Daniel Lakey
@epenguin.bsky.social
It was pretty special being at the launch event in only my second week of working at #EUMETSAT. I'm very excited to get stuck into flying this magnificent spacecraft! #MetopSGA1
We're still buzzing after the successful launch of #MetopSGA1! 🛰️
Thanks to all of our partners for the years of work that got us here. 🥳
Stay tuned for news of the Launch & Early Operations Phase - below more images of the satellite's incredible journey to space! 🌍💫
📷 ESA / CNES / Arianespace / CSG
Thanks to all of our partners for the years of work that got us here. 🥳
Stay tuned for news of the Launch & Early Operations Phase - below more images of the satellite's incredible journey to space! 🌍💫
📷 ESA / CNES / Arianespace / CSG
August 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It was pretty special being at the launch event in only my second week of working at #EUMETSAT. I'm very excited to get stuck into flying this magnificent spacecraft! #MetopSGA1
Reposted by Daniel Lakey
It's #MetopSGA1 LAUNCH DAY! 🚀
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
August 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It's #MetopSGA1 LAUNCH DAY! 🚀
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
Goodbye @operations.esa.int! After nearly 20 years working at #ESOC it's time for me to move on to a new challenge. So many memories in this control room. Safe mode recovery on Mars Express, end of mission on Venus Express, getting Solar Orbiter to the sun, getting Hera past Mars...
July 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Goodbye @operations.esa.int! After nearly 20 years working at #ESOC it's time for me to move on to a new challenge. So many memories in this control room. Safe mode recovery on Mars Express, end of mission on Venus Express, getting Solar Orbiter to the sun, getting Hera past Mars...
Again #NASA's #Voyager shows us how good spacecraft operations makes all the difference to mission success - the ability to go back and re-examine a problem. Flexibility and ingenuity at billion-mile distance. Brilliant. Well done #JPL!
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to the probe went offline for upgrades.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
May 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Again #NASA's #Voyager shows us how good spacecraft operations makes all the difference to mission success - the ability to go back and re-examine a problem. Flexibility and ingenuity at billion-mile distance. Brilliant. Well done #JPL!
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
The #HeraMission #dinosaurs 🦖🦕 sneak into the press conference with Dr Brian May and Dr Patrick Michel. @operations.esa.int us keeping them well behaved 😀
March 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The #HeraMission #dinosaurs 🦖🦕 sneak into the press conference with Dr Brian May and Dr Patrick Michel. @operations.esa.int us keeping them well behaved 😀
Career highlight! Dr Brian May came to visit us at @operations.esa.int while we awaited the signal from #HeraMission after the Mars Swingby, then disappeared to start working on the Mars and Deimos images with the other science teams. Looking forward to seeing the results during the press release!
March 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Career highlight! Dr Brian May came to visit us at @operations.esa.int while we awaited the signal from #HeraMission after the Mars Swingby, then disappeared to start working on the Mars and Deimos images with the other science teams. Looking forward to seeing the results during the press release!
Brontë the #HeraMission #dinosaur inspects the spectrum analyser following the Mars swingby. Everything looking good! @operations.esa.int
March 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Brontë the #HeraMission #dinosaur inspects the spectrum analyser following the Mars swingby. Everything looking good! @operations.esa.int
The #HeraMission #dinosaurs have turned into cake but are still keeping an eye on the critical telemetry for the Mars swingby! @operations.esa.int
March 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The #HeraMission #dinosaurs have turned into cake but are still keeping an eye on the critical telemetry for the Mars swingby! @operations.esa.int
A herd of Hera-sauruses ready for the Mars swingby tomorrow @operations.esa.int #HeraMission #dinosaurs #CakeDay
March 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A herd of Hera-sauruses ready for the Mars swingby tomorrow @operations.esa.int #HeraMission #dinosaurs #CakeDay
The #HeraMission #dinosaurs are earning their keep!
Honorary members of the Hera Flight Control Team, Grr and Brontë, are carefully monitoring the spacecraft's telemetry today as we count down to the Mars flyby. Join us live at 11:50 CET on 13 March as we present Hera's images of Mars together with some special guests!
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
March 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The #HeraMission #dinosaurs are earning their keep!
Oh no, the #HeraMission #dinosaurs are loose in the @operations.esa.int control room! Naughty Grr, put Hera down!
March 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Oh no, the #HeraMission #dinosaurs are loose in the @operations.esa.int control room! Naughty Grr, put Hera down!
This is going to be excellent, make sure to tune in! I've seen some simulations of what the pictures might look like and it's going to be stunning.
This Wednesday our Hera asteroid mission flies past Mars & its Deimos moon. On Thursday join our star-studded webcast - featuring ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, SF author @andyweirauthor1.bsky.social & a surprise special guest - to see the images Hera returns to Earth! www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
March 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is going to be excellent, make sure to tune in! I've seen some simulations of what the pictures might look like and it's going to be stunning.
Check out these videos about #ExoMars #RosalindFranklinRover, my new mission since the start of this year. Launching in 2028, stay tuned for more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...
Scouting the Red Planet | ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission (episode 1)
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Check out these videos about #ExoMars #RosalindFranklinRover, my new mission since the start of this year. Launching in 2028, stay tuned for more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...
After 13 years, my time working on #SolarOrbiter has come to an end. I'm going to miss it! This stunning video gives you a glimpse why it's such an amazing mission, great spacecraft and wonderful team of scientists and engineers.
youtu.be/XYXAdXf5gWU?...
youtu.be/XYXAdXf5gWU?...
See and hear three years of solar fireworks
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
youtu.be
January 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
After 13 years, my time working on #SolarOrbiter has come to an end. I'm going to miss it! This stunning video gives you a glimpse why it's such an amazing mission, great spacecraft and wonderful team of scientists and engineers.
youtu.be/XYXAdXf5gWU?...
youtu.be/XYXAdXf5gWU?...
Good luck to my ESOC colleagues for the @ec.europa.eu #Sentinel1c launch tonight!
#VV25 good news
The mission, which is the launch of #Sentinel1C & simultaneously the return-to-flight for Vega-C, is going ahead on the 4th.
The delay, due to additional pre-launch checks, is only 24 hours.
Was:
3rd Dec 2024, 21:20 UTC, ELV
Now:
4th Dec 2024, same time, same place (hopefully😉)
The mission, which is the launch of #Sentinel1C & simultaneously the return-to-flight for Vega-C, is going ahead on the 4th.
The delay, due to additional pre-launch checks, is only 24 hours.
Was:
3rd Dec 2024, 21:20 UTC, ELV
Now:
4th Dec 2024, same time, same place (hopefully😉)
December 4, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Good luck to my ESOC colleagues for the @ec.europa.eu #Sentinel1c launch tonight!
BEHOLD HIS FLUFFY MAGNIFICENCE!
November 23, 2024 at 11:36 AM
BEHOLD HIS FLUFFY MAGNIFICENCE!
Calling #Amiga experts! Weird graphics glitches on my A1000. The corruption moves with the window, makes me think not the memory chips. Suggestions welcome!
November 18, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Calling #Amiga experts! Weird graphics glitches on my A1000. The corruption moves with the window, makes me think not the memory chips. Suggestions welcome!
Got "my son" a 3D printer - other than endless dinosaurs, what should I print? Spacecraft models? Something for my unhealthily large collection of vintage Amiga computers? Cat toys?
November 16, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Got "my son" a 3D printer - other than endless dinosaurs, what should I print? Spacecraft models? Something for my unhealthily large collection of vintage Amiga computers? Cat toys?