Welcome to the Space Research Centre
The Space Research Centre (SRC)
is part of the University of Leicester Department of Physics and
Astronomy and is housed in the Michael Atiyah building, opened in two
phases, in 1998 and 2003. The first phase of the building is entirely
occupied by SRC office space, laboratories and workshops. The second
phase houses the SRC's large cleanroom and two further laboratories,
and is shared with the University's Mathematical Modelling Centre. The
SRC's programme has two main foci: the Space Science and
Instrumentation (SSI) Group and the Earth Observation Science (EOS)
Group. SSI develops novel sensors and optics for high energy
astrophysics, planetary landers and orbiters and interdisciplinary
research in the Life Sciences and Medicine. EOS studies the sea and
land surfaces of the Earth and investigates the atmosphere from space
platforms.
You can download a copy of the Space Research Centre brochure here.
Staff and students in the Space Research Centre can access research resources here.