Astraea in Air Cargo Challenge 2024
In 2024, for the 4th time our team had the opportunity to participate in the Air Cargo Challenge that took place in Aachen, Germany. ACC is an international aviation competition that takes place every two years and is addressed to academic teams composed of students from engineering and science schools. The aim is to build […]
CMA D. ARGOUDELIS & CO S.A. – ASAT coοperation
CMA D. ARGOUDELIS & CO S.A. supports as Bronze Sponsor the research project entitled “A.S.A.T. (Aristotle Space & Aeronautics Team, project Sirius Engine)”, showing its confidence in the effort of the student team of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. CMA offers high tech sensors which will be integrated into […]
ASAT launches twice and takes 7th place in the European Rocketry Challenge 2022 (EuRoC)
Another great distinction was achieved by ASAT’s Rocketry Department, conquering the 7th place among 25 teams, at the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC 2022), which took place on October 11-19 in Ponte de Sor, Portugal. ASAT not only managed to secure a dominant position among the best rocketry teams, being the only Greek participation, but was […]
Sirius Vs I Class: Rocketry’s Department most recent R&D Projects
Besides the countless missions that ASAT achieves every year, another goal of the Rocketry Department is to develop innovative projects based on advanced technology. One of these is the active participation in the design and manufacture of solid rocket motors such as the I-Class and Sirius. But what are the main differences between ASAT’s two […]
NASA Space Apps Challenge Thessaloniki & Piraeus 2022
The non-profit organization Greek NewSpace Society, faithful to its last years’ appointment, brings the largest hackathon in the world, the NASA Space Apps Challenge, which is part of the NASA International Space Competition. The hackathlon will be held once again in Piraeus and Thessaloniki. It is an international technology marathon, where the participants (students, scientists, […]
Our journey with Aeolus to ACC 2022!
In July 2022, our team achieved another important distinction as it participated and stood out for the 3rd time in a row in the international aeronautical engineering competition, Air Cargo Challenge (ACC). The Air Cargo Challenge is a student competition, held every two years by the winning student team from the previous competition, for which […]
ASAT’s Rocketry Department among the top international rocketry teams
And yet ASAT managed – despite the difficulties – to secure the first live Greek participation in the world’s largest rocketry competition and to perform its first fully successful launch of a high-power rocket, ranking 8th in the category in which it competed and 13th worldwide. ASAT traveled a total of 12,700 km to finally […]
Anemone: Throwback to the 1st R&D project of the Aeronautics Department
Looking back to last year, the greatest achievement of the Aeronautics Department was the manufacturing and flight of the Anemone UAV. It is the first R&D project of the department, and it equipped us with valuable experience and expertise on different manufacturing methods than the ones we had utilized in the past. The UAV’s mission […]
International Day of Women In Science
Have you ever wondered what Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and the girls in our team have in common? Of course, in both cases we are talking about female scientists who weren’t afraid to follow their dreams and – if not change – at least improve our world. Let’s hear what they have […]
Greatest Memories from 2021
As we are going through the first days of 2022, ASAT’s members look back to everything that happened during the previous year. It was a year full of unique experiences which marked our team’s evolution. During 2021, a plethora of challenges arose, mainly due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, but, in the end, each […]