EXTRA VIDEO PT.1
The head of a technical unit of Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Jouni Envall, tells about the observatory's satellite project. Observatory will send its first satellite "LappiSat-1" to observe Auroras and for that, they have built a brand new space laboratory.

Jouni shows the building and testing facilities of satellites. He also explains how high it is good to put the satellite.

This is an extra of our full docureportage "They Can Predict Auroras with Science" where we visited the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory to learn how is it to study auroras. Watch the docureportage here to get a full explanation of auroras:    • Video  

Open source application to follow satellites: https://oz9aec.dk/gpredict/

More about predicting Auroras on our EXTRA PT2:    • How To Read AURORA BOREALIS Forecast ...