SATELLITES & CUBESATS

2019-05-14 - The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) uses a trio of satellites to take daily scans of our country and its waters collecting invaluable information. This important data helps captains safely navigate through Arctic waters, farmers maximize their crop yields and first responders save lives, among other solutions. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency) Useful Links RADARSAT Constellation: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/ Meet RADARSAT users: http://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/users.asp What is the RCM?: http://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/what-is-rcm.asp Find out more about this video: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_2hffydah

Since its creation in 1980 as the world's first commercial space transportation company, Arianespace has led the launch services industry with many operational firsts and numerous record-setting missions.

When the first Spy satellites were put into orbit they were a long way from the type of reconnaissance satellites and even Google Earth that we are used to now and you won't believe what they did to get the images back to Earth. This is the story of project Corona and how it changed the way we look at the world. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Paypal.me : https://www.paypal.me/curiousdroid Sponsored by Craig Fleming, Florian Hesse, Muhammad Tauha Ali, Pascal Hausammann Also : Alan Johns Allan Versaevel Andrew SMITH Cameron Dyer Chad Mellor Cody Belichesky Collin Copfer coolascats Daniel Suarez Daniele Noacco David Stevens Doogymoogy Giacomo Catenazzi Gordon Likar Harry Whelan Hunter Schwisow Johan Rombaut Jonathan Merage Jorn Magnus Karlsen Kevin Hinnen Lorne Diebel László Antal Matthew MacKenzie Michael Waespy Mitchel J. Mullin II Morten Grønvold Oscar Anderson P.S. Phiroze Dalal Robert Goldwein Rodney Aries S.A. Ridley SHAMIR Sk1er Spanky McButtcakes stefan hufenbach Thomas Branch Tim Allen Walt Dennig And a big thank you to all our other Patreon supporters. Presented by Paul Shillito Written and Researched by Paul Shillito Images and Footage: USAF, NRO, CIA, IWM

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #spacetoground to talk to us. Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem_on_station/ ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/

A simple example and the summary of a Link Budget evaluation procedure. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

Why is power not important on its own? What really tells us how good our communication is? How can we estimate the errors in our communication? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What kinds of losses are there? How do we classify and compute them? How can we take losses into account for communications? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova - part of the EnduroSat team and the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How is temperature related to noise? Is the antenna noise temperature a physical temperature and why is it important? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova - part of the EnduroSat team and the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

Can we reduce the bandwidth of a signal without losing any information? What is a filter and how do we classify them? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How do we encode 0s and 1s in sine waves’ parameters? What methods for forming the digital signals are there and what are their efficiencies? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How do we vary the parameters of sine waves and encode with them? What is a carrier and what is a baseband signal? Why is modulation so useful? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How do we turn a continuous signal into a discrete set of bits? Can we always do this without losing information? What is sampling and why is it important? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How does a time-varying signal tell us what frequencies we need to mix to form it? What happens when we cut some of these frequencies? What is the extent of the frequency-time duality? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What happens to periodic signals if their period tends to infinity? How do we describe continuous signals in terms of sine waves? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

Why are parabolas so important? What is common between antennas and telescopes? How do we build antennas? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova - part of the EnduroSat team and the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What is the main principle behind antennas? How do we decide which antenna is more directive? How do we quantify all this? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova - part of the EnduroSat team and the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

Explicit calculations for the power flux of the the simplest antenna - a dipole. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What is modulation and why is it so important? How do you form the signal before feeding it into the antenna and how is it decoded afterwards? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What happens when you restrict the physical dimensions of a wave? What are the modes of a waveguide and how does it “guide” waves? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What does the general electromagnetic field look like? How do we describe sources of EMWs and why are plane waves unrealistic? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What are different frequencies used for? What is bandwidth and why is it important? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova - part of the EnduroSat team and the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What kinds of EMWs are there? Where do we find each of these and how do we classify the radio waves? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova - part of the EnduroSat team and the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What are redshift and blueshift? Why does frequency seem higher or lower when objects are moving? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

In how many directions can the fields of an electromagnetic wave oscillate? How do these different directions help us with communications? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What distinguishes electromagnetic waves from each-other? How can we describe general free EMWs? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What do Maxwell’s equations tell us physically? How are electric and magnetic fields related? What is light? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How do we form general periodic signals with arbitrary shape? Can we always form such a signal as a combination of free sine waves? How are the frequency and time domains of a periodic signal related? What frequency range is required to form a given signal and how can we find it? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

How do we construct free waves and what are their characteristics? What is phase velocity and how are frequency and wavelength related? Learn all of this from Victor Danchev - physicist at EnduroSat and coordinator of the Space Challenges Program. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What is a communication system and what are its main components? What is noise and can we get rid of it? Who is Shannon and why is he so important? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova of the EnduroSat team. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

What is information and how do we turn the abstract concept into numbers? What are bits and how can they represent the information we need? What is the difference between continuous and discrete signals and why is it important? Learn all of this from Radostina Avramova of the EnduroSat team. This video is part of the InnoSpaceTool educational content. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768049.

0:00 Final countdown and launch 9:51 Views of Antarctica 11:45 Deployment of Iridium Next satellites 66-75 Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the final 10 satellites for the Iridium Next mobile communications fleet.

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Neil Johnson shows how Global Positioning System devices use satellites and atomic clocks to work out your location. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full first lecture of the series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1999/arrows-of-time/back-to-the-future?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description From the fabric of space-time to the limits of the quantum world, Neil Johnson takes us on a journey through time in his 1999 Christmas Lecture series "Arrows of Time". His first lecture looks at our understanding of the role of time in the Universe and asks: if the basic laws of physics are simple, why is the Universe so complex? Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1999/arrows-of-time The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy

India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), in its 13th flight, will launch the 2250 kg operational communication satellite, GSAT-7A from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on December 19, 2018. GSLV-F11 will inject GSAT-7A into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite will be placed in its final Geostationary Orbit (GEO) using the onboard propulsion system. It will take few days after separation from launcher to reach its orbital slot. GSLV – F11 is ISRO’s fourth generation launch vehicle with three stages. The four liquid strap-ons and a solid rocket motor at the core form the first stage. The second stage is equipped with high thrust engine using liquid fuel. The Cryogenic Upper Stage forms the third and final stage of the vehicle. GSAT-7A is the 35th Indian Communication satellite built by ISRO. GSAT-7A Spacecraft is configured on ISRO’s standard I-2000 Kg (I-2K) Bus. The Satellite is built to provide communication capability to the users in Ku-band over the Indian region. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Video edited by : Space & ISRO News Footage Courtesy : ISRO, DD NATIONAL ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ ▶Plz Like Share.. Support and Subscribe http://youtube.com/c/SPACEandISROnews Our Social Media links: http://fb.com/SPACEandISROnews http://fb.com/theINDIANspace https://twitter.com/theINDIANspace https://spaceandisronews.tumblr.com https://www.instagram.com/theINDIANspace/ Telegram: http://t.me/SPACEandISROnews ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Disclaimer: This video is made for educational and reference purposes only. If you have a concern or feel there is a direct copyright or trademark violation that does not fall within "fair use" guidelines, please contact us we will remove it promptly, it will save your time sending a copyright strike to us. Thank you ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

This is a replay of the live event stream, with archived live chat messages. 16:55 Final countdown and launch. 36:24 Satellite separation. Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F11, will launch the GSAT 7A communications satellite for the Indian Air Force.

It's about two and a half years behind schedule. Learn more about this story at https://www.newsy.com/86245/ Find more videos like this at https://www.newsy.com Follow Newsy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newsyvideos Follow Newsy on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/newsy

Airbus has built 2 dispensers for the Spaceflight mission carrying 64 small satellites (cube sats and micro sats): the HUB and MPC dispensers, with 6 ports each. They are multi-payload structures, made in carbon fibre, holding two or more satellites during launch and once the correct altitude is reached they are responsible to eject them into their corresponding orbits. In fact, the dispensers will separate from the Falcon 9 when it has reached a polar sun synchronous orbit at around 575 Km above the Earth’s surface.

Technology to make routine refueling of vehicles and satellites in space a reality will be tested on the International Space Station when the Robotic Refueling Mission 3 experiment arrives on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo ship. You can learn more about the plans for storing and transferring cryogenic fluids in zero g here: https://go.nasa.gov/2TRnoAR Follow updates on the science conducted aboard the space station on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iss_research For more information on how you can conduct your research in microgravity, visit https://go.nasa.gov/2q84LJj. HD download link: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000997_Robotic_Refueling_Experiment_Heads_to_Space-MXF

It takes about eight minutes to hear from probes on Mars. NASA's InSight mission carried special CubeSats that sent immediate updates on its landing. Learn more about this story at https://www.newsy.com/85628/ Find more videos like this at https://www.newsy.com Follow Newsy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newsyvideos Follow Newsy on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/newsy

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The European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) is an educational micro-satellite, which involved European university students during the whole project lifecycle. This 50-kilogram microsatellite is now ready and waiting for a launch targeted for 3 December aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher from California. The student teams developed experiments on board ESEO include cameras for Earth imaging, a radiation dosimeter, a plasma detector, and demonstrators of technologies that can be used for future education satellite missions. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

Watch and discuss live as #SpaceX launches their eighteenth mission of 2018 for Es'hail 2 to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit for Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company. It will also feature an amateur radio payload. The new satellite will be positioned at the 26° East hotspot position for TV broadcasting and significantly adds to the company’s ability to provide high quality, premium DTH television content across the Middle East and North Africa. It will feature Ku-band and Ka-band transponders to provide TV distribution and government services to strategic stakeholders and commercial customers who value broadcasting and communications independence, interference resilience, quality of service and wide geographical coverage. Es'hail 2 will also provide the first Amateur Radio geostationary communication capability linking Brazil and India. It will carry two AMSAT P4A (Phase 4A) Amateur Radio transponders. The payload will consist of a 250 kHz linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations in addition to another transponder which will have an 8 MHz bandwidth. The latter transponder is intended for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur television. The uplinks will be in the 2.400-2.450 GHz and the downlinks in the 10.450-10.500 GHz amateur satellite service allocations. Both transponders will have broad beam antennas to provide full coverage over about third of the earth’s surface. The Qatar Amateur Radio Society and Qatar Satellite Company are cooperating on the amateur radio project. AMSAT-DL is providing technical support to the project. In September 2014, a contract with MELCO was signed to build the satellite based on the DS-2000 bus. In December 2014, a launch contract was signed with SpaceX to launch the satellite on a Falcon-9 v1.2 booster in late 2016, but was delayed to the 3rd quarter of 2017 and then to 2018. ************************************************************** To learn more about our weather balloon flights, Arduino based flight computer, APRS transmitter, RTTY radio transmitter, ham radio balloon tracking methods or any of our other onboard technology and data sensors visit ➡️ http://overlookhorizon.com Connect with us ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com ➡️http://youtube.com/OLHZN ➡️http://facebook.com/overlookhorizon ➡️http://twitter.com/OLHZN ➡️http://instagram.com/OLHZN ➡️http://reddit.com/u/olhzn ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/discord 501(c)(3) Charitable Donations ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/donate ➡️https://donorbox.org/olhzn ➡️https://paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/2727446 ➡️https://smile.amazon.com/ch/82-3099711 Shop & see the weather balloon equipment we use: ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/shop ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/shirts ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/photos Giveaway Rules No Purchase Necessary. Purchase/donation does not enhance chance of winning. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Valid only during the live broadcast. Official Rules: http://olhzn.com/rules -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Watch a full flight with beautiful views from launch to the stratosphere and back over Finger Lakes in NY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwq86wWknk -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

For its ninth launch of the year, and the 13th Vega mission since this launcher began its career at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit the MOHAMMED VI - B satellite. This Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco was developed by a consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime. Flight VV13 marks the ninth Earth observation mission for Vega, a versatile light launcher. Flight VV13 will be performed from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana (South America). Liftoff is scheduled for Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at exactly: - 8:42:31 p.m., in Washington D.C. - 10:42:31 p.m., local time in French Guiana - 01:42:31, Universal Time (UTC), on November 21, 2018 - 2:42:31 a.m., in Paris, on November 21, 2018 - 2:42:31 a.m., in Rabat, on November 21, 2018 Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

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The space industry is very dynamic, changing frequently with the disruption of new trends. As per Emiliano Kargieman who is Founder and CEO of Satellogic, the top current trends are, new constellations. Second to this is integration of analytics, vertical integration of analytics into the data acquisition software. And, the third one is diversification of sensors. As per Kargieman the industry was looking at shortwave infrared payloads till yet but now radar startups are booming in the market and building small satellites for radar which is because of diversification of data sources. To know more in detail watch this exclusive Interview where Kargieman also discusses how democratization and commercialization of data can go hand in hand.

It wasn’t originally envisaged that two – let alone three – Metop satellites would be operational at the same time. However, this has been made possible by the exceptional longevity of Metop-A and Metop-B. A successful launch of Metop-C will result in more coverage and more data flowing to users. And users of Metop data and products are eagerly awaiting this development. In the fourth and final of our special videos, you can learn more about the very significant benefits that flow from Metop data. For more about this launch, check out our Metop-C launch website: http://bit.ly/2O0pvzq

ESA’s Test Centre based in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, simulates every aspect of space for satellite testing – including recreating the equivalent vibration of a rocket launch. This is ESA’s most powerful shaker: the Hydra hydraulic shaker, able to generate vibration equivalent to a 7.5 Richter scale  earthquake. Find out more about the test centre: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Test_centre ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

A satellite launch is truly something to behold and is guaranteed to generate excitement. However, for EUMETSAT, the launch of meteorological satellite Metop-C is just the start of important activities. The third of our special video series produced for the launch campaign explains what happens during the launch and early operations phase and commissioning of the satellite. These are the crucial steps taking place after the satellite is released from the rocket through to the first distribution of data and products to users. For more information about this launch, check out our website: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/MetopCLaunch/Status/index.html

The third in the series of MetOp satellites is scheduled for launch on 7 November from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou. In this special edition of Earth from Space, ESA’s MetOp-C project manager, Stéfane Carlier, talks about this latest polar-orbiting weather satellite and how its range of instruments provide data on a host of atmospheric variables such as temperature and humidity. These data are used largely for numerical weather prediction – the basis for weather forecasting. They also contribute to climate research.  The MetOp programme is a joint undertaking between ESA and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Eumetsat. The programme is also Europe’s contribution to a cooperative venture with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. The satellites work in conjunction with the NOAA satellite system. Not only do the MetOp and NOAA satellites fly in complementary orbits to offer maximum coverage, some of the instruments are common to both missions. More about MetOp-C: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/MetOp ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

Scientists from the Andøya Space Centre are working on a new satellite called Aeolus. This mission carries revolutionary laser technology to measure the wind around the entire globe. Lofted into orbit in August 2018 on a Vega rocket from French Guiana, Aeolus has only just begun its life in space. Engineers are now busy commissioning the mission to ensure that it will soon be ready to deliver novel data on winds. This will be used to improve our understanding of the atmosphere and to improve weather forecasts.