WHITE NOISE NTUA / EUROC 2026

WE TOOK FLIGHT.

AURORA HAS FLOWN.

Our first European Rocketry Challenge. A successful launch and recovery. Two awards and a 6th-place finish.

BEST ROOKIE TEAM PAYLOAD AWARD 6TH OVERALL

EUROC 2026 — CONSTÂNCIA, PORTUGAL

OUR FIRST EUROC.
TWO AWARDS.

In October 2026, White Noise NTUA competed at the European Rocketry Challenge with Aurora — our first high-power competition rocket. We came home with two awards and 6th place overall.

White Noise NTUA at the EuRoC 2026 awards ceremony — EUROC 2026 / WHITE NOISE NTUA

01 / AWARD

Best Rookie Team

Recognized as the competition's leading first-time participating team.

02 / AWARD

Payload Award

Awarded for CHLOE, our research payload investigating airborne microplastics through digital holographic microscopy.

03 / OVERALL RESULT

6th Overall

A top-six finish in our debut EuRoC campaign, following Aurora's successful flight and recovery.

2,507 m

Flight Apogee (AGL)

EuRoC Awards

6th

Overall Ranking

Recovered

Aurora After Flight

PROJECT AURORA / THE FLIGHT

FROM THE PAD
TO TOUCHDOWN.

Aurora reached 2,507 metres above ground level. Its fairing deployment and parachute recovery sequence took place during descent, and the vehicle landed successfully. The flight provided valuable data for our next design iteration.

White Noise preparing Aurora for flight — 01 / PREPARATION **Final checks**

Aurora on the launch rail — 02 / LAUNCH **On the rail**

Aurora descending under parachute — 03 / RECOVERY **Back on the ground**

SCIENCE ON BOARD / PAYLOAD AWARD

MORE THAN
A ROCKET.

Aurora carried CHLOE, an experimental digital holographic microscope designed to study airborne microplastics.

The payload collected environmental and microparticle data during the mission, bringing together aerospace engineering and environmental research.

The experiment received the EuRoC 2026 Payload Award. Further classification and analysis remain part of the project's ongoing research.

Discover Project Aurora

Engineering work on the CHLOE payload — CHLOE / DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY

BEHIND THE MISSION

THE PEOPLE.
THE PROCESS.

Design reviews, last-minute checks, subsystem work and the moments that made our first EuRoC campaign unforgettable.

White Noise NTUA team at EuRoC 2026 — The team / EuRoC 2026

Aurora electronics preparation — Avionics

Fairings assembly and preparation — Fairings

White Noise at the flight readiness review — Flight readiness

Team representatives at the awards — Celebrating together

JOIN US

WHY WHITE NOISE?

We're a student-led rocketry and aerospace engineering team from the National Technical University of Athens. Our projects take engineering beyond the classroom.

Hands-on Engineering

Design, manufacture, test and operate real aerospace systems.

Technical Development

Develop practical skills in design, simulation, embedded systems, testing and research.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Work alongside students with different backgrounds to solve demanding engineering challenges.

Learn by Doing

Gain experience from real projects, international competitions and experienced team members.

Leadership & Ownership

Take responsibility for systems, decisions, project milestones and mission outcomes.

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White Noise NTUA at the EuRoC 2026 launch site

OUR MISSION

ADVANCING
GREEK
AEROSPACE.

We're establishing Greece as a hub for aerospace research, strengthening our country's expertise and presence on the international aerospace stage.

Through student-driven innovation, collaboration and competition success, we're building the foundation for Greece's aerospace future — one launch at a time.

Advanced mechanisms and concepts

Innovative flight control

Contributions to the engineering community

OUR JOURNEY

MILESTONES.

2017–2018

1st Place — DrillSat

DrillSat claimed 1st place at CanSat in Greece, with a satellite designed to drill into and analyze soil samples after descent.

2018–2019

4th Worldwide — Daedalus & Icarus

Daedalus achieved 4th place out of 93 international teams at the CanSat World Finals, while Icarus secured 2nd place nationally at CanSat in Greece.

2019–2021

Cronos — Hybrid Rocket Motor

Cronos became Greece's first open-source hybrid rocket motor, designed, manufactured and static-fire tested by students.

2025–2026

Aurora Takes Flight — EuRoC 2026

Aurora completed its debut flight at EuRoC 2026, reaching 2,507 m AGL with successful recovery. White Noise earned the Best Rookie Team and Payload awards and finished 6th overall.

OUR WORK