This month´s covers ...

Front Cover: Shown mounted on the lower rim of a microwave dish at the Metsahovi Radio Observatory (MRO), in Kylmala, Finland is a linear, horizontally polarized, logarithmic periodic antenna, a part of the Callisto radio spectometer for observing the sun. From the article by J. Kallunki, M. Uunila, and C. Monstein, on page 5 about the MRO joining the Worldwide Observing Network as its most northern site. Back Cover: The remote-sensing satellite Amazonia-1 mission pictured will carry onboard the main case study for the Goal Based Operations Enabling Software Architecture (GOESA). At the top, Amazonia-1 is pictured in orbiting position. At the bottom, the satellite is pictured in launch position. From the article "On-Board Satellite Software Architecture for the Goal-Based Brazilian Mission Operations" by F. de Novaes Kucinskis and M.G.V. Ferreira on page 32 of this issue.