Calling all university students 🎓

Applications are now open for ESA Academy’s Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Operations Training Course 2025! 🛰️

👩‍💻 People working in operations are the unsung heroes behind every successful space mission. From keeping satellites healthy in orbit to diagnosing anomalies and maximising data return, operations teams are at the heart of it all.

🚀 Organised by ESA’s Education Office and delivered by an experienced engineer from the European Space Operations Centre, this course offers a dynamic introduction to spacecraft operations. You will explore how subsystems impact operations and get hands-on with realistic mission scenarios through an exciting simulation challenge led by the OPS-SAT Space Lab team. 📈💻

🗓️ When? 13–17 October 2025
📍 Where? ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Facility, ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium

You will also visit ESEC, home to real-time operations of Galileo and PROBA satellites, learning more about its on-site activities. 📡

This is your chance to dive into the world of real-time spacecraft control. Apply now!

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✨ Be the person who keeps missions flying. 🛰️