STAR Dresden is a TU Dresden university group developing rovers, rockets, high-altitude experiments and satellite payloads. Its ASTEROPE rover project combines student engineering and planetary-science work for the European Rover Challenge. At ERC 2026, STAR Dresden received the Małopolska Innovation Award for the scientific application of ground radar; it finished 24th overall. This followed second place at ERC 2025, illustrating the distinction between its competition placing and recognition for an individual technical innovation.
STAR Dresden is a TU Dresden university group developing rovers, rockets, high-altitude experiments and satellite payloads. Its ASTEROPE rover project combines student engineering and planetary-science work for the European Rover Challenge. At ERC 2026, STAR Dresden received the Małopolska Innovation Award for the scientific application of ground radar; it finished 24th overall. This followed second place at ERC 2025, illustrating the distinction between its competition placing and recognition for an individual technical innovation.