European Cansat Competition
The European CanSat competition is a competition among teams composed of university students, organized by the Student Branch IEEE Brescia STB1019, funded by the University of Brescia.
Each team consists of 2 to 5 members. The competition will take place on October 8th, 9th and 10th, 2025, in Brescia, Italy. A maximum of 10 teams can participate in the competition. The registration is free.
Accommodation, travel expenses and organization are the responsibility of the participants.
CanSat is a simulation of a real, large Satellite and contains all the components of a real Satellite, but with limited complexity. All components are housed inside a can up to 350 ml. CanSat provides an affordable way to gain basic knowledge and skills in Space engineering for teachers and students, as well as experience engineering challenges when designing Satellites.
Students are able to design and build a small electronic payload that can fit into the cans to 350 ml. CanSat is launched by Rocket, Balloon, Planeor Drone and delivered in apogee. With the Parachute, the CanSat slowly descends to the ground and carries out its mission during descent (for example: measures air pressure and temperature and sends telemetry).
By analyzing the data collected by CanSat, students will explore the reasons for the success or failure of its mission.
Benefits of CanSat/Rocketry-Based Education: CanSat/Rocketry is an effective educational tool for:
- Learning by doing;
- Involving students in technology and engineering as a practical complement to other fundamental subjects they study, such as mathematics and physics;
- Emphasizing teamwork where each student has a specific task/role that creates a sense of responsibility for them;
- Students gain experience of the complete process: defining the mission, designing, development/constructing, programming, testing, launching and analysis;
- Simple conducting experiments with balloon/rocket/plane/drone;
- Learning methods can be adapted to the age level of students, or to their needs and abilities;
- Students are able to analyze the reasons for success or failure after descending CanSat and Rocket to the ground;
- Acquired knowledge and experience can be applied to other projects as this concept enables obtaining of ideas and stimulates students’ thinking;
- Useful for a further education/career guidance process;
- Provide Opportunities and Network for Launching their Own Small Satellites to Low Earth Orbit in a frugal way!
- Provide Opportunities and Network for Sharing and Learning from each other teams from various countries.
Complete rules can be found in this folder, along with other useful material.
In order to subscribe, write to this email:
stb1019 executive@googlegroups.com
For registration, you must indicate your Country, the identity of the team members, your University, and the identity of the mentor (if there is one). Participation is limited to 10 teams; it is possible to register until August 31st or until 10 teams are registered.
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