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