Infrastructure or equipment

ORB scientists have access to an HPC cluster of nearly 3000 nodes dedicated to intensive scientific computations, with 4 PB storage for hosting data for scientific projects. With Belnet as partner, the network team manages a secure high-speed permanent connection to the GEANT2 network as well as to the internet.  Anonymous ftp servers (ftp-as.oma.be), cloud storage, video conferencing, back-sup systems, and Commercial scientific softwares such IDL, MATLAB are available for the users of the ORB.

The PITHIA-NRFROB team operates systems and data processing for monitoring the ionosphere, based on observations received from the European Permanent Network GNSS receivers.

The ORB-IONO products operates since 2012 (http://www.gnss.be/Atmospheric_Maps/ionospheric_maps.php) and provides alerts and nowcasts for ionospheric conditions and solar activity impact on GNSS data quality. The ORB is also hosting the EUREF Permanent Network through http://www.epncb.oma.be/. Moreover, ORB organised the last 10 editions of the European Space Weather Week; is partner in the “SSCC” central node of the ESA Space Situational Awareness Program; hosts of the Solar Expert Service Center of the ESA Space Situational Awareness Program.