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The mission goal

The general DISCO program goals:

  • To increase the number of skilled candidates with the right competences for Danish space industry and high tech companies.
  • To increase the interest for and recruiting for STEM educations in Denmark among girls and boys.
  • To place Denmark on the world map within space and education.
  • To secure a stabil pipeline of start-ups for ESA BIC DK

The scientific goals of the mission:

  • To contribute to the study of climate changes by imaging specific areas on the Eastern coast of Greenland.
  • To contribute to studies carried out by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change at Aarhus University using satellite images of glaciers in the Arctic.