From October 27 to November 1, 2025, the second Baltic Engineering and Space School took place in the Kaliningrad region — a large-scale educational event that brought together over 130 schoolchildren and students from various cities in the region.
At the opening, representatives from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, as well as the head of the Radiation Monitoring Laboratory - Deputy Director of the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University Vladislav Osedlo, delivered welcoming remarks:
"The creation of a satellite constellation is a unique example of cooperation among leading scientific centers. Our common task is to establish a continuously operating scientific school. From idea to obtaining the first data — this is the path we take together with young researchers. Today's schoolchildren, who have learned to analyze telemetry, will tomorrow manage the 'Supernova Hunters' constellation. The Baltic Engineering and Space School is the foundation of the human resource reserve for domestic astronautics, a launch pad for new technological breakthroughs!", said V.Osedlo.
Classes were held at three locations:
🚀 In Kaliningrad — at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and the Quantorium
🚀 In Chernyakhovsk — at the Spiritual and Educational Center "Transfiguration"
🚀 In Gusev — at the City Children's and Youth Center
As part of the school, participants built models of launch vehicles, conducted successful launches at the "Borskoe" airfield, studied the basics of receiving and processing data from spacecraft in anticipation of the launch of the "Twins" satellite constellation in 2026, and mastered the construction of unmanned aerial vehicles, creating their own fixed-wing UAVs under the guidance of specialists from the Air Engineering School.
"The Baltic Engineering and Space School is the first step towards implementing our space project. The most interested schoolchildren will be involved in creating special modules for the 'Pollux' satellite, which is scheduled for launch in 2026," noted project leader Sergey Petrov.
Organizers of the school:
At the opening, representatives from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, as well as the head of the Radiation Monitoring Laboratory - Deputy Director of the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University Vladislav Osedlo, delivered welcoming remarks:
"The creation of a satellite constellation is a unique example of cooperation among leading scientific centers. Our common task is to establish a continuously operating scientific school. From idea to obtaining the first data — this is the path we take together with young researchers. Today's schoolchildren, who have learned to analyze telemetry, will tomorrow manage the 'Supernova Hunters' constellation. The Baltic Engineering and Space School is the foundation of the human resource reserve for domestic astronautics, a launch pad for new technological breakthroughs!", said V.Osedlo.
Classes were held at three locations:
🚀 In Kaliningrad — at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and the Quantorium
🚀 In Chernyakhovsk — at the Spiritual and Educational Center "Transfiguration"
🚀 In Gusev — at the City Children's and Youth Center
As part of the school, participants built models of launch vehicles, conducted successful launches at the "Borskoe" airfield, studied the basics of receiving and processing data from spacecraft in anticipation of the launch of the "Twins" satellite constellation in 2026, and mastered the construction of unmanned aerial vehicles, creating their own fixed-wing UAVs under the guidance of specialists from the Air Engineering School.
"The Baltic Engineering and Space School is the first step towards implementing our space project. The most interested schoolchildren will be involved in creating special modules for the 'Pollux' satellite, which is scheduled for launch in 2026," noted project leader Sergey Petrov.
Organizers of the school:
- The Air Engineering School Association
- The SINP MSU
- The Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
- OKB "Fakel"
- School No. 33
