Astronomy:QUVIK

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QUVIK (Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonovae Surveyor) is a future ultraviolet space telescope under development by the Prague-based company VZLU Aerospace with the support of the Czech government and the European Space Agency (ESA).[1][2][3][4][5] It will be the first space telescope developed in Czechia.[2] QUVIK is expected to launch in 2028.[6]

Background

QUVIK is a collaboration between VZLU, Masaryk University,[1] TOPTEC (Institute of Plasma Physics),[6][7] and PEKASAT.[8] The mission has been selected for realization by the Czech Ministry of Transport and ESA in 2023 together with another VZLU-led satellite mission called AMBIC with an expected budget of €30 million each.[5]

Objectives

Its primary focus is the study of kilonovae and their role in the formation of elements heavier than iron.[2][9][10][11] It will also probe the accretion disks of black holes with high-cadence monitoring[12] and study the UV emissions of stars and active galactic nuclei.[13]

See also

  • List of European Space Agency programmes and missions
  • List of Czech satellites

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QUVIK will become the first Czech space telescope Astrophysicists from Masaryk University lead the scientific part of the project." (in en). https://www.sci.muni.cz/en/current-news/quvik-will-become-the-first-czech-space-telescope-astrophysicists-from-masaryk-university-lead-the-scientific-part-of-the-project. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "QUVIK – THE FIRST CZECH SPACE TELESCOPE – QUVIK" (in en-GB). https://quvik.cz/en/quvik-the-first-czech-space-telescope/. 
  3. ↑ Werner, N.; Řípa, J.; Münz, F.; Hroch, F.; Jelínek, M.; Krtička, J.; Zajaček, M.; Topinka, M. et al. (2022-07-12), Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK), http://arxiv.org/abs/2207.05485, retrieved 2026-03-16 
  4. ↑ s.r.o, Titio. "The Czech Republic will have two separate space missions: AMBIC and QUVIK". https://md.gov.cz/Media/Media-a-tiskove-zpravy/Cesko-bude-mit-2-samostatne-vesmirne-mise-AMBIC-a. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Houdek, Tomas (2023-09-28). "First Czech Space Telescope QUVIK Given Green Light - Brno Daily" (in en-US). https://brnodaily.com/2023/09/28/science/first-czech-space-telescope-quvik-given-green-light/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The TOPTEC Center to participate in unique QUVIK space telescope project". https://www.ipp.cas.cz/sd/novinky/hlavni-stranka/230923_QUIVIK.html. 
  7. ↑ "Space Optics - TOPTEC". https://toptec.eu/en/what-we-do/space-optics/#:~:text=In%20current%20phase%20of%20the,FUV%20and%20NUV%20spectral%20regions.. 
  8. ↑ "Welcome to PEKASAT | PEKASAT SE". https://www.pekasat.com/. 
  9. ↑ Werner, Norbert; Ripa, Jakub; Munz, Filip; Daniel, Vladimir (July 2024). "QUVIK: Quick Ultra Violet Kilonova surveyor" (in en). 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 45: 1743. Bibcode: 2024cosp...45.1743W. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024cosp...45.1743W/abstract. 
  10. ↑ "Mission overview of QUVIK: the first Czech-led space telescope and its science case". https://spie.org/astronomical-telescopes-instrumentation/presentation/Mission-overview-of-QUVIK--the-first-Czech-led-space/14146-34. 
  11. ↑ University, Masaryk. "QUVIK" (in en). https://utfa.sci.muni.cz/en/quvik. 
  12. ↑ Zajaček, Michal (November 2024). "How can we utilize the planned small UV space telescope QUVIK for solving unresolved AGN problems?" (in en). Appearance and Dynamics of Accretion Onto Black Holes: I.4. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14096466. Bibcode: 2024apab.conf..I.4Z. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024apab.conf..I.4Z/abstract. 
  13. ↑ Zajaček, Michal; Werner, Norbert; Best, Henry; L'Heureux, Jolie Esme; Řípa, Jakup; Viskotová, Monika; Mondek, Martin; Münz, Filip et al. (October 2025). "High-cadence observations of galactic nuclei by the future two-band UV-photometry mission QUVIK" (in en). Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 11 (4). doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.11.4.042222. Bibcode: 2025JATIS..11d2222Z. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JATIS..11d2222Z/abstract. 

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