Finnish Centre of Excellence in Space Resilience (SpaceResilience)

Palmroth, Minna UH; Aikio, Anita UO; Juusola, Liisa FMI; Kilpua, Emilia UH; Praks, Jaan AU; Vainio, Rami UT

Near-Earth space utilisation is under a dramatic transition: commercial use of space, space-related regulation and geopolitics are changing. Furthermore, the demand for green and digital transition is growing rapidly. All these rely increasingly on satellite technologies, making society increasingly dependent on space. Two issues in particular are of great importance for the future: the use of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) under 450 km altitudes and the reliability of satellites under the most extreme space weather conditions.

The Centre of Excellence in Space Resilience brings together leading space physics and technology experts in Finland in the same consortium. The consortium’s world-wide unique combination of modelling and observations in the near-Earth space will provide new quantitative information on the characteristics of the ionosphere–thermosphere system both during moderate and extreme space weather conditions. The CoE will crucially improve the resilience of society in ever-changing space conditions.