories of CERN-related aerospace applications
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Medipix X-ray Technology: from Particle Tracking to Aviation InspectionADVACAM – a company using CERN Medipix technology - developed a new range of X-ray imaging cameras optimised for composite material testing.aerospace
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Irradiation Facilities with High-energy Protons / Neutrons / GammasThe following CERN irradiation facilities will be part of CERN-ESA protocol on radiation testing: IRRAD, CERF, n_TOF, and CALLAB.aerospace
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SPS Proton Beam Tests for HERDIn October 2018, the SPS North Area (H2 line) supported several scientific beam tests, led by the University of Geneva.aerospace
