We are happy to announce that our school will host the finals of the competition Cansat In Greece 2024, which will be held on 25-28 April.
On Thursday 25/4, on Saturday 27/4 and on Sunday 28/4 teams from all over Greece will present their creations to the critics and the audience. The competition programme is presented below. The launching will be held on Friday 26/4 elsewhere.
Our school Robotics Team
Asterius robotics team consists of A’ and B’ class students, supervised by the teachers Panagiota-Ismini Matthe (IT) and Maria Diakonou (Physics).
Our school has participated in the competition since the first year of its organization, under the supervision of Mr. Christos Fanidis, and in fact the robotics team has reached once the 1st place and twice the 2nd place
What is CanSat
CanSat in Greece is a Panhellenic space competition realized by the non-governmental organisation SPIN – Space Innovation, under the coordination of ESERO (European Space Education Resource Office) GREECE. The competition lasts 8 months starting at its announcement and it has got two categories, one for high school students and one for university students. The winning team participates in the European competition CanSats in Europe, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA).
The participants have to design and construct an educational satellite, in the shape of a can, which realizes a space mission that they choose. The satellite is launched at 1 kilometre inside a rocket created by SPIN and then it is released from the rocket. After its release, the satellite lands with safety with the use of a parachute, carrying out the mission that the team has selected.
You can find more information about the competition in the following links:
https://www.esa.int/Education/CanSat/What_is_a_CanSat
https://www.esa.int/Education/CanSat/2023_European_CanSat_Competition