Austria in Space

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24.09.2021 NASA Launches Mini Satellites to Explore Exoplanets : The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is scheduled to launch into space on Sept. 27 to study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets. The Graz Institute for Space Research (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is the main non-US partner. CUTE is 'cute' only in terms of its size; inside the satellite is high-tech at its finest.
14.09.2021 First "Austro" meteorite recovered in Styria since 1977 : On July 4, a 233-gram fragment of a meteorite was found in the municipality of Kindberg (Styria). Now called the "Kindberg meteorite," the extraterrestrial arrival is only the eighth such find in Austria in the past 250 years and the first since 1977. It is a "sensation for Austria," the curator of the meteorite collection at the Natural History Museum (NHM), Ludovic Ferrière, told APA.
12.09.2021 Graz researchers conquer W frequency band for satellite communications : Unexplored frequency bands for data traffic between Earth and satellites are in hot demand. From a handy satellite box they sent into space at the end of June, Styrian researchers received signals in the "W frequency band" for the first time worldwide. It could be used to connect large high-performance satellites to the Internet, Michael Schmidt of Joanneum Research in Graz told APA. Before that, however, they would have to get to know the frequency road in all kinds of weather.

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BepiColombo skims past Venus

The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission took this look at Venus on August 10, 2021, when the spacecraft completed its second Venus flyby. The mission also involves numerous space technologies made in Austria.

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Data Patchwork, Geodata Cubes and the "Starbucks Effect : How the Graz-based startup ubicube is generating demographic and economic data using space technology to fill data gaps.

All eyes on Space-Start-Ups: Aeroficial Intelligence : Aeroficial Intelligence GmbH is an innovative tech company building intelligent optimisation solutions for the air traffic, airport and airline industry.

All eyes on Space-Start-Ups: Team Tumbleweed : Team Tumbleweed has a clear vision: Deep Space for Everyone. With their “Tumbleweed” Mars Rover, they aim to bring a new approach to Mars exploration. But what exactly does that look like?

BepiColombo skims past Venus

Space History

Happy Birthday, Pegasus! : The Earth observation satellite PEGASUS will celebrate its 4th birthday this June 2021.

Milestones in Austrias Space History : The appointment of Dr. Josef Aschbacher as General Director of the European Space Agency is truly a milestone in Austrian space history. But it's not the only one!

A look back to Austromir on the International Day of Human Spaceflight : The 12th of April, the date the first human Yuri Gagarin went into space is celebrated as International Day of Human Spaceflight.

10 years CryoSat: Why it's so important to measure ice : On this day 10 years ago, Europe's first ever mission to measure polar sea ice thickness launched.

Happy Birthday, UniBRITE and TUGSAT-1! : The first two Austrian satellites where launched 7 years ago.