Cansat criteria
A competition organized by ESA for high school students
Our first mission is to measure the temperature and pressure during the ascent (recorded on an SD card) and the descent, as well as transmit the data in real time during the descent. This will allow us to understand the important weather conditions for the second mission. In addition, we will measure the pressure, which will allow us to determine the altitude and then calculate the speed of the CanSat. This initial mission will help us gather crucial environmental data and ensure we are well prepared for the second mission.
Our secondary mission
Search for pseudomonas syringae in the Parisian sky
Pseudomonas syringae synthesize a protein allowing the nucleation of ice and thus promote the freezing of water. They could play a role in the onset of precipitation and the freezing of clouds. Pseudomonas syringae are therefore particularly interesting to study in the context of current climatic concerns. Our team therefore seeks to study their presence in the Parisian atmosphere.
Our work
A long-term project
We had weekly team meetings on Thursday mornings before we all had our English class. In this way, we could organize and plan our work for the following week and finally carry out the tests which had to be carried out at school (for example, the parachute tests, the radio tests...). Regarding the secondary mission, we met a few times with our school's laboratory technician in the biology laboratory to test our culture plan for the pseudomonas syringae bacteria.