This anus, a Final Do Europe (European Rocketry Challenge)Portuguese conducted the space agency, There will be 28 university teamsThe largest number recorded so far in the six editions of the competition. Euro’s sixth edition also received Record number of applicationsIn all 56, it comes from 19 countries.
In a statement, the Portuguese spacecraft will develop itThree Portuguese teams were selected for the competitive final. The three representatives were selected from the seven candidates submitted by Portugal.
“This result shows that our universities have talent, motivation and technical capacity to compete at the highest European level”Said the Portuguese Space Agency’s Education Project Manager and Europe Manager Martha Gonanales.
Selected Portuguese teams Porto Space Team (Faculty of Engineering of Porto University), The Rocket Experiment Section (red)Institute of Lisbon University Superior Technical (IST), and The northern place. Recall that both red and northern space were involved In Europe’s previous editions.
According to the Portuguese Space Agency, “Evaluation of Applications ensures the technical maturity and evolution of ambition”, especially 24 projects student research and developed (SRAD) engines, of which 10 hybrids and 11 liquids: the highest number of competition. The profile of missions also reveals the greater requirement of projects, to select the target of 10 teams 9,000 meters.
Watch the video
“The technology growth we observed for the year is great, especially in the process of uming the comprehensive development of their propulsion systems”Pedro Koimbra, Manager of Education Projects of the Portuguese Space Agency. “This ability to innovate safely turns the Europe into a special test field in the European scenario,” he said.
Five of the teams selected for the final, including the first team from Malta. The final EPFL Rocket Team and Aris (Switzerland), Faraday (Spain), Asat (Greece), Danstar (Denmark) and Dare (Netherlands) return to Europe with new proposals.
All in all, 16 countries are represented in the Europe 2025 final, led by Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom to lead the number of teams chosen. “The diversity of countries, technical policies and new people shows that the euro’s new generation of European aerospace engineers attract the best of the best ones,” said Iness Divila, organizer of the agency’s transport and space safety programs.
The sixth edition of the EurOk takes place between October 9 and 15.
