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Bayerischer Rundfunk reports on Sentry. Listen to the interview with Professor Montenegro on the BR24 website.

Our aerospace informatics students produce scientific films as part of their seminar work. With more than 360,000 views and over 1,000 subscriptions, we are already known far beyond the borders of the university.

The Chair of Aerospace Information Technology is developing new X-ray technologies for pulsar navigation and asteroid exploration in the SENTRY project in collaboration with X-Spectrum. This will allow us to analyse the composition of the asteroid Aphosis during its close flyby in 2029.

The InnoCube small satellite will test various technological innovations in space for at least a year. It was developed in a joint project between the University of Würzburg and the TU Berlin.

The event with workshops, lectures and after-hours for the worldwide NASA Hackathon from October 4th to 6th, 2024 at Chair VIII.

During the first activation of the APRS digipeater, 421 messages were forwarded. A complete success and another opportunity to support the worldwide amateur radio service through the SONATE-2 mission!

After the launch of SONATE-2, communication with our satellite was established during the first pass over our ground station in Würzburg. We are now starting to analyze the telemetry data received.

The SONATE-2 mission will be launched on 04.03.2024 at 23:05 (CET). A first contact attempt with SONATE-2 is expected around 70 minutes after the launch.

The launch of SONATE-2 with the Transporter 10 mission on board the Falcon 9 is scheduled for March 4, 2024 at 23:05 (CET). In preparation for the launch, details on the reception of SONATE-2 for radio amateurs have now been published.