One of the largest Czech space projects - Solar Orbiter launches on historic mission to study the sun's poles
A breakthrough European satellite, Solar Orbiter, launched from the US Cape Canaveral to the Sun on the night February 9/10, 2020. A key component of the satellite is a unique optical system developed and manufactured in IPP by the Czech scientists from the Research Centre for Special Optics and Optoelectronic Systems (TOPTEC) in Turnov.
10 Feb 2020
20 000 shots on tokamak COMPASS
On Thursday, January 30, 2020, the COMPASS team performed a jubilee shot number 20,000. The COMPASS tokamak is being used successfully for eleven years.
30 Jan 2020
Radomír Pánek was inaugurated Director of IPP for the second term
On Friday, January 24, a ceremonial handover of the appointment decree for Dr. Radomír Pánek for the second term of the Director of IPP was held. Radomír Pánek will lead the Institute in the next five years. The decree was handed over to him by the vice-president of CAS, professor Řídký.
24 Jan 2020
EMTRAIC was held at the COMPASS tokamak
On December 2 - 13 the winter course EMTRAIC was held at the COMPASS Tokamak. This course is similar to the SUMTRAIC summer training course, however, it is organised for the students of the Erasmus Mundus Fusion Master Programme.
2 Dec 2019
IPP celebrated 60 years since its foundation
This year the 60 years have passed since the Institute of Plasma Physics was established. To celebrate this important anniversary, a social event took place on November 18, 2019 in the Ambassador Hotel hall on Wenceslas Square.
20 Nov 2019
IPP Open Days 2019
The traditional open days of IPP in Prague and Turnov were held on November 15 and 16, 2019.
17 Nov 2019
