With the new school and academic year comes a new edition of the CanSat competition organized by ESA and ESERO. As every year, SKN SpaceCoffee is fielding a representative team made up of members of the Assosciation. This time, there are even three of them!

Meet our three CanSat teams:

SpaceCoffee

They are currently the oldest members of the Assosciation. Since the group consists partly of participants from previous editions of CanSat, they are determined to finally reach the final and take the podium. Their CanSat's additional mission fulfills scientific and exploratory goals — it is a system for searching for extraterrestrial life similar to that on Earth. Their probe will be equipped with specialized meters and will be used to analyze the concentration of gases and other elements in the planet's atmosphere. This serves to determine whether or not the conditions are suitable for supporting the development of earth-like organisms. Along with the sensors, CanSat will use a camera designed to search for regular patterns and symmetries that are clearly part of or produced by living organisms. By analyzing image data using a dedicated algorithm, patterns on the planet's surface will be detected, along with an assessment of their source of origin. All that will be supervised by the team of creators.

Their Instagram: SpaceCoffee

Their Facebook page: Students' Scientific Association SpaceCoffee

SpaceReeds

The team consists of SpaceCoffee members who are currently in their second year of high school. They hope to prove their engineering and programming skills through the CanSat mission they have created: they will develop a wireless communication system with a satellite relay. This is intended to facilitate communication in hard-to-reach areas, such as mountainous regions, providing crucial support to rescue teams or scientists and significantly improving the efficiency and safety of their work. “Reeds” in the team's name refers to the unique root formation of reeds, which creates network-like structures — representing the CanSat network system.

Their Instagram: SpaceReeds

Their TikTok: SpaceReeds

Velocity Hunters

The team consists of our youngest and newest SKN SpaceCoffee recruits—this year's first-year pupils. They are an ambitious group, ready to take on the challenges of the ESERO CanSat competition for the first time. As an additional mission, they chose to measure terminal velocity. Their reason is to draw attention to how important this parameter is for predicting the behavior of falling debris in the atmosphere or the speed of return capsules. Detailed knowledge of this parameter is also essential for designing effective braking systems that can safely control falling speeds, increasing safety during space missions.

Their Instagram: Velocity Hunters

Their X profile: Velocity Hunters

Their YouTube channel: Velocity Hunters

Their Facebook page: Velocity Hunters

We wish all teams the best of luck in this year's edition!