ESA Technology image of the week: ESA’s Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF)!

LEAF subjects satellites to the same noise a launcher produces as it takes off and flies through the atmosphere ...

Read more: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2017/09/LEAF_wall

Credit: ESA–G. Schoonewille

Video:

ESA’s new Earth observation satellite Sentinel-3A will soon be launched into orbit. Once more the European Space Agency proves it is on the forefront of monitoring our environment and the climate!

Using state of the art and proven technology the Sentinel-3 satellite is a fabulous piece of engineering set to play a key role in the European Commission’s Copernicus programme. However this technological piece of craftsmanship is only possible as the result of earlier scientific missions such as ERS, Envisat and Cryosat, with Sentinel-3 building on their heritage!

https://youtu.be/RuOIWx8IWsY

More about Sentinel-3:
http://www.esa.int/sentinel-3

How to follow Cassini's end of mission:

The international #Cassini mission reaches its dramatic finale this Friday by plunging into #Saturn’s atmosphere, concluding 13-years of exploration around the ringed planet.

Here’s when to follow events broadcast by NASA via https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive this week (dates and times below are given in GMT/CEST; all times subject to change)!

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Film:

“Immersive Space Journey”: join us for an absolute trip into Space!

The film "Immersive Space Journey" was conceived as a veritable trip into space, taking us from Earth to Mars. Welcome onboard a brand-new experience, an immersive journey on the Stairway to Space, step after step.

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/space/news/immersive-space-journey-join-us-absolute-trip-space

Hubble Space Telescope
ESA/NASA

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY1f5s7BxVL/

Dark Shuttle Approaching!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY6RD-LBGCP/

Update:

The Cassini spacecraft has been exploring Saturn, its rings and strange moons for more than a decade! From seas of liquid methane on the moon Titan, to auroras at Saturn’s poles, the mission has made some amazing discoveries. Take a look at some of the mission’s top findings ahead of Cassini’s #GrandFinale dive into Saturn now: https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/165331742919/cassini-spacecraft-top-discoveries

Video:

NASA Clip for Cassini Mission End!

Saturn's Rings!
By ESA/NASA Mission "Cassini"

Updates:

Satellites See Silicon Valley's Quick Drought Recovery

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6962

1st Autumn Meeting of the Study Group "Space Science, Technology and Techniques"

Agenda
Progress Meeting No. 0: Kick-off of the sub-groups' first work-packages (1st projects' phases)

1 - Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics; Techniques and Tools for Space Missions: Simulation software development for LEO (Low Earth Orbits) satellites,

2 - Radio-Space Techniques: To build a small radio telescope, an interferometer (via twin small radio antennas), detection of radio signals and developing proper filters (signal processing software package).

Place: Adib Astronomy Center
Time: Thursday 27 Mehr, 17:00

The draft version of the proposals are available at the group portal at: https://t.me/joinchat/CqjjQA7XinB720J5S20Bjw

Updates:

Hunting giant exoplanets? Look for telltale debris disks around stars ...

https://go.nasa.gov/2hBBHYd

ESA Bulletin 170 (September 2017)
European Space Agency

Free to download

http://m.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Publications_Bulletin/ESA_Bulletin_170_2nd_quarter

Read online:

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/publications/ESA-Bulletin-170/files/html5/mobile/index.html

DLR Magazine 154/155 (September 2017)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-24019#/gallery/28212

Link to download the magazine:

http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/Portaldata/1/Resources/documents/dlr_magazin_155/DLRmagazine_154-155_EN.pdf

Seminar:

Gravitation and Satellites

Time: Wednesday 26 Mehr 96, 8:00 O'clock
Place: Space Lab of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Isfahan

Updates:

Could Ceres still have liquid today? 2 new NASA Dawn studies have clues ...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BauVRNQlrE7/

Updates:

Farewell to GRACE!

All good things must come to an end. We bid farewell to GRACE, a prolific Earth science satellite mission. During more than 15 productive years in orbit, the twin GRACE satellites improved our scientific understanding of our complex home planet, while at the same time providing information -- such as measurements related to ground water, drought and aquifer water storage changes worldwide. Learn More: http://go.nasa.gov/2xsTTtr

Tutorial:

MATLAB in only one page!

Matlab Crash Course:
http://vievswiki.geo.tuwien.ac.at/doku.php?id=public:matlab:matlab_crash_course

Tutoria:

VLBI Fundamentals

http://vievswiki.geo.tuwien.ac.at/doku.php?id=public:vlbi_fundamantals:vlbi_fundamantals

Updates:

Does life exist on Saturn’s small moon, Enceladus? Our scientists prepare to study its geysers spewing water vapor that could yield clues: http://go.nasa.gov/2AjU6Rz