Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hakan Kayal

University Professor

Professorship for Space Technology

Computer Science VIII
Emil-Fischer Str. 32
Campus Hubland Nord

D-97074 Würzburg

Germany

Consultation by arrangement

Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Extraterrestrial Studies (IFEX)

Secretary's Office

Heidi Frankenberger

Phone: +49-931-31-86678

Email: heidi.frankenberger@uni-wuerzburg.de

News

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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SONATE-2 observes Hurricane Beryl from orbit

SONATE-2 has successfully observed Hurricane Beryl from orbit. The 6U+ satellite was able to record a sequence of high-resolution images in the NIR range (763-801nm) during a pass over the hazardous hurricane.

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IPPW24: Outstanding Poster Award for Clemens Riegler

At IPPW 2024 the current developments for Entry, Descent and Landing from around the world were presented. Amongst them a contribution from our Lab that was recognized with an Award!

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hakan Kayal