- More than 500 students are expected in rocket launch
competition, EuRoC – European Rocketry Challenge, carried out by
the Portuguese Space Agency, which takes place between the
11th and 18th of October
- This year's edition had the highest number of applications
ever, with more than 40 candidate teams from 11 countries
LISBON,
Portugal, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Portuguese Space Agency carries out, for the third consecutive
year, the EuRoC – European Rocketry Challenge, the rocket launch
competition aimed by university students from several European
countries, which this year has 20 teams from 11 countries.
This year, there are new countries in the EuRoC, with the entry
of two teams from Spain and two
from Hungary. In addition, there
is also cooperation between countries, since Portuguese students
ate part of foreign teams and vice versa. The Italian Skyward
Experimental Rocketry is one such example, with Portuguese elements
in its team. On the other hand, the Portuguese RED has Brazilian
members.
There will be several debuts, such as the Portuguese Fénix
Rocket Team, which brings together students from Universidade de
Coimbra and Universidade da Beira Interior, and 10 other teams: BME
Aerospace – BMEAERO (Hungary); BME
Suborbitals – BMESUB (Hungary);
Faraday Rocketry UPV (Spain);
Hybrid Engine Development – HyEnD (German); LeoFly – LF
(France); Poznan University of
Technology (Poland); PUT Rocketlab
(Poland); Student Team for
Aerospace and Rocketry – STAR (Spain).
There will be some returns, such as the Austrian team Aerospace
Team Graz, which currently holds the speed record achieved by
rocket in the competition; ARIS – Akademische Raumfahrtinitiative
Schweiz (Switzerland), Aristotle
Space & Aeronautics Team – ASAT (Greece); Bath Rocket Team – BRT (United Kingdom); CranSEDS (United Kingdom); Endeavour (United Kingdom); Imperial College London
Rocketry – ICLR (United Kingdom);
PoliWRocket (Poland); Rocket
Experiment Division – RED (Portugal); Skyward Experimental Rocketry –
Skyward ER (Italy); a TUST – TU
Wien Space Team (Austria) and EPFL
Rocket Team – ERT (Switzerland),
the winner in 2021.
"The growth of competition has been visible", comments
Marta Gonçalves, manager of educational projects at the Portuguese
Agency. "EuRoC is aligned with the strategic objectives of the
Portuguese Space Agency and this is a competition that promotes
innovation and motivates students to learn to work as a team,
solving real-world problems under the same pressure they will face
in their future careers", adds.
More information about the contest here.
About EuRoC – European Rocketry Challenge:
EuRoC –
European Rocketry Challenge is the first university rocket launch
competition in Europe, promoted by
the Portuguese Space Agency. Since 2020, EuRoC seeks to encourage
university students to design, build and launch their own rockets,
promoting the development of student's technological skills in
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, among others.
For more information, visit the EuRoc website here.
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SOURCE Agência Espacial Portuguesa