The IEEE IKU Club continues to put its stamp on the TEKNOFEST 2022 Medium Altitude Rocket Competition. After our LUPUS Rocket Team, which competed as a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2021, the newly established Astra Rocket Team with its brand new and dynamic staff managed to become a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2022 with a score of 922.5 out of 1055.

Astra Rocket Team is a Finalist with a High Score

The hard effort and meticulous work they showed for a long time have put our students in the finalist seat. Our team, which reached the final stage by passing the first stage among hundreds of teams, achieved a very high score by getting 922.5 out of 1055 points and got one step closer to the flight.

Glass fiber and high-quality aluminum materials were used in the production of the rocket. In order to further increase the signal transmittance, using fiber glass in the upper body was preferred. The PCB used in the produced avionics system reflects a completely original design that our students produce with their own means. The requirements for the competition in the field of software were fulfilled by our students, who are still studying in the 1st grade of the Department of Computer Engineering, without getting help from outside.

One of the most significant elements of this process is that it is interdisciplinary work. Because the work done tells a whole. There are many different areas such as the weight of the rocket, its stability, length calculations, software, and recovery systems. The most effective distribution of these is the distribution of tasks in the team made by students of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the Department of Computer Engineering who are in the team.

The members of Astra Rocket Team are as follows:

Advisor – Seda Günakın
Team Captain – Design Assistant – Hüsnü Kayra İyi
Design Assistant – Gülbahar Elmas
Simulation Officer – Yasin Alboru
Simulation Officer – Mustafa Elmalı
Rescue System Officer – Koray Şimşir
Avionics Officer – Mustafa Kemal Taşçı