Nanosatellites for Extraterrestrial Missions

This field of research focuses on the design, construction and operation of space systems, in particular nanosatellites, for future extraterrestrial missions.

UAP & SETI Research

This research area is dealing with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) and the investigation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

Space Systems & Higher Autonomy

The subject of this research field is the development of methods and systems to increase the autonomy on board future spacecrafts.

News

Successful software update of the MultiView star sensor

Last week we successfully updated the software of all four sensor heads making up the MultiView star sensor on SONATE-2 in orbit! This update improves the quality of the attitude data produced by the sensors.

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Mars mission: Würzburg Researchers Orchestrate Swarm of Robots

Exploring a valley and caves on Mars, searching for life: These are the goals of the German research initiative VaMEx. The Professorship for Space Technology at the University of Würzburg is involved.

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SONATE-2 APRS digipeater successfully activated

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!

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SATEX summary report published

As a result of the SATEX study, a short report on the topic of extraterrestrials with small satellites was published on the publication platform of the University of Würzburg (Report language: German).

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