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Did you know these thing about CanSat? I bet you didn't !!!

So by now you might be wondering, what is really this CanSat that you guys are talking about? Well, it is actually pretty simple. CanSat (more specifically the Nordic CanSat Competition (the one we are going to compete in in Norway)) is a competition where you build and program a satellite that fits within a soda can. Like I said, simple. The satellite has to perform two missions, one primary and one secondary mission. The primary mission is the same for all the teams that are competing; the can must transmit temperature and pressure readings to a ground station every second of the duration of the flight. The teams themselves choose what they want to do for their secondary mission. We have chosen to focus on making locating the satellite easier by adding an accelerometer, GPS and a led-light.




This year there are six teams competing (according to current information provided by team leader Isabel)  and we are the only Finnish one. The competition is held at Andøya Space Center in Andenes, where there are cool science people who work on cool astronomy and physics related stuff. We'll be going tomorrow, which will be the 2nd of April, and we will return to Finland on the 6th of April.

Please send us your love and support throughout the competition <3 -VÖS CanSat Team
P.S. The video is a failed attempt of a parachute test

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