PRIDE workshop 2025

3 Jun 2025, 12:00 → 4 Jun 2025, 18:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Meeting Rooms 1 and 2 (TU Delft)

Dominic Dirkx (TU Delft), Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

We are pleased to invite you to participate in an upcoming workshop focused on the Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE).

 

PRIDE is an experimental technique designed to enhance the science return of planetary missions by utilizing near-field phase-referencing Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and Doppler tracking of the spacecraft's radio signals. 

 

This workshop will provide a valuable opportunity to:

 

• Discuss the current status and planning of PRIDE observations during the ESA's JUICE cruise phase, including the upcoming Venus flyby, which serves as an important test for our procedures.
• Review the progress on the integration of PRIDE observations with the mission operations.
• Explore opportunities for observations with other missions.
• Highlight the latest developments in our planning and scheduling software designed to optimize PRIDE observations
• Present the potential of PRIDE data for improving orbit determination, gravity measurements, and the accuracy of planetary and satellite ephemerides.

 

Your expertise and contributions are crucial as we move forward with the PRIDE experiment and the JUICE mission is on its way to Jupiter.

Tuesday 3 June

12:30 → 15:00 Day 1 - Afternoon part 1

12:30 Welcome of participants (lunch in the University cafeteria)

13:00 PRIDE JUICE status update

Speaker: Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

13:20 PRIDE VLBI products

Speakers: Alfonso Sanchez Rodriguez, Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC), Mas Said

13:40 Doppler analysis tools

Speaker: Guifre' Molera

14:00 PRIDE Doppler products

Speaker: Dominic Dirkx

14:20 PRIDE-JUICE Archiving

Speaker: Vidhya Pallichadath

14:40 PRIDE data archive

Speaker: Vidhya Pallichadath

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 → 17:00 Day 1 - Afternoon part 2

15:30 PRIDE JUICE - Working groups

Speaker: Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

15:50 PRIDE workflow

Speakers: Dominic Dirkx, Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC), Vidhya Pallichadath

16:10 PRIDE Workflow discussion and actions items

16:50 Day 1 conclusions

19:00 → 21:30 Dinner

Not covered by the meeting.
Participants pay themselves

Wednesday 4 June

09:00 → 12:00 Day 2 - Morning

09:00 PRIDE Applications - Orbit determination

Speaker: Dominic Dirkx

09:15 PRIDE VLBI observations downunder

Speaker: Oliver White

09:30 PRIDE Applications - Space Weather

Speaker: Jasper Eduards

09:45 Propagation of compressible fluctuations inferred from radio sounding during tianwen-1 solar conjunction

Speaker: Maoli Ma

10:00 PRIDE Applications - Discussion

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Ephemerides of moons

Speaker: Valery Lainey

11:15 JUICE and Europa Clipper

Speaker: Sam Fayolle

11:30 Flyby of Venus - preparation and planning

Speakers: Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC), Dominic Dirkx, Sandor Frey, Valery Lainey

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 17:00 Day 2 - Afternoon

13:30 PRIDE Sustainability

Speakers: Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC), Dominic Dirkx

14:00 PRIDE funding opportunities NWO calls

Speaker: Dominic Dirkx

14:20 PRIDE Funding opportunities - NSO PI support

Speakers: Dominic Dirkx, Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

15:00 Coffee break

15:30 Pride outreach activities

Speaker: Giuseppe Cimo (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

15:45 PRIDE future - Discussion

16:45 Final remarks