SwissCanSat


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)

Pictures of the 2023 launch

Pictures of the 2023 awards ceremony


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

 


Documents


Supporting learning material


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

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