Space Pioneer Award for Klaus Schilling

The German Aerospace Society DGLR awarded its prestigeous Eugen-Sänger-Medal to Klaus Schilling for his contributions to advance the technology of small satellites. Schilling’s research is currently focusing on distributed multi-satellite networks, performing complex joint observations such as computed tomography for improved climate predictions.

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S4 receives contract for innovative communication satellite LoLaSat from ESA

LoLaSat (Low Latency communication Satellite) will in a very low Earth orbit (VLEO) take advantage of extremly short signal propagation delays. This will be of relevance for time critical applications, like autonomous driving, coordination of air vehicles (transport drones), and support in emergency situations.

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S4 GmbH as an example startup in the DLR Newsletter Countdown 40

In the current DLR newsletter Countdown 40, the question of how the space startup scene in Germany is doing is explored. S4 Space GmbH which focuses on the development and implementation of advanced pico- and nanosatellite projects for ‘New Space’ has been highlighted with an interview of Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling, one of the founders of the company.

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Netsat satellites send first data packets, groundstations receive packets

After the successful launch and decoupling of the four Netsat satellites on September 28, 2020, several stations have reported the successful reception of packets from all four Netsat satellites. The first orbital data have also already been received at the groundstation operated by the Center for Telematics and at the University of Würzburg.

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Netsat Satellites successfully launched into space.

On the occasion of the launch of the four Netsat satellites on September 28, 2020, the Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs, Judith Gerlach, Member of the Bavarian Parliament, and the Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, State Development and Energy, Hubert Aiwanger, Member of the Bavarian Parliament, visited the launch party of the Center for Telematics.

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State Secretaries Gerhard Eck, Anna Stolz and Roland Weigert visit satellite test facilities.

On 23.07.2020, State Secretary of the Interior Gerhard Eck, State Secretary of Culture Anna Stolz and State Secretary of Economics Roland Weigert visited the Zentrum für Telematik and the facilities of the S4 GmbH. They were witness to a live demonstration of our test facilities and also were brought up to date about the cutting edge research taking place

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