Sponsors

SNSB

Swedish National Space Board is a central Swedish governmental agency under the Ministry of Education and Research. SNSB is responsible for national and international activities relating to space and remote sensing, primarily research and development. They are one of ISAAC’s main supporters with both the overall REXUS/BEXUS programme and helping fund the development of the experiment.

DLR

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) is Germany's national research center for aeronautics and space. Its extensive research and development work in aeronautics, space, transportation and energy is integrated into national and international cooperative ventures.

As Germany's Space Agency, the German federal government has given DLR responsibility for the forward planning and implementation of the German space programme as well as international representation of Germany's interests.

ESA

European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation. Twenty member states are represented within this organisation. ESA’s goal is to determine the European space programme and carry it through. The ESA projects relate to the studies of the immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe as well as the development of satellite-based technologies and services, and the promotion of European industries. ESA is one of the main sponsors of the REXUS/BEXUS programme.

ISP Optics

  ISP Optics offers a wide selection of Iinfrared  products and services to original equipment manufacturers and directly to end-users across a wide range of markets and applications in the photonics sector. ISP Optics product lines include high precision catalog and custom infrared optics, IR lens assemblies, IR coating and optical design services. ISP customers list includes leading corporations in the Defense & Aerospace sector, Government, Industries, National Laboratories and Universities.

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

 The Royal Institute of Technology accounts for one third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level. Education and research cover a broad spectrum - from natural sciences to all the branches of engineering as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. In addition to the research carried out by KTH’s Schools, a large number of both national and local Competence Centres are located at KTH. Various research foundations also finance a number of research programmes.

Microsemi

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense and security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performace, radiation-hardened and higly reliable analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoC and ASICs; power management products; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 3000 employees globally. 

Stockholm University

Stockholm University, located in Sweden's capital city, is the region’s centre for higher education and research in humanities, law, the natural and social sciences, and a focus for the work of leading international researchers.