The Graz SLR Station, operated by IWF on Lustbühel Observatory, is the first European station, which was able to track the orbits of more than 20 different rocket bodies. These laser measurements were made at distances between 500 and 1800 km with accurancies in the m-range.
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IWF participates in astrophysical FWF key project
12.01.2012
Fundamental questions on the pathway to life and its astrophysical requirements will be addressed by a prestigious national research network led by Prof. Manuel Güdel, University of Vienna. The IWF scientists Maxim Khodachenko and Helmut Lammer are among the six subproject leaders of the recently approved FWF project with the title "Pathways to Habitability: From Disks to Active Stars, Planets to Life" (short "PatH").
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