The European CanSat Competition 2023 will lift off from Granada
ESA is pleased to announce that the 2023 European CanSat Competition will take place in Granada, Spain, from 26 to 30 June. The competition will be hosted on ESA’s behalf by Parque de las Ciencias and Producciones Científicas y Técnicas (PCyT).
26 teams of secondary school students will gather for an exciting launch campaign, challenging them to fly and operate their CanSat project and present their mission results to a jury of space experts.
The 26 teams will include the winners of the national CanSat competitions going on in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, in addition to teams from Slovenia and Slovakia selected directly by ESA, and a guest team from Japan.
The venues
The majority of the competition events will be hosted in the cultural and scientific environment of El Parque de las Ciencias, or Science Park and Science Museum in Granada, a 70,000 square metre interactive science museum located in Granada, and the most visited museum in Andalusia since its opening in 1995.
The 26 teams will launch their CanSats from Club Aeromodelismo Ciudad de la Alhambra, an airfield situated in Atarfe, about 15 km from the Granada City centre.
Programme outline
| 26 June 2023 | Teams arrive at Parque de las Ciencias |
| 27 June 2023 |
Opening ceremony First presentation of CanSat projects to the Jury Technical inspection of CanSats Drop tests of CanSats |
| 28 June 2023 |
Launch of CanSats Preparation of final presentation by CanSat teams |
| 29 June 2023 | Presentation of results by CanSat teams |
| 30 June 2023 |
Closing ceremony Social Programme |
| 1 July 2023 | Teams depart |
The host organization
Producciones Científicas y Técnicas (PCyT), a spin-off company from the University of Granada, will be the local organizer of the CanSat Launch Campaign. PCyT is experienced in rocketry and small satellites research and testing. It has already been involved in the supervision of the Spanish National CanSat Competition and CanSat regional launches in Spain since 2020. Furthermore, the support of Parque de las Ciencias, as key partner of the event, will provide the necessary international expertise to boost the experience of all the participants.
Well done, all CanSat teams!
The ESA Education team would like to thank and congratulate all the student teams that replied to the ESA selection process and those participating in the many national competitions going on this school year. Whether or not you will be participating in the 2023 European CanSat Competition finals, be proud of yourself – as much as we are proud of you – for your incredible work and the invaluable skills you have learned along the way.
We are looking forward to meeting some of you in Granada!
