ARISTARCHOS: The New 2.3 m Greek Telescope

The state of the telescope, now fully assembled and installed at the Helmos Observatory is presented. The completion of our new Transient Aristarchos Spectrometer (ATS), the arrival of the refurbished high resolution Manchester Echelle Spectrometer (MES‐AT) and the progress made towards the construction of the Vernikos‐Eugenides CCD Camera (VEC), in combination with our presence in OPTICON, maintain alive all our hopes for an eventual successful and fruitful international operation of the ARISTARCHOS telescope.