Professorship for Space Technology Uni Würzburg

Where are we? 🌍
Two major seas, one striking mountain range in between.
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Answer:
Top: the Caspian Sea 🌊
Bottom: the Black Sea 🌊
In between: the Caucasus 🏔️

🛰️ Captured by our nanosatellite SONATE-2.

Earth as seen from space, captured by our Nanosatellite SONATE-2.

With funding from @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social , we continue our work toward a German smallsat flyby mission to (99942) Apophis in 2029.
#CubeSat #PlanetaryDefense
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🛰️ NEAlight extended – Apophis remains in focus!
Following the presentation of the Interceptor mission concept at the Apophis T-4 Workshop in Tokyo, the NEAlight project now enters its next phase.
@uni-wuerzburg.de
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Over the Easter weekend 🐰, SONATE-2's #SSTV transmitter 🛰 is active again, sending 2 different images taken from orbit.
The #APRS digipeater will be switched off during that period (18.04.25 15:30 - 21.04.25 09:00 UTC).

➡️ go.uniwue.de/sstv

Transmission Schedule:
(All times UTC)

Grafik zum Tag der Raumfahrt, rechts: ein Astronaut, der die Erde umarmt. Links davon der Schriftzug "Tag der Raumfahrt. 28. und 29. März 2025"; oben und unten Logos der Deutschen Raumfahrtagentur im DLR und des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz. Hintergrund der Grafik ist dunkelblau mit Sternen.

✨🚀 Lust, in die Welt der Raumfahrt einzutauchen? 🚀✨ Zum 1. Mal veranstaltet die Bundesregierung mit uns den #TagderRaumfahrt. Am 28. + 29. März öffnen 83 Einrichtungen ihre Tore in 38 Städten - seid dabei!
Infos dazu: shorturl.at/BhGZm
Event-Karte: tagderraumfahrt25.de
@bmwk.de @derbdi.bsky.social

Over the weekend, SONATE-2's #SSTV transmitter 🛰 is active again, sending 2 different images taken from orbit.
The #APRS digipeater will be switched off during that period (07.03.25 15:45 - 10.03.25 11:45 UTC).

➡️ go.uniwue.de/sstv

Transmission Schedule:
(All times UTC)

The Würzburg University satellite SONATE-2 in the clean room laboratory with unfolded solar panels. (Photo: Hakan Kayal)

Our university #satellite #SONATE-2 has been in orbit for a year now! It has achieved all its mission objectives and trained an #AI on board, among other things. What happens now with the satellite @jmuspace.bsky.social
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

The telescope on the roof of the Geography building on the Hubland Campus of the University of Würzburg. (Photo: Tobias Herbst / University of Würzburg)

Our #telescope tracks #asteroids! This data is provided to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, USA. Congratulations @jmuspace.bsky.social @wuespace.bsky.social!
➡️https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/jmu-telescope/

Over the weekend, SONATE-2's #SSTV transmitter 🛰 is active again, sending 2 different images taken from orbit. The #APRS digipeater will be switched off during that period (14.02.25 15:00 - 17.02.25 12:00 UTC).

➡️go.uniwue.de/sstv

Transmission Schedule:
(All times UTC)

Frozen Lake Baikal, captured by the wide-angle camera of our nano-satellite, SONATE-2.

Frozen Lake Baikal, captured by the wide-angle camera of our nano-satellite, SONATE-2.

SONATE-2 ist ein 6U Cubesat (ca. 300 x 200 x 100 mm³). Wir konnten ihn sogar mit unseren eigenen Teleskop tracken. Dabei ist diese Aufnahme entstanden. 🛰️🌟

SONATE ist der Vorgängersatellit, der an der Professur entwickelt wurde. SONATE-2 ist mit der NOARD Catalog Nummer 59112 bzw. dem Int. Designator 2024-043Q auffindbar.
➡️ heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?s...

Satellite image of the Gamsberg mesa in Namibia, captured by our Nanosatellite SONATE-2 on January 13, 2025, 12:39 UTC.

A heartbreaking view from space of the Los Angeles fires, with smoke billowing into the sky like clouds. 🌍🔥
A stark reminder of the destructive power of wildfires and the urgent need for climate action.
#LosAngeles #Fires #ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #Environment