Bulgarian Aerospace Agency
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Space research in Bulgaria is coordinated by the Inter-Department Commission for Space Research (Bulgarian
:Междуведомствена комисия по космически изследвания) http://ar2.government.bg/ras/index.html which is constituted from the deputy ministers of several ministries and representatives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(BAS). Co-chairman is the President of BAS. The Commission includes the directors of the two main institutes of BAS conducting space researchhttp://ar2.government.bg/ras/preview.html – the Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute (STIL-BAS) and the Space Research Institute (SRI)
The organized participation of Bulgarian scientists in space research started in 1969 when the Scientific Group of Space Physics (SGSP) at the Presidium of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was created . In 1974, based on the SGSP, the Central Laboratory for Space Research (CLSR) was founded . Bulgarian scientists successfully participated in the INTERCOSMOS Program, preparing experiments and designing equipment for several satellites and rockets. In 1972 the first Bulgaria
n space equipment, P-1, was launched into space. In 1979, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov
flew in space on board of Soyuz 33
space ship. In 1981 two satellites were launched - “INTERCOSMOS Bulgaria - 1300” and METEOR – PRIRODA, furnished entirely with Bulgarian equipment, aimed at studying the ionospheric-magnetospheric relationship and remote sensing of the Earth from space. In 1988 the second Bulgarian cosmonaut Alexandar Alexsandrov flew on board Soyuz TM-5
to Mir
space station.
The Space Research Institute (SRI) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
succeeded the Central Laboratory for Space Research in 1987. The field of activity of SRI ranges over fundamental and applied investigations in space physics, astrophysics, image processing, remote sensing, life sciences, scientific equipment, preparation and realisation of experiments in the region of space investigation and usage from the board of automatic and navigated spacecraft, investigation on control systems, air- and spacecraft and equipment for them, activity for creation of cosmic materials and technologies and their transfer in the national economy, education of post-graduate students and master degrees.
The Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(STIL-BAS) http://www.stil.bas.bg/ (initially Solar-Terrestrial Influances Laboratory) is an independent scientific organisation, found in 1990 by the Management council of BAS, to study the newly emerging area of solar-terrestrial influences as possible reason for global change as well as to meet the social needs for multidisciplinary study of relationship between events on Sun and their effects on geospace. STIL-BAS is a large, high quality national centre with multidisciplinary approach to fundamental space research and its application in solar-terrestrial physics, in situ and remote investigation of the geospace, planets and interplanetary space, study of global change and ecosystems and heliobiology and telemedicine/eHealth. Today STIL-BAS operates 4 space experiments: 3 on the International Space Station
and the RADOM-7
experiment on the Chandrayaan-1 space probe
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
:Междуведомствена комисия по космически изследвания) http://ar2.government.bg/ras/index.html which is constituted from the deputy ministers of several ministries and representatives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members...
(BAS). Co-chairman is the President of BAS. The Commission includes the directors of the two main institutes of BAS conducting space researchhttp://ar2.government.bg/ras/preview.html – the Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute (STIL-BAS) and the Space Research Institute (SRI)
The organized participation of Bulgarian scientists in space research started in 1969 when the Scientific Group of Space Physics (SGSP) at the Presidium of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was created . In 1974, based on the SGSP, the Central Laboratory for Space Research (CLSR) was founded . Bulgarian scientists successfully participated in the INTERCOSMOS Program, preparing experiments and designing equipment for several satellites and rockets. In 1972 the first Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n space equipment, P-1, was launched into space. In 1979, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov
Georgi Ivanov
Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov is a retired Bulgarian military officer and the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990.-Early life and military career:...
flew in space on board of Soyuz 33
Soyuz 33
-Backup crew:-Mission parameters:*Mass: *Perigee: *Apogee: *Inclination: 51.63°*Period: 88.99 minutes-Mission highlights:...
space ship. In 1981 two satellites were launched - “INTERCOSMOS Bulgaria - 1300” and METEOR – PRIRODA, furnished entirely with Bulgarian equipment, aimed at studying the ionospheric-magnetospheric relationship and remote sensing of the Earth from space. In 1988 the second Bulgarian cosmonaut Alexandar Alexsandrov flew on board Soyuz TM-5
Soyuz TM-5
-Launch:Soyuz TM-5 launched on 1988 June 7 and arrived at Mir on June 9 carrying the second Bulgarian in space, Alexandrov . He became the first Bulgarian to reach a Soviet space station...
to Mir
Mir
Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
space station.
The Space Research Institute (SRI) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members...
succeeded the Central Laboratory for Space Research in 1987. The field of activity of SRI ranges over fundamental and applied investigations in space physics, astrophysics, image processing, remote sensing, life sciences, scientific equipment, preparation and realisation of experiments in the region of space investigation and usage from the board of automatic and navigated spacecraft, investigation on control systems, air- and spacecraft and equipment for them, activity for creation of cosmic materials and technologies and their transfer in the national economy, education of post-graduate students and master degrees.
The Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members...
(STIL-BAS) http://www.stil.bas.bg/ (initially Solar-Terrestrial Influances Laboratory) is an independent scientific organisation, found in 1990 by the Management council of BAS, to study the newly emerging area of solar-terrestrial influences as possible reason for global change as well as to meet the social needs for multidisciplinary study of relationship between events on Sun and their effects on geospace. STIL-BAS is a large, high quality national centre with multidisciplinary approach to fundamental space research and its application in solar-terrestrial physics, in situ and remote investigation of the geospace, planets and interplanetary space, study of global change and ecosystems and heliobiology and telemedicine/eHealth. Today STIL-BAS operates 4 space experiments: 3 on the International Space Station
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
and the RADOM-7
RADOM-7
RADOM is a Bulgarian Liulin-type spectrometry-dosimetry instrument, designed to precisely measure cosmic radiation around the Moon. It is installed on the Indian satellite Chandrayaan-1. Another three instruments were deployed on the International Space Station...
experiment on the Chandrayaan-1 space probe