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Daniel Lakey

@EPenguin

Rocket Scientist & International Adventurer Spacecraft Operations Engineer at EUMETSAT MSc Data Science ORCID: 0000-0002-8198-789

 Darmstadt, Germany
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Joined January 2009
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@eumetsat12 Aug 2025
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 - night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
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@eumetsat15 Apr 2025
Europe just had its hottest year on record. 🌡️ The #ESOTC2024 report shows the continent is warming faster than the global average, facing rising threats from extreme weather. 📖 Find out more about the report's findings here: bit.ly/4lCulD0
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@eumetsat29 Mar 2025
A stunning view of the partial #SolarEclipse from space! 🌒 Captured by @eumetsat's Meteosat-12 satellite, you can see the Moon’s shadow sweeping across Earth btwn 06:00 - 12:30 UTC 🛰 Unlike a total eclipse, part of the Sun remained visible - did you catch it from the ground?👀
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@eumetsat23 Mar 2025
Our atmosphere is thin but powerful - it shapes our #weather & sustains life. 🌫️ On today's #WorldMeteorologicalDay, we highlight how EO satellites like Meteosat-12 help us monitor this crucial layer, improving weather forecasts & #climate understanding: bit.ly/41GHNfV
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@eumetsat20 Mar 2025
Today at 10:01 CET the Sun was directly above Earth’s equator, marking the #SpringEquinox! 🌸 At this moment our planet is neither tilted towards nor away from the Sun, creating nearly equal day/night. 🌓 This stunning image was captured by Meteosat-12 earlier this morning. 🛰️
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Ian@deepbluedot13 Mar 2025
model of Hera designed by Paolo Concari with LEGO bricks!! #HeraMission esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image…
DIY model of Hera designed by Paolo Concari, built using LEGO® bricks

DIY model of Hera designed by Paolo Concari, built using LEGO® bricks

DIY model of Hera designed by Paolo Concari, built using LEGO® bricks

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Ian@deepbluedot13 Mar 2025
#HeraMission #Mars flyby… and here is #Deimos, so beautiful 🤩 the spacecraft is nominal and now heading to its final destination #didymos
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WATCH NOW: #HeraMission's gravity-assist Mars & Deimos flyby images unveiled live by Hera's science team, including @DrBrianMay of @QueenWillRock, joined by @astro_Alex & @AndyWeirAuthor! youtube.com/live/cHiASEowrio
Images from Hera’s Mars flyby (Official broadcast)

Images from Hera’s Mars flyby (Official broadcast)

Join us live for a star-studded event this Thursday, as scientists ...

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@ESA_Tech13 Mar 2025
Revealed: the first images from @ESA's #HeraMission gravity-assist flyby of Mars! esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/He…
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At 13:51 CET today our asteroid detective Hera comes just 5000 km from Mars - the latest stop in her cosmic roadtrip! Hera will snap Mars & its Deimos moon, but has to turn around to send these pics back to Earth – to be shown in our livestream tomorrow, featuring @AndyWeirAuthor & @Astro_Alex
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🛰️-------🔴 Hera’s latest image of Mars Image acquired: 5 March 2025 Distance to Mars: 5.5 million km Mars flyby: 12 March 2025 Stay tuned…
Mars appears as a small grey circle just a few pixels wide amidst the darkness of space

ALT Mars appears as a small grey circle just a few pixels wide amidst the darkness of space

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Full speed ahead! @ESA_Hera has completed its first deep-space manoeuvre and is heading towards Mars for a gravity assist in March 2025. 🛰️👋🔴 esa.int/Enabling_Support/Ope…
Hera burns towards Mars

Hera burns towards Mars

ESA’s Hera mission has completed the first critical manoeuvre on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since launch on 7 October.

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Hera's first deep space manoeuvre is underway! On 23 October, @ESA_Hera fired its three orbital control thrusters for ~100 minutes to line it up for next year's gravity assist at Mars. A second, smaller burn on 6 November will be used to iron out any inaccuracy from the first.
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Images of the Earth and the Moon by cameras onboard our Hera spacecraft from @esa @ESA_Hera @ESA_Tech are now public! Hera has its eyes wide open and observed our fragile planet! Everything works perfectly. So emotional … #asteroids #Space @CNRS esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/He…
Hera’s first images offer parting glimpse of Earth and Moon

Hera’s first images offer parting glimpse of Earth and Moon

ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence has taken its first images using three of the instruments that will be used to explore and study the asteroids Dimorphos and Didymos.

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The ESA-led Hera spacecraft successfully launches, heading to the binary asteroid Didymos and Dimorphos 🚀. The mission carries the thermal infrared imager developed at JAXA. Read more 🔗: isas.jaxa.jp/en/topics/00385…
Successful launch as the Hera spacecraft begins its journey to the binary asteroid | ISAS

Successful launch as the Hera spacecraft begins its journey to the binary asteroid | ISAS

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CGI Deutschland@CGI_DE8 Oct 2024
We are going to outer Space! Yesterday the European Space Agency (@esa ) launched the HERA mission as part of the planetary defense effort. We are proud of our CGI colleagues Daniel Lakey and Thomas Dreßler, who are both part of the flight control team
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ICYMI, this was our last view of @ESA_Hera's asteroid mission as it leaves Earth behind for asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos, via Mars. Shot from @SpaceX's Falcon 9 upper stage. What a view.
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That's the end of our #HeraMission launch coverage. Hera is power positive and the teams at mission control have already begun working through the next steps in the mission's two-day 'Launch and Early Orbit Phase'. Bon voyage, Hera! 👋
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Thanks for everything, @esaoperations! Stay in touch 👋😉
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@esaoperations7 Oct 2024
That's the end of our #HeraMission launch coverage. Hera is power positive and the teams at mission control have already begun working through the next steps in the mission's two-day 'Launch and Early Orbit Phase'. Bon voyage, Hera! 👋
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We have a mission!! #HeraMission's solar arrays have deployed and its batteries are charging. The satellite is in good health and the first commands have been confirmed on board.
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