Latest mission status – GCI ML/T and GCI CUSP Solar Max

GCI M/LT:

  • Ongoing campaign at Andøya Space
    • Vorticity Experiment (VortEx)
    • NASA 41.128 and 36.362 Lehmacher UE, Dr. Gerald Lehmacher, Clemson University
    • Launch window: Oct 26th through Nov 16th 2024
  • Scheduled campaigns:
    • MaxiDusty-2
    • Prof. Ingrid Mann, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
    • Launch window: June 30th through July 14th 2025
    • NASA 46.040 WO Koehler/Blix – GHOST
    • US/Nor student rocket
    • Launch Nov 12th through 27th 2025
    • ICI-5b
    • Prof. Wojciech Jacek Miloch, University of Oslo
    • Launch Nov 12th through 27th 2025
    • DEFINE
    • Dr. Boris Strelnikov, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics e.V.
    • Launch window: Jan 26th through Feb 8th 2026

GCI CUSP Solar Max:

  • Confirmed campaigns:
    • RESOLUTE
    • Glyn Collinson (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
    • Rockets for Heavy Ion Upwelling (Hi- and Lowflyer)
    • Launch from Andøya Space ~2028
    • OCHRE
    • Dr. Allison Jaynes (University of Iowa, USA)
    • Launch from Andøya Space ~2026
  • To be proposed 2024:
    • ICI-6
    • Prof. Wojciech Jacek Miloch, University of Oslo
    • Launch from Andøya Space (Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard) ~2028
    • SS-520-X (TBD)
    • Takumi Abe, ISAS / JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
    • Launch from Andøya Space (Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard) ~2028