The Team
More than dots in space
SpaceDot is a non-profit, volunteering and interdisciplinary student team, supported by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). The team was founded in December 2020 and consists of more than 40 students from AUTh and other universities across Greece and Europe.
Our goal is to pave the way for innovative research on space applications. We strive to actively support making space more accessible for the broad scientific and academic community as well as the general public. To achieve this, we are defined by an open-access, open-source philosophy; all experiment results, code, schematics and knowledge gained are available for anyone to use.
We believe and invest in the potential of Greece to constitute an incubator of space research. This is why we pursue the advancement of space engineering in our country through the organisation of educational activities and the expansion of relationships between academia and industry, while aiding in establishing the first space institute in Thessaloniki.
On the journey to accomplish all of the above, we are passionate about our highly collaborative work, active involvement and occasional tsipouro evenings. Because at the end of the day
Projects
We aim to create opportunities for all future space projects by focusing on open access to knowledge.
GitLab
The core output of our work is reposited here; code, design files, schematics and any relevant data produced by our team
Documentation
Technical documents, guidebooks, reports, design specifications and everything describing how our projects operate
AcubeSAT
A lab-on-a-chip CubeSat studying eukaryotic gene expression in large scale, under the ESA Education Fly Your Satellite! 3 programme Learn more
AcubeSAT
A lab-on-a-chip CubeSat studying eukaryotic gene expression in large scale, under the ESA Education Fly Your Satellite! 3 programme. Learn more
News & Events
SpaceDot’s 1st Birthday
Today, January 15th, 2022, marks the first birthday of SpaceDot. "If you have the time, use it to get ready," Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut, said. Without wasting any time, our team worked intensively throughout 2021, passing some of its crucial milestones that enabled us to reach the construction...
D.I.Y. Patch Antenna
In order to successfully complete our mission, it is necessary to downlink images —taken during our experiment— from AcubeSAT to our Ground Station. To achieve this, we use an in-house patch antenna, which operates in the frequency of 2.4GHz.You can read more about patch antennas here: Microchip or Patch Antenna Fundamentals...
AcubeSAT officially participates in ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! 3
The highway to space for AcubeSAT through the participation in the Fly Your Satellite! 3 program of the European Space Agency's Education Office.
Partners
Our goals would not be able to become a reality without the support, technical advice and resources of our partners.
Diamond
RGCC is a specialist medical genetics company, established in 2004 with headquarters in Switzerland. We are experts in developing and providing personalised cancer genetics tests for doctors and patients, and testing tumours for sensitivity and resistance to chemotherapy treatment and a range of natural substances.
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Platinum
At AGI, we’ve been crafting breakthroughs since 1989. Our software is integral to the success of hundreds of organizations throughout the aerospace, defense, and telecommunications industries — among others.
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Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare, creating technologies for more resource-efficient factories and resilient supply chains.
SITAEL offers turn-key solutions to its customers, facilitating the access to space services and applications through Smart Microsatellite Solutions.
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FEAC Engineering is a leading solutions provider in physics-based Simulation Driven Engineering. The company applies simulation & engineering expertise to solve challenging & complex problems and provides state of the art solutions.
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Gold
BETA CAE simulations pioneered the Simulation & Analysis market by introducing automation decades ago. Today, as simulation becomes imperative in product design and development they are a world leader in CAE.
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Silver
Lancom is a Greek company that operates in the field of IT data center services, providing specialized cloud computing and telecommunications services. It has two proprietary Enterprise cloud data centers in Athens and Thessaloniki.
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Depend CSD is a research student team from the computer science department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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Prusa Research is a 3D printing company based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 2012 by Josef Prusa, one of the core RepRap developers, as a one-man startup and grows to a 600 team now.
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Bronze
Althom covers the fields of mechanical, civil and electrical engineering and has extensive experience in the aerospace, renewable energy, shipbuilding and ...
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Overleaf is a startup and social enterprise that builds modern collaborative authoring tools to help make science and research faster, more open and more transparent.
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MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software for engineers and scientists.
GitLab is an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more. Self-host GitLab on your own servers, in a container, or on a cloud provider.
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SolidWorks is solid modeling computer-aided design and engineering program. It is one of the most popular software options for mechatronics engineers by Dassault Systems.
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Supporters
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in Greece. The main campus is located in the centre of the city of Thessaloniki, and covers an area of about 33.4 hectares. It comprises 10 faculties which consist of 40 schools and 1 single-School Faculty.
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JLCPCB is a worldwide leading PCB prototype enterprise and a high-tech manufacturer specializing in quick PCB prototype and small-batch PCB production.
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ATLAS research team was created in 1995 and consisted of researchers in experimental elementary particle physics of the Nuclear Physics Lab and of engineers of the Machine and Engineering Lab.
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Media Sponsors
The Region of Central Macedonia is the largest and second most populous region in Greece. It is administratively a secondary governmental organization and covers the central part of Macedonia...
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Contact Us
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Our Location
Electronics Laboratory, Building D, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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