The IES Tablero I Aguañac wins the CanSat challenge and will represent the Canary Islands in the 2025 national championship.

 

The Orbital 28ºN 16º'W team from the IES Tablero I Aguañac won this week the fifth edition of the CanSat regional competition, held in Santa María de Guía. The competition, promoted by the European Space Agency in collaboration with the Department of Education of the Canary Islands Government, allowed students to design, build, and launch a miniature satellite. The performance of the Gran Canarian group, made up of Héctor Suárez, David de Vera, Flavio Rodríguez, Ismael Castellano, Roberto Carlos Camacho, and Laura Sánchez, under the coordination of Professor Javier Hernán Vizcaíno, stood out for its technical rigor, innovation, and teamwork capacity.

 

Thanks to this victory, IES Tablero I Aguañac will represent the Canary Islands in the national phase of CanSat Spain 2025, which will be held in Galicia on May 13 and 14. There, they will compete against other schools from across Spain, replicating the mission: integrating the main systems of a real satellite into a small device, launching it using a drone, and analyzing the data collected during its descent. The experience is part of the STEAM Program of the General Directorate for the Organization of Education, Inclusion, and Educational Innovation.

 

 

 

 

The regional edition brought together 80 students and 22 teachers from ten schools across the archipelago. In addition to the IES Tablero I Aguañac, the teams from the Francisco Hernández Monzón, Politécnico, Alonso Pérez Díaz, and Villa de Mazo high schools, as well as Tablero I Aguañac itself, also receiving an honorary award, received special mentions. The jury, composed of Eugenio Gil and Carlos Colodro, praised the technical quality, presentation, and impact of the project. The event took place at the La Atalaya soccer field, with a morning filled with science, creativity, and young talent.

 

CanSat is an educational project promoted by the European Space Agency that challenges high school students to simulate a real space mission. It involves building a satellite the size of a soda can, integrating real electronic components such as sensors, a communications system, and power supplies. After launching by drone or rocket, participants must collect and analyze data in real time, replicating the work of a space agency in a school setting.