Calendar 2019-2020
| 1: Kick-off of the European CanSat Competition | |
| Activity | Date |
| Competition announcement and ESA call for proposals for countries with no national competition | 27 September 2019 |
| Deadline for submission of proposals from countries with no national competition | 2 December 2019 |
| ESA announcement to the teams selected from countries with no national competition | 16 December 2019 |
| Student teams submit their Critical Design Review Report to ESA (only by teams from countries with no national competition) | 31 March 2020 |
| ESA sends feedback of Critical Design Review to teams from countries with no national competition | 24 April 2020 |
| Phase 2: National competitions | |
| Activity | Date |
| National competitions take place | Summer 2019 – 3 May 2020 |
| Deadline for national competition organisers to communicate name of winning teams to ESA | 4 May 2020 |
| Phase 3: Preparation of the European Launch campaign | |
| Activity | Date |
| Student teams submit their Pre-launch Report to ESA | 5 June 2020 |
| Participants receive the Launch Campaign Manual | 12 June 2020 |
| Phase 4: European launch campaign | |
| Activity | Date |
| European launch campaign | 21-26 June 2020 |
| Phase 5: Post-flight activities | |
| Activity | Date |
| Student teams submit their CanSat Final Report to ESA | 31 July 2020 |
For information and queries, contact us at: cansat @ esa.int.