IEEC’s 25th Anniversary Video

In the clip you will find details of some of the most important projects of the IEEC and you will discover the key role played by the Institute in the nanosatellite environment as well as its participation in European programmes. In addition, you will also have the opportunity to know the Montsec Observatory (OAdM-IEEC), ubicated at Sant Esteve de la Sarga (Pallars Jussà), where cutting-edge research in astronomy and satellite communications is carried out.

Title: IEEC Anniversary Video
Caption: Video created on the occasion of IEEC's 25th Anniversary.
Credit: IEEC

IEEC was established in February 1996 as a private, non–profit foundation to foster space R&D in Catalonia, governed by a Board of Trustees composed of the Generalitat de Catalunya and four other institutions, each of which has a research unit. These units constitute the core of IEEC R&D activity: the University of Barcelona (UB) with the research unit ICCUB — Institute of Cosmos Sciences; the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) with the research unit CERES — Center of Space Studies and Research; the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with the research unit CTE — Research Group in Space Sciences and Technologies; the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) with the research unit ICE — Institute of Space Sciences. 

IEEC ranks among the best international research centers, producing a large number of high-impact publications and leading key world-class projects. This is the result of twenty five years of top-quality research work in collaboration with the most reputed international institutions. The Institute also develops instrumentation for multiple space missions thanks to a team of engineers with extensive experience in the aerospace sector and in sectors with a high value in innovation.

All throughout 2021, IEEC will offer a programme full of events and activities that, adapting to the current socio-sanitary context, will be carried out mainly in virtual format. Stay tuned!