What is the SwissCanSat Competition ?

Cansat is a competition organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) that aims to challenge high school students to perform a scientific and thechnological mission in a volume comparable to a soda can that functions as a satellite. The can will contain a power supply, communication system and various sensors such as a thermometer and a barometer. The can will be launched via a aerostatic balloon to a height of 1km and will have to perform its scientific and technological mission during the flight to finally land safely with a parachute. The team (maximum 6 people) that participates in the challenge will have to completely design and build their canet. In addition to building the canet, the team will have to communicate on the progress of the project. In 2022, the university of applied sciences and arts western switzerland (HES-so) has allowed for the first time Swiss students to participate in the challenge.

For this competition the EMF has two teams of 6 people each, named ScanSat and EMF Gravitiy.

ScanSat team

Our secondary mission is to collect information on the landing site in order to map it with a camera and a Lidar.

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Emf Gravity team

We have chosen as a secondary mission to collect flight data on gravity in order to calculate the Earth's gravitational constant.

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