The competition was organized by the Slovak Space Office in cooperation with the Faculty of Aeronautics at TUKE, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia, the Slovak Modelling Association, the Rocket Club of LF TUKE, and Global Logic. Students were tasked with constructing a satellite the size of a soda can, equipped with a power supply, sensors, and a communication system capable of conducting a scientific experiment or technological demonstration upon launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\"The CanSat competition allowed students to gain valuable hands-on experience, develop teamwork skills, and foster innovative thinking in space technologies,\" said \u013dubor \u017datko, Managing Director of Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two Missions for Each Team<\/strong> \"This event raised awareness of opportunities in the space sector and demonstrated that it is a promising field for development,\" said TUKE Vice-Rector Juraj Gazda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Best Teams and Their Projects<\/strong> Other teams focused on topics such as analyzing airborne microorganisms (SteinSat,<\/em> Gymn\u00e1zium sv. Edity Steinovej, Ko\u0161ice), collecting environmental data (Warhol\u2019s<\/em>, Secondary Industrial School of Electrical Engineering, Pre\u0161ov) and calculating the curvature of the Earth based on captured images (POCanDoIt<\/em>, Secondary Industrial School of Electrical Engineering, Pre\u0161ov).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The CanSat competition modernized education and opened doors to the space industry. The regional semifinals could serve as a foundation for the emergence of innovative technical ideas within the Eastern Slovak Space Cluster,\" added Martin \u0160echn\u00fd, a teacher of professional subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The event showcased that young innovators have great potential to contribute to the growth of the space sector in Slovakia and Europe. The second edition of the CanSat competition was a great success, and we are already looking forward to the next edition!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pod z\u00e1\u0161titou Eur\u00f3pskej vesm\u00edrnej agent\u00fary ich hybridn\u00e9 rakety vypustili do nadmorskej v\u00fd\u0161ky pribli\u017ene 1 km. Po oddelen\u00ed od nosi\u010da sa satelity bezpe\u010dne vr\u00e1tili na Zem pomocou pad\u00e1kov a GPS. Inov\u00e1cie mlad\u00fdch vedcovS\u00fa\u0165a\u017e organizovala Slovensk\u00e1 vesm\u00edrna kancel\u00e1ria v spolupr\u00e1ci s Aeronautics Fakultou na TUKE, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia, Slovak Modelling Association, Rocket Club of LF […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-space-cluster"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vsvk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/487359992_1051819433644275_9207389168956195195_n-1024x683.jpg\")
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As in previous years, each team had to complete two primary missions. The mandatory mission involved collecting and transmitting air temperature and pressure data at least once per second. The secondary mission was left to the students' creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winning team, Artemis (<\/em>Technical Vocational School, Ro\u017e\u0148ava), studied air quality changes depending on altitude, satellite localization upon return to Earth, and multi-channel data transmission.
Second place went to Rezistor Rebels<\/em> (United School, Pre\u0161ov) for monitoring forest fire hotspots using thermal imaging.
Third place was secured by ESPE\u0160KARI<\/em> (Secondary Industrial School of Electrical Engineering, Ko\u0161ice), who analyzed the presence of radioactive isotopes in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vsvk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/x-1024x683.jpg\")
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