Turkey Team Foundation Technologies (T3 Foundation) 20-23 September as part of TEKNOFEST held in Istanbul in Shooting Center in Akhisar Hisar Rocket Competition was held with the support ROKETSAN.
High school and undergraduate students which consists of 28 teams participated in the competition, made history by successfully conducting the first time in Turkey after the United States. Students competed in two different categories, low and high altitude.
The Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa VARANK and T3 Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman Selçuk BAYRAKTAR watched the launch moments of the rockets prepared by the contestants in the Rocket Competition, which offers the young generations the opportunity to learn the basic principles of rocketry by experience.
Gökova Rocket Team from Gökova Adile Mermerci Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School shared the first place in the low altitude category with the Selçuk Rocket Team of the Konya Technical University Space Technologies Community. Selçuk Rocket Team came first in the high altitude category and returned to Konya with two awards. President Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN presented the awards to the winning teams.