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Asked by tomasg to Sujit B on 29 Jan 2024.
Question: Have you ever worked on a space mission?
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Sujit Bhattacharya answered on 29 Jan 2024:
Hi,
I have worked in several space agencies including the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for 16 years, European Space Agencies (ESA) involved with Solar Oribiter Satellite and BAE Systems.
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Natasha P commented on :
Yes several ! Everything I work on is a Space mission of some sort. My last project was Sentinel 6 which has now launched 1/2 its satellites. S6 uses special instruments to look at the Earth’s ocean levels. I now work on a telecommunications satellite project called Onesat which can provide things such as tv and internet.
Martin M commented on :
Unfortunately not… though some colleagues and I recently submitted a proposal to the UK Space Agency to review our knowledge of materials properties at the hyper-velocities found during re-entry as part of a programme to ensure that space flight is sustainable and does not impact on the atmosphere.
Kirsty L commented on :
Yep, I was lucky enough to work at the European Space Agency for a couple of years so worked directly on space missions involving life science. I also worked Ground Based Facilities experiments, and with experiments in Antarctica. Sometimes we try an experiment on Earth first because getting into space very complex, expensive and requires a LOT of paperwork!
Ben D commented on :
My research group gets involved in camera systems for nearly all large ESA (European Space Agency) missions, and some from NASA, JAXA (Japanese Space Agency), ISRO (Indian Space Agency) etc. I have been so lucky to have worked on some cutting-edge missions. Highlights for me have been Gaia which launched in 2013 and is the largest camera ever put into space and has been creating a 3D map of stars in our galaxy. Last year saw the launch of both JUICE, a mission going to Jupiter to find signs of life, and Euclid, which is the most advanced dark matter and dark energy observatory. An exciting few years for us as we wait for results to come out of these missions.