Welcome..!

SSETI (Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative) is a unique project put into execution by students from 32 different universities spread all over Europe. In cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA) they aim to build a microsatellite together. The idea originates from the Office for Outreach Activities of the ESA.
The main objective of this initiative is to create a network of students, educational institutions and organisations (on the Internet) facilitating the distributed design, construction and launch of (micro)-satellites and other spacecraft. During the design and building of the spacecraft participants of SSETI are located all over Europe. This results in a very unconventional, new (communication) approach, which is called distributed development. The main characteristic of this approach is that modern communication tools (Internet, e-mail etc.) are used to discuss and communicate with each other.

- This site (italian only) was the italian official website of SSETI, and now is the tribute to first italian participants.
- Discover with us "What is the Concurrent Engineering", a multimedial presentation based on F. La Regina, A. Ruffolo, M. Settino - A Web-based Concurrent Designing is the future of complex projects' solutions, the case study of SSETI - proceedings of IAC 2003.

Let's launch the dream..!

>> go to SSETI Pioneers (italian only) >>

>> Cosa è l'Ingegneria Concorrente >>
>> What is the Concurrent Enginnering >>

NOTE: the author, Francesco La Regina, isn't longer a participant in SSETI and do not represent the SSETI Association. Thus informations in this site are updated to June 2004. For latest informations about SSETI and SSETI Association please visit the SSETI Official Website >>