Mockingbird
Just 10 months – from initial concept to launch into orbit:
With this mission, we are setting a new benchmark for national satellite projects. This has been made possible by research into the standardization of digital satellite payloads, supplemented by specially developed software and new, agile processes in development, commissioning, and mission execution.
July 2024
The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support turns to the university with an operational challenge and commissions a mission
Aug 2024
Bundeswehr University Munich defines and develops the mission concept
Sept. 2024
Bundeswehr University Munich conducts a market survey and contracts a space mission
Oct. 2024
Satellite platform selected and commissioned
Nov. 2024
Bundeswehr University Munich’s transmission technology is successfully implemented and tested
Dec. 2024
The payload is integrated,
and the spacecraft is ready
for launch
Mar. 2025
SpaceX Transporter 13
brings the spacecraft
to a Low Earth Orbit
Apr. 2025
The Munich Center for Space Communications at Bundeswehr University has the first contact with the payload
May 2025
The LEO is brought into
use for the German
Bundeswehr