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The Module introduces students to ongoing satellite and space missions and hot topics in Space Geodesy and Navigation. Concepts include acquisition and evaluation of geodetic sensor data, as well as, improved models and methods for analysis of space geodetic and planetary data. Students work on pressing scientific issues of social significance, e.g. global climate change, tsunamis and Earth-like planets. Topics may come from: 1. Planetary Science, e.g., ESA’s Mars Express mission, Rosetta and DAWN (comets and asteroids), MESSENGER and BepiColombo (Mercury) and several orbiter missions to the Moon. Other topics may include extrasolar Earth-like planets, the exploration and habitability of our Moon and other planets, the risk and environmental consequences of asteroid impacts on Earth, as well as the role of space travel for society and future generations. 2. Navigation and Positioning, e.g., applications of GNSS, the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and Galileo). Other GNSS topics may include vehicle navigation, location-based services, real-time applications, and GNSS-reflectometry. All four space geodetic techniques (GNSS, VLBI, SLR, DORIS) and their combination will be treated. 3. Earth System Research using e.g., the gravity field missions (GRACE, GRACE-FO and GOCE), as well as altimeter missions, such as Envisat, Ice Sat, which collect information on the condition of the physical system Earth and the atmosphere. Other topics may include ocean monitoring for tsunami detection, global warming and environmental pollution.
