Resumen de SETISAT: A mini satellite designed to search for signs of life

J. L. Rodríguez Fernández, Javier Diz Bugarín, M Carrera Martínez, D. de Saa Suárez, P Hermida Rial, A Pacheco Rodríguez, D Pereira Souto, S. Alonso Peitieiros

• This article describes the workcarried out by the students of the professionaltraining courses of the IES Escolas Proval HighSchool to participate in the CanSat challengeorganized by Esero, the delegation in Spain ofthe Educational Resources Office of theEuropean Space Agency (ESA). The challengeis to build a satellite the size of a soda can toaccomplish a specific mission. Students mustinvent the prototype so that the mission can bepossible.