Students on space mission to win satellite design contest

A group of Limerick secondary school students has proved that the sky is not necessarily the limit for their ambitions after winning a competition to design a satellite which could be sent into space.

Students on space mission to win satellite design contest
Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 00:00
Stephen Rogers

Chris Kelly, Tayyaba Sheik, Hugh Fitzgibbon, and Niall Keating from Crescent College Comprehensive in Limerick beat off competition from five other teams to win the final of the 2014 ESERO Ireland-CEIA CanSat competition at Birr Castle in Co Offaly.

The teams had been given the mission of creating a CanSat — a simulation of a real satellite which fits into the volume of a soft drinks can.

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CourtsCansat RocketCrescent Comprehensive rocketPlace: LimerickPlace: Birr CastlePlace: Co OffalyPlace: DublinPlace: CorkPlace: IrelandPerson: Chris KellyPerson: Tayyaba SheikPerson: Hugh FitzgibbonPerson: Niall KeatingPerson: Stephanie O’NeillPerson: O’NeillEvent: 2014 ESERO Ireland-CEIA CanSat competitionEvent: European CanSat finalEvent: CanSatEvent: European finalOrganisation: Crescent College ComprehensiveOrganisation: Mayo Institutes of TechnologyOrganisation: Rocketry IrelandOrganisation: IrelandOrganisation: European Space Education Resource Office IrelandOrganisation: European Space Education Resource Office IrelandOrganisation: European Space AgencyOrganisation: CanSat
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