Finally 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 (05.12.25 15:30 - 08.12.25 15:00 UTC). #hamradio #amateurradio #vhf ➡️ go.uniwue.de/sstv Transmission Schedule: (All times UTC)

At the ZARM drop tower, we recreated Martian conditions and our maple-seed-like vehicles achieved Autorotation. Even real maple seeds spun! 🍁 First autorotation tests under extraterrestrial conditions—paper coming soon!

Professor Hakan Kayal was a guest of Harald Lesch on the ZDF documentary series Terra X. In a roughly 20-minute interview, he discusses the scientific study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs). ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Lc...

Wednesday night, our SkyCAM system at the BlueBox in Hessdalen captured a possible meteor or space debris reentry. A similar system, SkyCAM-7, operates at Zugspitze’s Schneefernerhaus in the context of VaMEx-3 MarsSymphony. @uni-wuerzburg.de go.uniwue.de/skycam www.hessdalen.org/the-blue-box

Where are we? 🌍 Two major seas, one striking mountain range in between. --- 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.

🛰️ 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 (1/2)

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)

✨🚀 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)

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-...

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.

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