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Bidovce, March 24, 2026 – Secondary school students tested self-built satellites ahead of the national final of the second edition of the CanSat competition under the auspices of the European Space Agency (ESA). Rockets with hybrid propulsion carried them to an altitude of approximately 1 km, from where the scientific modules safely returned to the ground.
A new edition of the TOP Student Thesis competition has just been launched, focusing on innovative ideas.
KOŠICE, Slovakia – December 4, 2025 – The Slovak Republic has taken a fundamental step to strengthen Slovakia's presence on the map of the European space industry. Today, the ESA Business Incubation Centre Slovakia (ESA BIC Slovakia) was ceremonially opened at the Technical University of Košice (TUKE). This moment is all the more symbolic as it comes at a time when the European Space Agency (ESA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Colleagues from Innovlab, through the Synapse 404 team, have once again proven that innovation is one of our strongest points. Last weekend, they triumphed in the Slovak final of the prestigious CASSINI Hackathon Slovakia, a pan-European competition organized by the European Commission that brings together the best talents in the field of space technologies and data innovations.
Košice, October 13, 2025 – The Technical University of Košice, in cooperation with the Innovlab Startup Center of Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia (DT ITSO SK), has successfully completed the fifth edition of the Top Student Thesis competition. Once again, it has demonstrated that young students and innovators from Slovak and international universities can create technologies and solutions with direct social, technological, and business impact.
KOŠICE, SLOVAKIA – As of September 2025, Slovakia will significantly boost its space technology sector with the launch of the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) Slovakia. This strategic initiative will be implemented by a national consortium led by the East Slovak Space Cluster (ESSC) in partnership with the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) and the University of Žilina (UNIZA).
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Bidovce, March 25, 2025 – High school students from the Košice and Prešov regions participated in the semifinals of the second edition of the CanSat competition, where they tested their self-built satellites.
On the 26th of April 2024, a rocket with a gas-based hybrid drive launched satellites into the sky, which were constructed by high school students from the Košice and Prešov regions.
The reason was a Dry run test before the national finals of the CanSat competition organized internationally by the European Space Agency and the Slovak Space Office.
On October 11, 2023, an extraordinary event took place on the premises of the Technical University in Kosice.
Does your final thesis have the business potential? Does it bring a new solution, that can find the practical usage? Do you trust your thesis and want to join the business community? Or do you just want to offer your innovative solutions to a potential applicant?
More than 90 enthusiastic participants met on the 7th of February at the East Slovak Gallery in Kosice aiming to hear from experts, who were talking on the several topics related to the Innovations in a Healthcare.













