CanSat Competition
A CanSat is the combination of the complex world of satellite design into a small and easy to understand project. CanSats are being built by pupils of Secondary Schools and University Students all over the world in the last decade. In Norway, NAROM is running a national competition for pupils at Upper Secondary Schools.
The CanSat concept was first introduced in the late 1990s by the American professor Robert Twiggs. It provides an affordable way to introduce students to the many challenges in building a satellite. Students design and build a small electronic payload that can fit inside a soda can. The CanSat is launched and ejected from a rocket or a balloon. By the use of a parachute, the CanSat slowly descends back to earth performing its mission while transmitting telemetry.
Norwegian Competition
NAROM arranged the first Norwegian CanSat competition in 2009 where four teams from Norwegian upper secondary schools got to launch their CanSats up to an altitude of one kilometer with a rocket from Andøya. All teams achieved their mission and got god data from the CanSat. You can watch a short video from the 2009 Camp by clicking the image below. This text will be replaced In 2010 the Competition was expanded. A total of 20 teams from upper secondary schools all over Norway handed in proposals to compete for the opportunity to get their CanSats launched from a rocket. Three rockets were successfully launched the 29 th of April 2010 carrying CanSats from the five best teams. NAROM is now planning its third National Competition for Norwegian upper secondary schools starting with a teacher workshop in October 2010. All participants in this workshop will be given the opportunity to have their CanSat launched from Andøya in April/May 2011. Sign up for the competition.
European Competition
The European Space Agency, ESA, is this year arranging a pilot CanSat competition involving 11 teams from 10 different member states. All teams are from upper secondary schools with pupil at the age of 16 +. The competition is organised in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Space-related Education (NAROM) and the launch will take place at Andøya the 15th to 19th of August 2010.
The winning team from 2009 with the Intruder rocket
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The CanSat Rocket
As a launch vehicle for the CanSats NAROM is using a commercially available amateur rocket kit, called the Intruder. The rocket is 1.5 meters long and can carry two CanSats to an altitude of approximately 1 kilometer. The vertical acceleration exceeds 10 G, and the rocket reaches its maximum velocity of 544 km/h in less than two seconds!
Contact information
For more information or questions,
please sent an email to.
Name Torstein Wang
Function Project manager CanSat
Telephone 76144532
Email torwang@rocketrange.no
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