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Visit of State Secretary Jens Plötner to the Institute
5 March 2026 – Focus on satellite communications technologies The Institute for Communications Systems and High-Frequency Technology at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich had the honor of welcoming State Secretary Jens Plötner from the German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg). During his visit, in the presence of the President of the University of the…
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The platform of Athene 1 has officially arrived on site.
December 2025 – Exciting milestone reached! The platform of the SeRANIS satellite Athene 1 has arrived on site, and with this important delivery completed, we are now moving into the next phase: the integration of our experiments and payloads onto the satellite platform. Athene 1 is part of the SeRANIS project, led by the SPACE…
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Mission GENA-OT
November 2025: The Bundeswehr in Space. Innovative. Fast. Strategic. University of the Bundeswehr Munich Launches Innovative GENA-OT Satellite Mission – A Milestone for German Spaceflight and Technological Sovereignty. GENA-OT is a precursor mission designed to demonstrate advanced space technologies using hosted payloads on a 16U CubeSat. Operating in Low Earth Orbit, the mission provides a…
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NPS & SeRANIS – First steps towards Shared Use of the MC3 network
As a Recurring Visiting Professor, Andreas Knopp once again attended the Space Systems Academic Group of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in California. This time, the focus was on the small satellite project SeRANIS. Experts from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), who recently completed the successful launch of the small satellite MOLA, were involved in…
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The new era of Space Commercialization. Satellites in the geopolitical Chess Game
Read the free publication by SeRANIS project head Prof. Dr. Andreas Knopp and Prof. Dr. Rafaela Kraus. The policy paper for the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung addresses Europe’s role in the commercialization of space and the associated geopolitical challenges and opportunities. The focus is on satellite technologies as a decisive factor in Europe’s ability to act. The authors call for…
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The future of connectivity: B5G/6G demonstrator from SeRANIS at the WSA
SeRANIS PhD students present a B5G/6G demonstrator at the WSA that heralds the future of wireless communication. The “27th International Workshop on Smart Antennas” (WSA 2024) took place at the TUD Dresden University of Technology from March 17 to 19, 2024. There, SeRANIS PhD students Diego Tuzi, Phoebe Agbo and Sertaç Övünç Kaya presented a…
