In May 2018, integration, testing and preparation for the launch of PW-Sat2, a satellite built by members of the Astronautic Student Research Group, came to full completion. After that, the satellite waited in a cleanroom for the next big step: integration with a QuadPack, i.e. the container which would house the satellite during the rocket launch. The successful integration with the QuadPack took place on 26 July 2018 at the offices of Innovative Space Logistics in Delft, the Netherlands. The QuadPack will be transferred to the United States and placed in XSpace’s Falcon 9 rocket this fall.

According to the current QS World University Ranking, the Warsaw University of Technology was classified in the places’ range 601 to 650 (same as in the lasts two editions). WUT is the 3^rd best university among only 14 polish universities that was taken into consideration in the QS WUR.

The WUThrust Student Research Group operating at the WUT Faculty of Electrical Engineering was the runner-up in Poland’s nationwide competition for academic teams in drone missions in the U-Space and data analytics.

Our students’ participation in Shell Eco-marathon is already a tradition. This time, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London will see two structures from the Warsaw University of Technology, both built by the members of the Vehicle Aerodynamics Student Research Group operating at Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering.

In the newest ranking of the best universities from emerging countries, the Warsaw University of Technology takes the third place among all Polish universities and the 173rd position in whole ranking.

May 5, 2018, is a date to remember. The date marked the launch of the NASA InSight mission to explore the deep interior of the Red Planet. Making its way to Mars is an instrument called HP3 Mole. The people behind the device include associates of the Warsaw University of Technology.