This type of competition launches were held in several countries with national character until a year ago, the Laboratory for Space and Microgravity (LEEM), an association of students of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, hosted the first international edition CanSat LEEM -UPM. Its success allowed it to take place in Madrid the second edition.
The days from 8 to 11 April the competition, which consists of a preview of the project and an argument of the conclusions at the end of the launches, will take place. The place is the South Campus UPM (where are located the School of Telecommunications Engineering and Computer Science College) the launches took place on April 9 at the aerodrome of Ayllon , the largest in Europe.
Novelties and categories
As new, this second edition was expanded with a new category (Planetary Probe) and ejection height CanSat (using rockets designed and manufactured exclusively by the LEEM), which reached 1,500 meters, double the previous year.
The four categories in which you could participate were:
- Category Comeback: the CanSat must navigate completely autonomously to a stop as close as possible to a target located on the ground in the field of release.
- Category Telemetry: the CanSat be sent to a ground station (GS) certain minimum real-time data on flight conditions.
- Category Planetary Probe: contestants must build a robot that must fulfill a mission of exploration in the scenario called Planet Ayllon.
- Scientific Experimentation Category: conceived with free character, for those who want to experience only certain subsystems in order to design a future CanSat.
The jury evaluated the actions of every CanSat in the field of launches , but there were points for originality and design. They also took into account the academic level of the team members , foreign aid received, working hours used and the total project budget . The top three finishers in each category received a trophy and all other teams received a participation certificate .
All You Can Fly!
Parallel to the second edition of CanSat LEEM -UPM , was held at the same time a competition Rocket (Rocket Master) and a competition of UAVs ( UAV Competition) , as well as various exhibits. The entire assembly was called All You Can Fly !, a contest that seeks to give a framework of competition at all passionate about these flying devices.
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