KSat Stuttgart e.V.

Progress update on ATHENE: our first rover is really taking shape! 🤖

With support from , we’ve worked hard for the last year to kick off a platform that should get our association competition-ready soon.

On the hardware and design side, we’re integrating topology optimizations for lighter, stiffer parts, metal 3D printing for complex, durable components, stereo vision for depth perception, ultralight sandwich structures, and a full-system software simulation to speed up validation and iteration. On the software side, we’re working on implementing different navigation and mapping algorithms within our ROS 2 framework, so the rover can perceive its surroundings and navigate autonomously. The additional simulation gives us an impression on how the implementation onto the final hardware will look like.

Big thanks to team for their support!

To promote young talent and share what we’re learning, we also took part in Tag der Wissenschaft 2025 and Space Day Stuttgart 2025, where we had great conversations with students, educators, and industry folks. Feel free to visit us at the coming events this year.

More milestones coming soon!

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Last week, we were at the Aerospace Congress of the IHK Region Stuttgart as a local junior group. There, we were able to hold many interesting conversations with participants who are thinking about entering the aerospace industry, as well as with the exhibiting companies and institutions from the region.

We also had the opportunity to attend the lectures of various established aerospace companies as well as innovative newcomers in the industry. At our small booth, we presented our current and past projects to show how we organize the promotion of young talent and practical training alongside our studies.

If you would also like to work on an exciting space project during your studies, feel free to contact us!

Many thanks once again to the IHK and the for the opportunity to be there with a booth.

DGLR Congress