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United States Annual Student CanSat Competition 2021 Press Release

Gadjah Mada Aerospace Team kembali berkompetisi dalam ajang United States Annual Student CanSat Competition 2021 dan berhasil meraih peringkat 10 dunia dan peringkat 6 tim dari benua Asia. Kompetisi yang diselenggarakan oleh American Astronautical Society (AAS) tersebut, merupakan kompetisi yang rutin diadakan dengan misi berbeda setiap tahunnya. Pada tahun 2021 ini, CanSat Competition memiliki misi Autorotating Maple Seed Science, di mana setiap tim yang ikut berpartisipasi harus mampu menciptakan wahana muatan roket yang dapat mengirimkan data atmosfer dan separasi pada ketinggian tertentu. read more

Aerotalk#1 : Alumni Testimonials

Bagas Azhar, a former Mechanic of Maheswara (the balloon team), shared his experience working in Gadjah Mada Aerospace Team. In the beginning, he wanted to join the rocket team as a mechanic. But after joining GMAT, he realized that he didn’t really want to be a part of the rocket team. Instead, he was glad to be a part of the balloon team which allowed him to experience something different.

Bagas decided to join GMAT because he wanted to have organizational experience. He believed joining other competition teams in University would take too much of his time which in his opinion wasn’t really worth it compared to what would be obtained by joining it. Because basically, he was mainly looking for organizational experience. read more

Aeropedia#3: The Layers of The Earth’s Atmosphere

source: worldatlas.com

The Atmosphere of Earth is divided into several different layers. The easiest way to think about the atmosphere above our planet is to imagine an invisible shield that protects our planet from all the bad stuff that floats around in the universe. Each layer has its own properties, depending on how far you are from the surface of the planet.

          1. Troposphere

This is the first and the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. All life on this planet is affected by the changes that happen in this layer, as all the weather changes take place in the troposphere. It starts from the ground (or sea level) of our planet and expands up to 10 km up in the sky. read more

Aeropedia#2: Rocket Parts and System

source: papertyper

A rocket (from Italian: “rocchetto”) is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft, or other vehicles that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. There are many parts that make up a rocket. For design and analysis, engineers group parts which have the same function into systems. There are four major systems in a full-scale rocket; the structural system, the payload system, the guidance system, and the propulsion system.

The payload system of a rocket depends on the rocket’s mission. The earliest payloads on rockets were fireworks for celebrating holidays. Following World War II, many countries developed guided ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads for payloads. The same rockets were modified to launch satellites with a wide range of missions; communications, weather monitoring, spying, planetary exploration, and observatories, like the Hubble Space Telescope. Special rockets were developed to launch people into earth orbit and onto the surface of the Moon. read more

Aeropedia#1: Indonesia’s Satellites that Ever Launched

source: sefsed.com

Indonesia needs satellites because it consists of several islands and it has diverse geographical contours, where it will be very difficult for a terrestrial communication system to cover the entire territory. Satellites can overcome things that can become obstacles to terrestrial telecommunication systems whether it is time, distance or content complexity. With satellites, remote areas can easily have the same communication system as those in cities and can connect with other areas more quickly.
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Serah Terima Jabatan GMAT periode 2019/2020

PRESS RELEASE :

SERAH TERIMA JABATAN GADJAH MADA AEROSPACE TEAM 2019/2020

1 tahun telah berlalu, Gadjah Mada Aerospace Team yang di pimpin M. Afif Aryandana telah berhasil memperoleh hasil positif pada perlombaan nasional dan internasional. Banyak penghargaan telah diperoleh serta telah mampu mengharumkan nama UGM dan Indonesia di kancah internasional.

Pada hari Kamis tanggal 14 November 2019, Gadjah Mada Aerospace Team mendapat wajah baru, ditandai dengan serah terima jabatan oleh ketua Gadjah Mada Aerospace Team periode  2018/2019, M. Afif Aryadana kepada ketua Gadjah Mada Aerospace Team yang baru periode 2019/2020, Bayu Hidayat. Acara berlangsung Di Koki Joni Seturan yang dihadiri oleh anggota GMAT dan dosen-dosen pembimbing GMAT. read more