ÖAW-Institut für Weltraumforschung

The Space Research Institute (Institut fuer Weltraumforschung, IWF) focuses on the physics of our solar system and the diversity of exoplanets. With about 100 staff members from 20 nations it is one of the largest institutes of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, OeAW). The institute is located in the Victor Franz Hess Research Center of OeAW in the south of Graz. At the Lustbuehel Observatory it operates a satellite laser ranging station, which is one of the best in the world.