{"id":198943,"date":"2026-01-22T23:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=198943"},"modified":"2026-01-22T23:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:02:12","slug":"a-small-step-for-humanity-a-big-one-for-montenegro-luca-satellite-sends-first-photograph-from-space-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/a-small-step-for-humanity-a-big-one-for-montenegro-luca-satellite-sends-first-photograph-from-space-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"A SMALL STEP FOR HUMANITY, A BIG ONE FOR MONTENEGRO: Lu\u010da satellite sends first photograph from space! (PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Space photographs of Earth are not a significant step for humanity in the third decade of the 21st century, but they are when one adds to the equation that they are being sent by the first Montenegrin satellite and the first such device from the Western Balkans to find itself in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little more than three weeks after launch, the Lu\u010da satellite has taken its first photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It shows part of the Earth\u2019s surface above the open ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough further operational work and additional communication sessions, the satellite will send new photographs in better quality, and in the coming period we also expect images of the territory of Montenegro from space,\u201d the engineering team of Montenegro Space Research said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lu\u010da is also expected to transmit its first message to Earth soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Montenegrin satellite, Lu\u010da, was launched into space from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia on December 28. The following day it sent its first signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was carried into orbit by a Soyuz rocket, a \u201clegend\u201d of the global space industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first satellite from the Western Balkans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As Montenegro Space Research previously announced, the Lu\u010da satellite represents the only satellite that is legally registered and operationally managed from a single country of the Western Balkans, and can therefore be fully defined as a national satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBased on the above, Montenegro becomes the first country of the Western Balkans to have a satellite that fully belongs to it: technically, legally, and operationally,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montenegro had previously, in 2022, launched its first experimental CubeSat satellite, which was then marked as an introduction to the launch of the Lu\u010da satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch of Lu\u010da was announced as early as January 2023 by then Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to later announcements, the satellite was supposed to launch in April 2024, then in December of the same year, and it officially left the Earth\u2019s surface on December 28, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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