Institut für Weltraumforschung (Space Research Institute)

The Institut für Weltraumforschung (IWF - Space Research Institute) is one of the biggest institutes of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften - OeAW) and is located in Graz. Established in 1970, it has been studying the physics of space plasmas and the atmospheres of planets inside and outside the Solar System for more than 50 years. With about 100 employees from twenty nations, it is located in the Victor Franz Hess Research Center of OeAW in the south of Graz. At the Lustbühel Observatory it operates a satellite laser ranging station, which is one of the best in the world.

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