Calendar 2017-2018
| Phase 1: Launch of the European CanSat Competition | |
| Activity | Date |
| ESA competition announcement, publication of National Competition guidelines and call for proposals for countries with no national competition | October 2017 |
| Deadline for national competition organisers to confirm to ESA they want to ‘reserve’ a slot for their winning team in the European competition | 10 December 2017 |
| Deadline for submission of proposals from countries with no national competition | 10 December 2017 |
| ESA announcement of the teams selected from countries with no national competitions | 20 December 2017 |
| Critical Design Review report is submitted to ESA (only by teams from countries with no national competitions) | 1 April 2018 |
| ESA sends feedback of Critical Design Review report to teams from countries with no national competitions | 20 April 2018 |
| Phase 2: National competitions | |
| Activity | Date |
| National competition campaigns take place | Summer 2017 – 6 May 2018 |
| Deadline for national competition organisers to communicate name of winning teams to ESA | 7 May 2018 |
| Phase 3: Preparation of the European Competition campaign | |
| Activity | Date |
| Student teams submit their Pre-launch Report to ESA | 10 June 2018 |
| Phase 4: European competition launch campaign | |
| Activity | Date |
| European competition launch campaign | 27 Jun-1 Jul 2018 |
| Phase 5: Post-flight activities | |
| Activity | Date |
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Student teams submit their final report to ESA ESA posts the participation certificates to the teams |
15 July 2018 |
For information and queries, contact us at: cansat @ esa.int.