At the Winter Satellite Workshop 2026, we presented the Apophis Interceptor mission concept.
It demonstrates the potential of small satellites for flexible, rapid-response, and cost-efficient asteroid reconnaissance. 🚀
#SmallSat #AsteroidResearch #WSW2026

The JMU Space-Observatory photographed the 3rd known interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS currently visiting our solar system!
What you see is a stacked image from over 2h of footage by our telescope (D69) at the University of Würzburg.
You can nicely see the tail of the comet towards the upper right!

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

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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.
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www.hessdalen.org/the-blue-box

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.

🛰️ 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.
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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).

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✨🚀 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).

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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).

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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