The Czech Republic has another satellite of its own in space, about an hour and a half ago it was carried into orbit by a SpaceX rocket. The aim of the satellite, about the size of a wine box, is to test instruments developed by domestic companies in the hostile space environment. Scientists from Masaryk University in Brno have developed two gamma-ray detectors. This has so far only been investigated with instruments costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
(The Czech Television report is available only in Czech.)
Norbert WERNER, astrophysicist, Masaryk University:
"We wanted to show that it can be done with small satellites, satellites that are only 10 cm or satellites that small countries or universities can afford."
Watch Události v regionech from 18:24.
Miriam Kánová, a student at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno, won second place in the prestigious SAS Prize 2025 competition for her thesis focused on data standardization and statistical reporting in clinical studies.
Pavel Špaček received an honourable mention in the Crytur 2025 Awards for his thesis entitled ‘The Use of Photon Upconversion Nanoparticles in Single-Molecule Immunoassays’ (Supervisor: doc. Zdeněk Farka, Department of Biochemistry).
