The CanSat project for high schools helps develop scientific and experimental skills, project management and operational implementation skills, working in teams and in compliance with procedures and safety rules. In this challenge, participants must successfully fit all the subsystems found in a satellite into a container whose volume and shape correspond to a soda can, which will be dropped by a rocket at an altitude of approximately 1 km.
ProjetCanSat
Target14 to 19 years old
PeriodOctober 1, 2025 to May 10, 2026
To participate in the CanSat challenge, register your team using the form on the Planète Sciences website before December 31, 2025.
Then download the CanSat competition guidelines and the rules for the national CanSat competition for high schools.
Students then build a CanSat capable of performing two missions.
The CanSat must be programmed to measure air temperature and pressure after launch and during descent. The data will then be transmitted by telemetry to the ground station at least once per second.
The second mission of the CanSat is determined freely by the participants.
Finally, students must write documents for review and present their projects and results.
The selected teams will participate in the national launch campaign.
The winning team will have the opportunity to participate in the “Space Engineer for a Day” event organized by the ESA.
Déroulé du projet
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Registration for the CanSat project
To participate in the CanSat High School project, register your team on the Planète Sciences website before December 31, 2025.
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Submitting your poster
The teams participating in the project submit a poster presenting the characteristics of their CanSat.
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National Competition
Teams selected based on their posters will have the opportunity to participate in the national launch campaign.
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CanSat – Space Engineer for a Day event at ESTEC
The winning team will have the privilege of representing France in the European CanSat competition “Space Engineer for a Day” organized by the ESA.
Educational resources
Numerous resources are available on the ESERO France website to provide you with the best possible support for your project.
- Download the CanSat competition guidelines and the rules for the national CanSat competition for high schools.
- Download resources and activities dedicated to the CanSat challenge.
- Find interviews with ESA experts on satellite engineering.
- You can also chat with the other European teams involved in the project via the private Facebook group set up and run by ESA.
The ESERO France team is available to support you throughout this project. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at esero.france@cnes.fr.
We hope to see many of you again for this new season!
