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SONATE-2
German University CubeSat (AI Autonomous Science) · University of Würzburg (Germany)
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SONATE-2, a German university CubeSat continuing the Universität Würzburg SONATE program testing artificial intelligence-based autonomous science target selection — letting the satellite itself decide which images are scientifically interesting enough to prioritize downlinking, rather than transmitting everything indiscriminately back to Earth.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 229–234 mi (369–376 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 91.9 minutes15.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59112
- Int’l designator
- 2024-043Q
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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