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European Space Agency (ESA Education / ESERO)

European CanSat Competition

Secondary-school teams fit a satellite's major subsystems into a soft-drink-can volume; it is launched by a small rocket and must transmit telemetry plus a creative secondary mission. National winners advance to the European final at ESA's ESTEC.

Official application Source

Interest areas

Aerospace Electronics Programming Engineering Space Science STEM

Who it is for

  • Secondary-school teams aged 14-19
  • Not enrolled at a tertiary institution
  • Resident in a country with a national CanSat competition

What students gain

  • Hands-on full space-mission lifecycle
  • Meet space-industry experts
  • European final trip for national winners

Application steps

  1. Find your national CanSat competition
  2. Register a team
  3. Build, test and launch your CanSat; national winners go to the European final