Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

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The Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy , briefly called BIRA-IASB (for the Dutch name Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie and the French name Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique ), is a Belgian research institution in the high atmosphere ( aeronomy ) department based in the municipality of Uccle / Ukkel in the south of Brussels .

The institute was founded in 1964. Its main task is the exploration of the terrestrial high atmosphere and the near space , for the purpose of which it works together with the European Space Agency (ESA) .

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  1. ↑ BIRA (Dutch) - page at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy ; As of August 13, 2012
  2. ^ L'IASB (French) - page at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy ; As of August 13, 2012
  3. ↑ BIRA-IASB (English) - page at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy ; As of August 13, 2012
  4. ↑ What is BIRA-IASB? BIRA-IASB, accessed on August 13, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Instruments selected for Mars mission - press release at ESA , August 2, 2010

Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '48.4 "  N , 4 ° 21' 25.2"  E