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The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is a research organization at the University of Colorado Boulder. LASP is a research institute with over one hundred research scientists ranging in fields from solar influences, to Earth's and other planetary atmospherics processes, space weather, space plasma and dusty plasma physics. LASP has advanced technical capabilities specializing in designing, building, and operating spacecraft and spacecraft instruments. Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Satellites and instruments 4 Upcoming missions 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History[edit] Founded after World War II, the first scientific instruments built at LASP were launched into space using captured German V-2 rockets. To this day LASP continues a suborbital rocket program through periodic calibration instrument flights from White Sands Missile Range. It was originally called the Upper Air Laboratory, but changed to its current name in 1965. LASP has historical ties to Ball Aerospace Corporation and the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA). Facilities[edit] LASP has two facilities: offices on the main CU-Boulder campus, and the “Space Technology Building” in the University’s research park. LASP’s new facilities allow it to handle almost every aspect of space missions, itself. Hardware facilities allow for the construction of single instruments or entire spacecraft. A Mission Operations Center allows for the control of spacecraft data collection, and a large research staff analyzes the data. Being part of the University, LASP has heavy student involvement in every aspect of its operations, including science, hardware design / construction and mission operations. Satellites and instruments[edit] LASP supports the following spacecraft and instruments: Galileo ultraviolet spectrometer
Cassini-Huygens
Upcoming missions[edit] This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2014) LASP is involved in upcoming missions: Mars Hope Total Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) See also[edit] Spaceflight portal
National Center for Atmospheric Research
References[edit] ^ Thompson, Tabatha; O'Carroll, Cynthia M.; Leslie, John (23 August
2007). "
NASA
External links[edit] LASP official website Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmosphere Studies Coordinates: 40°00′31″N 105°14′51″W / 40.00865°N 105.24746°W / 40.00865; -105.24746 v t e University of Colorado Campuses Boulder Colorado Springs Heller Center Denver Auraria Campus Anschutz Medical Campus University of Colorado Hospital University of Colorado South Denver Academics Boulder School of Law CU Online Denver Business School Denver School of Public Affairs Research Center for Integrated Plasma Studies Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics National Snow and Ice Data Center Governance Board of Regents President: Bruce D. Benson Chancellors: Phil DiStefano Pamela Shockley-Zalabak Don Ellim |
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