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CanSat is an initiative of the European Space Agency that challenges students to build a mini satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can. Thousands of students participate every year in CanSat National events, where they launch their CanSat on a rocket that goes up to 1km high.
This will depend on your home country. If your home country is hosting a CanSat National Competition, you will have to see the corresponding website for information on the opening and closing dates. To find out if your country is hosting a National Competition have a look on the National Competitions page.
Teams from countries that are hosting national competitions should check this information with their national organiser. Each of the national competition websites can be found on the National Competitions page.
Submissions to national CanSat competitions may be submitted in your native language, depending on the national guidelines. Make sure to check this with your national organiser.
This will depend on your home country. If your home country is hosting a CanSat National Competition, you will have to see the corresponding website for information on the opening and closing dates. To find out if your country is hosting a National Competition have a look on the National Competitions page.
You may only submit 1 application per team. Each participant can only be part of one team and can only submit one application.
Participation is open to teams of 3-6 young people aged 14 to 19 years old. You must sign up with a teacher/mentor. Participants must be from an ESA Member State, Canada, Lithuania, Slovakia or Slovenia. Students enrolled at a post-secondary/tertiary institution are not eligible to apply.
Winning teams of the National Competitions will be invited to ESA’s European Learning and Celebration Event called “Space Engineer for a Day”. The event will take place at the end of June and will be hosted at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.