National competitions
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!
| Nation | Event | Date | Contact |
| Nordic | Closing date for applications | 15/01/2020 | Organiser: NAROM - Andøya Space Center |
| Launch campaign dates | 20/04/2020 - 23/04/2020 | Contact: Bente Jensen | |
| Email: bente@narom.no | |||
| Website: www.esero.no/prosjekter/cansat/ | |||
| The Netherlands | Closing date for applications | 10/10/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Netherlands |
| Launch campaign dates (back-up) | 20/03/2020 (29/03/2020) | Contact: Wendy Van den Putte | |
| Email: info@esero.nl | |||
| Website: www.cansat.nl | |||
| Portugal | Closing date for applications | 10/12/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Portugal |
| Launch campaign dates | 30/04/2020 - 03/05/2020 | Contact: João Dias | |
| Email: eseroportugal@cienciaviva.pt | |||
| Website: www.esero.pt | |||
| Greece | Closing date for applications | 10/11/2019 | Organiser: SPIN - Space Innovation |
| Launch campaign dates | 23/04/2020 - 26/04/2020 | Contact: Ilias Psyroukis | |
| Email: info@cansat.gr | |||
| Website: www.cansat.gr | |||
| Poland | Closing date for applications | 29/09/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Poland (Copernicus Science Centre) |
| Launch campaign date | 01/03/2020 | Contact: Aleksander Jasiak | |
| Email: cansat@kopernik.org.pl | |||
| Website: www.esero.kopernik.org.pl/konkurs-cansat/ | |||
| Czech Republic | Closing date for applications | 24/10/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Czech Republic / SCIENCE IN (CZ), s.r.o and S.A.B Aerospace |
| Launch campaign dates | 15/04/2020 - 26/04/2020 | Contact: Lukáš Holman | |
| Email: lukas.holman@sciencein.cz | |||
| Website: www.esero.sciencein.cz/cansat | |||
| Spain | Closing date for applications | 20/12/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Spain |
| Launch campaign dates | 24/04/2020 - 26/04/2020 | Email: cansatSpain@esero.es | |
| Website: www.cansat.es | |||
| Ireland | Closing date for applications | Please contact the relevant institute of Technology | Organiser: ESERO Ireland / Blackrock Castle Observatory |
| Launch campaign dates | Regional: TBC | Contact: Rob O'Sullivan | |
| National: 23/04/2020 - 24/04/2020 | Email: Rob.Osullivan@bco.ie | ||
| Website: www.esero.ie/cansat/ | |||
| UK | Closing date for applications | 22/09/2019 | Organiser: ESERO UK |
| Launch campaign dates | 24/04/2020 - 26/04/2020 | Contact: Tom Lyons | |
| Email: t.lyons@stem.org.uk | |||
| Website: www.stem.org.uk/esero/cansat | |||
| Germany | Closing date for applications | 27/01/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Germany |
| Launch campaign dates | 23/09/2019 - 27/09/2019 | Contact: Christina Nadolsky | |
| Email: info@cansat.de | |||
| Website: www.cansat.de | |||
| Italy | Closing date for applications | 02/12/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Italy |
| Launch campaign dates | TBC | Email: cansat@esero.it | |
| Website: www.esero.it/cansat | |||
| Romania | Closing date for applications | TBC | Organiser: ESERO Romania |
| Launch campaign dates | TBC | Contact: Virgiliu Pop | |
| Email: irgiliu.pop@rosa.ro | |||
| Website: www.esero.ro | |||
| Denmark | Closing date for applications | 21/02/2020 | Organiser: ESERO Denmark |
| Launch campaign dates | 27/04/2020 - 29/04/2020 | Contact: Simon Olling Rebsdorf | |
| Email: sor@nvhus.dk | |||
| Website: www.esero.dk | |||
| Belgium | Closing date for applications | 18/10/2019 | Organiser: Innoviris Brussels and Service Public de Wallonie |
| Launch campaign dates | 07/05/2020 - 09/05/2020 | Contact: Elise Munoz-Torres (Wallonia) | |
| Email: elise.munoztorres@spw.wallonie.be | |||
| Website: www.recherche-technologie.wallonie.be/fr/particulier/menu/sciences-et-techniques/cansat/index.html | |||
| Austria | Closing date for applications | 27/11/2019 | Organiser: ESERO Austria |
| Launch campaign dates | TBC | Contact: Michael Thaler | |
| Email: michael.thaler@aec.at | |||
| Website: www.ars.electronica.art/esero/en/cansat-oesterreich-wettbewerb-2019-20-2/ | |||
| Malta | Closing date for applications | 13/11/2019 | Organiser: MCST (Malta Council for Science and Technology) |
| Launch campaign dates | 13/04/2020 - 18/04/2020 | Email: space.edu.mcst@gov.mt | |
| Website: www.mcst.gov.mt/space-directorate/sep/#cansat |
If you are thinking of building a CanSat or holding a competition, feel free to contact us via email - cansat@esa.int - for some help in getting started!