ESA Member States with a current national CanSat competition:

If the deadline of National CanSat competition in your country has already passed, consider applying next year! 

Austria:
Organiser: ESERO Austria
Contact: Michael Thaler, michael.thaler@aec.at 
Closing date for applications: 23/11/2018
Launch Campaign dates: 24 – 26 April 2019
Website: www.aec.at/esero/de/cansat-oesterreich/ 

Belgium:
Organisers: Innoviris Brussels and Service Public de Wallonie
Contact: Sebastien Rush, srush@innoviris.brussels and Elise Munoz-Torres, elise.munoztorres@spw.wallonie.be 
Closing date for applications: 19/10/2018
Launch Campaign dates: 02 – 04 May 2019
Website: https://recherche-technologie.wallonie.be/fr/particulier/menu/sciences-et-techniques/cansat/index.html

Czech Republic:
Organisers: ESERO Czech Republic
Contact: Lukas Holman, holman@sciencein.cz 
Closing date for applications: 19/10/2018
Launch Campaign dates: April 2019 *
Website:www.esero.sciencein.cz/cansat

Denmark:
Organisers: ESERO Denmark
Contact:  Simon Olling Rebsdorf, sor@nvhus.dk
Closing date for applications: 21/02/2019
Launch Campaign dates: 30 April – 02 May 2019
Website: www.esero.dk

Germany:
Organiser: Cooperation of various partners
Contact: Daniel Borowski, info@cansat.de
Closing date for applications: 27/01/2019
Launch Campaign dates: 23 – 27 September 2019
Website: www.cansat.de 

Greece:
Organiser: SPIN - Space Innovation
Contact: Ilias Theordoridis  info@cansat.gr
Closing date for applications: 21/10/2018
Launch Campaign dates: 18 – 21 April 2019
Website: www.cansat.gr

Ireland:
Organisers: ESERO Ireland and Blackrock Observatory
Contact: Clair McSweeney, clair.mcsweeney@bco.ie, Stephanie O’Neill, stephanie.oneill@sfi.ie
Closing date for applications: Various regional competitions- check with your regional Institute of Technology.
Launch Campaign dates: 02 – 03 May 2019
Website: www.esero.ie/projects

Italy:
Organisers: Liceo Scientifico “A. Tassoni” Modena
Contact: Marco Nicolini, info@cansat.it
Closing date for applications: 30/11/2018
Launch Campaign dates: 26 – 28 April 2019
Website: www.cansat.it

Malta: 
Organiser: MCST (Malta Council for Science and Technology)
Contact: space.edu.mcst@gov.mt
Closing date for applications: 31/10/2018
Launch Campaign dates: March – May 2019 *
Website: www.mcst.gov.mt/space-directorate/sep/#cansat

Nordic: 
Organisers: Nordic ESERO and NAROM
Contact: Bente Jensen, bente@narom.no
Closing date for applications: 15/01/2019
Launch Campaign dates: 22 – 26 April 2019
Website: https://www.esero.no/prosjekter/cansat/nordic-satellite-competition-for-secondary-school/

Portugal:
Organiser: ESERO Portugal
Contact: eseroportugal@cienciaviva.pt João Dias, jedias@cienciaviva.pt, Adelina Machado, amachado@cienciaviva.pt
Closing date for applications: 11/01/2019
Launch Campaign dates: 3 – 5 May 2019
Websites: www.esero.pt

Poland:
Organiser: ESERO Poland
Contact: Aleksander Jasiak cansat@kopernik.org.pl 
Closing date for applications: 21/09/2018
Dates: April 2019 *
Website: esero.kopernik.org.pl/konkursy/polski-konkurs-cansat/

Romania:
Organiser: ESERO Romania
Contact: Virgiliu Pop ROSA, virgiliu.pop@rosa.ro
Closing date for applications: January 2019
Launch Campaign dates: May 2019*
Website: www.esero.ro  

The Netherlands:
Organiser: EESERO The Netherlands
Contact:  Anne van de Ven, info@ruimtevaartindeklas.nl
Closing date for applications: 11/10/2018
Launch Campaign dates: 22/03/2019 (backup date 29/03/2019)
Website: www.ruimtevaartindeklas.nl

Spain:
Organiser: LEEM UZ, IberCivis
Contact: Joel Villa Farias, cansatsp@gmail.com
Closing date for applications: 31/12/2018
Launch Campaign dates: 26 – 28 April 2019
Website : www.cansat.es

UK: 
Organiser: ESERO UK
Contact: Tom Lyons,  t.lyons@nationalstemcentre.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 31/08/2018
Dates: 4 – 6 April 2019
Website: www.stem.org.uk/esero/cansat 

* Exact dates to be confirmed.

If you are thinking of building a CanSat or holding a competition, feel free to contact us via email at cansat@esa.int for help in getting started!