about us
this is
team aster
Next to being a student team, we are making a place for students to access space industry, technology and research more easily.
To do this, we want to create a place for students to talk space. We aim to push the
limits and create the first (CubeSat) satellite that originated from the
Eindhoven University of Technology
our current
mission
Earth’s Atmospheric Radio Window is the range of radio frequencies that pass through the planet’s atmosphere and can be detected by grounded telescopes.
However, frequencies below 10 MHz can only be observed by orbiting telescopes. This is why ASTER is currently developing a radio telescope (in a CubeSat form factor) containing a 15-meter dipole antenna that will orbit the Earth.
This is a major steppingstone towards building project OLFAr – our Orbiting Low Frequency Array that will act as a single large radio telescope.
past
achievements
At ASTER, we’ve successfully launched a prototype of our cubesat on a high-altitude balloon mission, reaching a height of 30 km. This was part of project Icarus
We are also currently in the testing phase of our ground station – the terrestrial radio station that will communicate with our radio telescope.
We have also collaborated with a space-propulsion-based student team VOID in developing project Aether-Sense – a compact, multi-functional sensor that is placed inside a reusable rocket. It measures various stresses during the rocket’s flight.
Meet the team
These are the fantastic people making the aerospace industry more accessible for everyone!
TEAM MANAGMENT
Nandor Koczogh
Technical Lead
Liepa Balkutė
Team Lead
Jeroen Kodde
Financial Manager
TECH cOORDINATION
Ananya Pandita
Frame Lead
Stefan Baltac
Electrical Lead
Nandor Koczogh
CubeSat Lead
Daniel Crovato
Mission Control Lead
Letitia Chirculescu
ADCS Lead
TECH mEMBERS
Ryan Sindic
Mechanical Engineer
Eser Sazlı
Mechatronics Engineer
Dylan Galiart
Computer Scientist
Dominykas Kruopis
Electrical Engineer
Karol Penczek
Computer Scientist
Dhruv Ahuja
Mechanical Engineer
Miguel Pereira
Applied Physicist
Egor Kubyshev
Mechanical Engineer
Wincenty Kwapinski
Applied Physicist
Prathit Jindal
Mechanical Engineer
Povilas Kulis
Mechanical Engineer
Nathaniel Daly
Mechanical Engineer
PR MEMBERS
Oliver Pumera
PR Lead
Natália Soldán
Social Media Manager
Richard Baláš
Social Media Manager
Roman Sinickis
External Relations Manager
ADVISORS & ALUMNI
Ahmet Kose
Financial Manager 2022-2024
Tijs Henselmans
Team Lead 2022-2024
Tristan Veerbeek
Technical Manager 2022-2024
Anirudh Subramanian
Mechanical Engineer
Marom Sverdlov
Computer Scientist
Kavan Tapan Bhagat
Mechanotrics Engineer
Timo van Veen
Computer Scientist
Anagha Nadig
Systems & Control Engineer
Martina Hanusová
Computer Scientist
Emre Güler
External affairs coordinator
Tomáš Kreidl
Electrical engineer
Öykü Elif Aydın
PR manager and board member 2022-2023
Guilherme Theijs
Technical Supervisor
Kashan Alidjan
Team Lead 2021-2022
Anouk Lubben
Financial Supervisor
Martijn Braam
Mechanical Engineer
Aabharan Hemanth
Co-Founder
Salma El-Garhy
Co-Founder
Itamar Kfir
Electrical Engineer
Putri Puspa Amalia
Social media manager
Michael Giannoukakis
Designer
Rose-Marie Everaert-Pham
Event planner
Philip Waldman
Software coordinator
Martijn Elst
Groundstation Lead 2024-2025
Fares Abuelhassan
Team Lead 2024-2025
Tijn Zeelenberg
Tech Lead 2024-2025
Nick van Herk
Financial Manager 2024-2025
Maria Eusébio Vale Lima
Mechanical Lead 2024-2025
Daniel Kanev
Applied Physicist
Edgaras Pilybas
Electrical Engineer
Robin Boots
Electrical Engineer
Shumin Miao
Mechanical Engineer
Arhan Chhabra
Computer Scientist
Aleksandre Kochiashvili
Electrical Engineer
Yousif Al-Fraji
Applied Physicist
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