DSE winners design system for Ariane 6

The DSE group supervised by Marc Naeije at Astrodynamics and Space Missions won the Design Synthesis Exercise on 1 February. Commissioned by Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands, the group designed a system that recovers the engine and other important parts of the first stage of the Ariane 6 launcher in order to be reused. Read more in their summary (pdf). Read the summaries of  team 1 (pdf) and team 3 (pdf).