Description succincte
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SwissCanSat is a national competition that is part of the ESA educational activity CanSat. It is an educational initiative for teams of school students between the age of 14 and 19, to design, build, and launch their own miniature satellite integrated within the volume and shape of a regular soft drink can.
The winner of the national competition will represent Switzerland at the ESA competition in summer.
SwissCanSat as an activity offers the stage for national networking by bringing together the actors in space domain: Universities of applied sciences and arts (UAS), organisations such as Meteoswiss, and industry partners. Moreover, it answers to the needs of the Swiss industry, by training the next generation of young engineers. At the international level this is an opportunity to establish a network with ESA and national organisers from other countries.
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Objectifs du projet
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O1 National Networking
As a national activity it brings together multiple actors from public and private sectors, such as universities, governmental organizations (Meteoswiss) and industry. Based on the success of first edition, HES-SO strives to develop a network of partners focusing on the eight swiss UAS and from industry, to bring the SwissCanSat activity to the more advanced level, with a larger number of teams participating and a stronger involvement of academia and industry.
O2 International networking
The purpose of the activity is to increase the visibility of Swiss educational activities at the ESA level, by establishing international collaborations with the organizers from other countries, and via the participation of the Swiss winner at the international competition. The project manager of the SwissCanSat is part of the official ESA cansat MS Teams group, that allows to share the best practices and offers general networking environment.
O3 Promotion of STEM
The SwissCanSat project supports the promotion of STEM among high school students (i) throughout the realization of a full lifecycle project from the idea to the launch, and (ii) by valorizing soft skills such as management and communication. It addresses a current Swiss industry problem: engineering talent shortage (https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home/services/publications/data-base-publications/stem-shortages.html ) by the most effective approach : learning by doing. Moreover, the competition supports promotion of STEM activities among young girls, by introducing a special prize. The prize will be awarded to the team with the best gender balance in term of technical and personal contributions.
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