CanSat is an annual student design, manufacture and launch competition organised by the Norwegian Centre for Space Related Education (NAROM) and promoted by the European Space Agency (ESA). The main objective of the competition is to build a miniaturised satellite called a ‘CanSat’, but there are other requirements and challenges that are chosen by respective teams to carry out as part of their in
dividual projects. In competitions, the CanSat is held within a rocket and launched to an altitude of about 1000m (approximately 3280ft) before being dropped. It contains sensors and electronics to collect data during its descent such as altitude and temperature information. Each CanSat must not exceed the dimensions and the weight (350g) of a typical drinks can in addition to meeting other requirements such as descent time. In addition to the mandatory measurement of temperature and altitude, each CanSat performs a secondary mission of free choice to the individual team. In our case, we have chosen that our CanSat will deploy a semi-autonomous rover or vehicle capable of two-way communication with a base station. This will pose a number of different challenges that we will discuss on our blog during the process. For more information on Team Nova, visit our full about page via the button below, for more information on the competition itself, visit http://cansat.eu/.
