The SwissCanSat competition is an educational initiative for teams of Swiss secondary school students to design, build, and launch their own miniature satellite integrated within the volume and shape of a regular soft drink can. After release from an aerostatic balloon to an altitude of less than one kilometre, the CanSat has to perform a certain mission and land safely on the ground.
Mission
The team must build a CanSat and program it to accomplish the following compulsory primary mission: after release and during descent, the CanSat shall measure the following parameters:
- Air temperature
- Air pressure
The secondary mission of the CanSat must be selected by the team. Teams can take ideas from real satellite missions (for example see ESA’s missions), some example secondary missions:
- Advanced telemetry (GPS location, Radiation levels, Acceleration)
- Telecommand
- Landing system
- Control mechanism (land on a fixed-point target)
Calendar
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 13 December 2022 | Preliminary Design Review |
| 15 January 2023 | Critical Design Review |
| 27-31 March 2023 | Launch |
| 31 March 2023 | Final Report |
| 29 April 2023 | Award ceremony |
Teams
HE-Arc Ingénierie
Gymnasium Biel-Seeland, Bienne
Ecole des métiers techniques, Porrentruy
Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg– HEIA-FR
CO Estavayer-le-Lac (2 équipes), Estavayer-le-Lac
CO de la Glâne, Romont
CO de Pérolles, Fribourg
École des Métiers Fribourg EMF (2 équipes), Fribourg
Haute école du paysage, d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève (HEPIA)
CFPT - Centre de Formation Professionnelle Technique, Petit-Lancy
HES-SO Valais-Wallis - Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie – HEI
Ecole des métiers (EPTM), Sion
Berufsfachschule Oberwallis, Viège
Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud – HEIG-VD
Ecoles primaires et secondaires de Vevey, Vevey
ES Pully, Pully
Gymnase Provence, Lausanne
Equipes suisses alémaniques
Kantonsschule Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld
Gymnasium Kirchenfeld, Bern
