A CanSat is a recreation of a real satellite designed to be as small as a soft drink can. There are competitions all over the world, challenging students to build their own one. These small satellites feature some of the main characteristics and subsystems of a major satellite, such as ground communication, data collection and flight missions.
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| Intruder Rocket carrying some CanSats |
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| Last year's Spanish CanSat, from DeSoto Team |
The European Space Agency (ESA) hosts an European competition in which high-school and university students face a real space mission. Design, integration, testing, launching, data collection and analysis are some of the activities involved. This platform is intended to develop skills as soldering, building electronics, programming, testing, design, and specially teamwork.
Teams representing their countries will meet next April in Andenes.
Via Esa CanSat
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