Aerospace student David Baldsiefen wins the ‘AI Innovation in Space’ award at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Model aeroplanes built and tested again!
17.07.2024Prof. Walter Baur worked with our space technology students to build and test model aeroplanes in the robotics hall and on our testing area for outdoor robots.
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SpaceMaster-Alumna selected as ESA-Astronaut
27.04.2024ESA just published the selected new generation of 6 future ESA-Astronauts with one SpaceMaster (the Master's program offered prior to Satellite Technology at the University of Würzburg).
MehrAMADEE-24 is a Mars simulation conducted in a desert in Armenia. The expedition serves as an authentic trial run for the astronautic exploration of the Red Planet.
MehrIn Memoriam Eveline Gottzein
24.12.2023Prof. Dr. Eveline Gottzein supported Würzburg's space programs with excellent lectures based on her profound experience in Space Dynamics from 2005 until 2019. In the night of 24.12.2023 died Germany's most outstanding female space engineer.
MehrSaTec students visit DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
27.10.2023In an educational journey into the realms of space technology, students from the Satellite Technology program recently embarked on an excursion to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen on October 27th, 2023.
MehrExcursion to Fraunhofer IOF in Jena
06.07.2023On July 6, 2023, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) gave students of the satellite technology program an insight into its research in the field of optical quantum communications.
MehrTwo new lectures in the summer term
16.03.2023Dr. Heike Frei and Prof. Dr. Hakan Kayal will offer two new courses in the summer term for SaTec students
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
20.10.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "Kleine Satelliten für große Aufgaben" by Prof. i.R. Dr. Klaus Schilling on the 20th of October 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
28.07.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "Ongoing activities on SmallSat at
ASTRA Team in PoliMi" by Prof. Dr. Michèle Roberta Lavagna on the 28th of July 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
14.07.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "Controlling a Satellite under Uncertainty" by Dr. Willem Jordaan on the 14th of July 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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The Global AACII Award honors outstanding contributions in the sector Aerospace supporting New Generation.
MehrSpace Colloquium Würzburg
30.06.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "OPS-SAT-2: Open opportunities for in-flight experimentation with an optical ground to space terminal" by David Evans on the 30th of June 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
26.05.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "Dynamics and Control of Distributed Space Systems: Challenges and Progresses" by Dr. Wang Zhaokui on the 26th of May 2022 at 11:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
05.05.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "High Precision Formation Flying of Micro-satellites for Space Science and Earth Observation Missions" by Prof. Dr. Shinichi Nakasuka (University of Tokyo) on the 5th of May 2022 at 11:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
14.04.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "A High-Precision GNSS Payload Board for Nanosatellite Orbit Determination and Timing" by Prof. Dr. Gregor Moeller (ETH Zürich) on the 14th of April 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
10.03.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems for Groundbreaking Missions: Developments at IRS" by Prof. Dr. Georg Herdrich on the 10th of March 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
24.02.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "Satellite Networks for Quantum Key Distribution, Internet of Things, Earth Observation and Climate Prediction from Würzburg" by Julian Scharnagl on the 24th of February 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
10.02.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "High Precision Guidance of Satellites for Formation Flying using Optimal and Adaptive Control Techniques" by Dr. Radhakant Padhi on the 10th of February 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
20.01.2022Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "ADELIS-SAMSON: An Innovation Benchmark of Distributed Space System " by Dr. Pini Gurfil on the 20th of January 2022 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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Space Colloquium Würzburg
09.12.2021Invitation to the Space Colloquium Würzburg titled "ESA Interplanetary Exploration Missions" by Dr. Paolo Ferri on the 9th of December 2021 at 17:00. This event is supported by Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) and ESA_Lab@ZfT.
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The German aerospace society DGLR recognizes the contributions of Professor Schilling and his team to the field of small satellites with the prestigious Eugen-Sänger-medal.
MehrESA_Lab@ZfT-Würzburg initiated
11.05.2021ESA General Director Aschbacher signed together with Prof. Dr. Schilling as President of Zentrum für Telematik (ZfT) a "Memorandum of Cooperation" to initiate an ESA_Lab@ZfT .
MehrIn 2019 ESA asked for ideas to map and explore lunar caves on their Open Space
Innovation Platform. A consortium of international scientists led by Prof. Dr.
Andreas Nüchter (Informatics VII - Robotics and Telematics) submitted their idea
of a spherical robot equipped with an immersive stereoscopic camera and a lidar
system.
MehrFirst pictures received from NetSat
27.11.2020The four NetSat satellites for formation flying were built in Würzburg and financed by the European Research Council with an Advanced Grant. The launch was supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Economics and happened on 28.9.2020. More detailed information: www.telematik-zentrum.de/netsat
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NetSat to be delivered for launch
26.05.2020Innovative Sensor Networks Based on Self-Organizing Nano-Satellites is the topic of "NetSat". The four „NetSat“ nano-satellites will autonomously control, for the first time worldwide, a three-dimensional configuration in space in order to enable new observation methods for climate research as well as for innovative future telecommunication systems.
MehrTo learn more about the practice of operating a satellite mission, our SaTec students visited the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt.
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Professor Oschwald, Head of Department Rocket Propulsion, welcomed our group and introduced the German Aerospace Center Lampoldshausen.
MehrWith a very international group, the second batch of 'Satellite Technology' students begin their masters studies in Würzburg.
Mehr12. Pico- and Nano-Satellite Workshop
12.08.2019More than 100 international small satellite researchers (from new Zealand, Japan,
Brasil, and all over Europe) covered newest trends in small satellite technology
and application areas.
MehrUWE-4 attitude changed by electric thrusters
06.08.2019For the first time ever, electric thrusters have been used to change the attitude of a cubesat, tested on UWE-4.
MehrbavAIRia brings the technical know-how of the industry and research together to manage the cluster Aerospace.
MehrENB SaTec students visit the 12th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation
08.05.2019The students from Würzburg visited as part of their ENB study program "Satellite Technology" the "12th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation" in Berlin from 6th to 10th May 2019.
MehrProf. Klaus Schilling, Prof. Ilan Koren, and Prof. Yoav Schechner won the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant, guaranteeing a funding of €14 million to improve cloud data for climate modelling using small satellites.
MehrProf. Dr. Radhakant Padhi, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore talks about a few optimal, nonlinear and adaptive control philosophies and their utility for ensuring efficient high-precision satellite formation flying in a leader-follower framework.
MehrFirst NanoFEEP thruster ignition
26.02.2019On February 26th, at 09:59:00 UTC, one of the UWE-4 NanoFEEP thrusters was successfully ignited.
MehrUWE-4 Delivered Well into Orbit
27.12.2018In the early morning of 27.12.2018 a Soyuz-Fregatt launch from cosmodrome Vostochny injected 28 satellites into a low Earth orbit.
MehrUWE-4 ready for Launch …
20.12.2018Last week our Team returned from the Vostochny Launch Site (Russia) where we performed the last check out tests of UWE-4 before launch. The satellite will be launched through the German integrator ECM Space on a Soyuz-2 mission using a Fregat upper stage on 27th December 2018 at 02:07:18 UTC.
MehrKlaus Schilling wurde für einen „Qilu Friendship Award“ der chinesischen Provinz Shandong für 2018 ausgewählt. Der Vize-Governor von Shandong, Herr Yu Jie, hat den Preis am 30.10.2018 im Rahmen einer Feier in Weihai übergeben
MehrERC Synergy Grant "CloudCT" awarded
22.10.2018Klaus Schilling (Pico-Satellites), Yoav Schechner (Computer Tomography), Ilan Koren (Climate Models) win the ERC Synergy Grant "CloudCT"
MehrZfT is winner of Telematics-Award 2018
25.09.2018The partner institute "Zentrum für Telematik" was selected as winner of the Telematics-Award 2018 in the category "Networked Production". Details available in German.
MehrThe Bavarian Minister of Science and the Arts, Dr. Spaenle, approved 2 new elite study programs in science and technology among them our proposal "Satellite Technology"
MehrOn 21st of November 2017 UWE-3 celebrated 4 years in space and is still running without any significant failures. The daily received UWE-3 beacons report its good health condition, including the nominal status of the batteries.
MehrOur spin-off Zentrum für Telematik was in a tough selection of international teams selected as winner of the Airbus space challenge. Their proposal addressed innovative industry 4.0 approaches to improve future production of satellites.
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