Timeline

Timeline

  1. 2015

    Establishment of ASAT and the Aeronautics Department

    Mechanical Engineering students started ASAT with its first department, which develops UAVs for the Air Cargo Challenge.

  2. 2016

    Creation of the Rocketry Department

    ASAT expanded into experimental rocketry.

  3. 2017

    Air Cargo Challenge 2017

    The Aeronautics Department's first international competition. The UAV Nephele II placed 12th globally.

  4. 2019

    Air Cargo Challenge 2019

    Two UAVs, Aurora and Nephele III, placed 10th and 12th and took the top positions among Balkan teams.

  5. 2019

    First launches

    The Rocketry Department launched its first subscale rockets, H1 and H2.

  6. Beginning of project Phoenix

    The Aeronautics Department began designing a solar-powered UAV to detect wildfires in forests.

  7. 2021

    Spaceport America Cup 2021 Virtual

    The Rocketry Department's first global competition, held virtually because of COVID-19. The team placed 20th of 76 teams.

  8. 2021

    European Rocketry Challenge 2021

    The team launched the rocket Selene, making ASAT the first Greek student team to launch a high-power rocket.

  9. 2022

    Spaceport America Cup 2022

    The first Greek student team to launch a rocket at this New Mexico competition, receiving positive feedback on its technical expertise and the safe recovery of the rocket Andromeda.

  10. 2022

    Air Cargo Challenge 2022

    The first Air Cargo Challenge after the pandemic. The UAV Aeolus placed 9th globally.