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Argentine Students Win World's Top University Rocketry Competition
ITBAITBA RocketryAconcaguaInternational Rocket Engineering CompetitionTexasNASASpaceXLucas Freyre
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A team of students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) won first place in the design and construction category of the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), one of the world's most prestigious university rocketry contests. The competition was held in Texas, United States, with over 150 teams from around the globe Source: lavozar.
The victory
The ITBA Rocketry Team's supersonic rocket, named 'Aconcagua,' received a perfect score in the Design and Construction category, evaluated by experts from NASA and SpaceX Source: clarin. The team also placed 7th overall in the 30k COTS category and 11th in the written engineering report Source: clarin.
The rocket
Key specifications of the Aconcagua rocket:
- Length: 3 meters, weight: 35 kilograms Source: clarin.
- Speed: Exceeds Mach 2 (over 2,200 km/h) and reaches an altitude of nearly 10 kilometers (30,000 feet) Source: clarin.
- Construction: Almost entirely built in Argentina, except for the solid-fuel motor due to domestic restrictions Source: lavozar.
The challenge
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3 quoteslavozar↗
“Con el cohete 'Aconcagua', un vehículo supersónico diseñado y construido casi por completo en Argentina, el grupo ITBA Rocketry obtuvo el primer puesto en la categoría de diseño y fabricación.”
clarin↗
“El equipo presentó 'Aconcagua', el primer cohete supersónico universitario desarrollado íntegramente en Argentina, que obtuvo un puntaje perfecto en la categoría de Diseño y Construcción, un reconocimiento otorgado por un jurado integrado por especialistas de la NASA y SpaceX.”
infobae↗
“Una de las mayores dificultades fue que el equipo no pudo realizar un ensayo completo del cohete antes de viajar a Estados Unidos. [...] 'Nos acostumbramos a desarrollar un producto que la primera vez que vuela tiene que estar listo para competir', explicó Freyre.”