This course is designed for students who have interests and passion in space technology. The course is primarily project-based where the participating students are intended to work with an interdisciplinary team to design, craft, and build their own CanSat (a mini-satellite that is integrated within a soda can that performs several scientific measuring tasks). The course contains introductory lectures about orbital mechanics, spacecraft operating environment, and satellite subsystems and design, such as structure, telecommunication, thermal and attitude control, and power. In parallel, there will be practical training on how to design and build a CanSat. As the CanSat project develops, it is examined through intensive reviews by the course instructors and after all the reviews are successfully passed, the CanSat will be tested under real conditions where scientific measurements are performed during a launch campaign. Through the basic knowledge and insight gained during this course, the students prepare themselves to pursue their future career in space-related industry and aerospace centers such as the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), Esrange Space Center, OHB Sweden, RUAG space, the European Space Agency (ESA), SpaceX, and Airbus.
90 credits including Thermodynamics, Physical Measurement Techniques and a first course in scientific computing or equivalent. Proficiency in English and Swedish equivalent to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies. Requirements for Swedish only apply if the course is held in Swedish.