Our research projects

Current projects

1. Finding life on the dwarf planet

   Luleå University of Technology may revolutionize research by landing on the dwarf planet Ceres with the CALICO project. The goal of CALICO, which stands for Ceres Autonomous Lander Into Crater Occator, is to land on Ceres and analyse its surface material. The project has passed the European Space ...

2. We're building a satellite

   Luleå University of Technology is building a satellite that will be launched into orbit in 2023 or 2024. The satellite has been named KvarkenSat and is a so-called CubeSat, it weighs two kilos and is about the size of a juice box. In its orbit, the satellite will pass the Kvarken, the narrowest stra...

3. Autonomous satellite

   The European Space Agency, ESA, has the challenge of increasing the number of satellites in space and keeping them in orbit without colliding with anything. To solve this challenge, they have commissioned the recognized research team in robotics and AI at Luleå University of Technology to find an au...