WorldCanSat/Rocketry
Championship| WCRC |1. INTRODUCTION A World CanSat/Rocketry
Championship (hereinafter: WCRC)
is generally an international
competition open to elite competitorsfrom around the world, representing
their nations (as university student
Teams or as independent student
Teams), and winning this event will
be considered the highest or nearhighest achievement in this field.

1. INTRODUCTION This event is important for everyone,
and for each founder country and fororganizations, institutions andcompanies, and most important for
education and students because theCanSat/Rocketry program is a verticaltype of education compared to thehorizontal they have in their studies.

2. BACKGROUNDWhat is a CanSat?
A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite. All components
are housed inside a can up to 350 ml. CanSat provides anaffordable way to gain basic knowledge and skills in Space
engineering for teachers and students, as well as
experience engineering challenges when designing
Satellites. Students are able to design and build a small
electronic payload that can fit into the cans to 350 ml.
CanSat is launched by Rocket, Balloon, Plane or Drone anddelivered in apogee. With the Parachute, the CanSat slowly
descends to the ground and carries out its mission during
descent (for example: measures air pressure andtemperature and sends telemetry). By analyzing the datacollected by CanSat, students will explore the reasons forthe success or failure of its mission.

2. BACKGROUND
 One of the main advantages of theCanSat/Rocketry concept is its
interdisciplinary: combination ofmathematics, physics,
informatics/programming, mechatronics,
telecommunications, aviation and rocketry,mechanics, etc.
 CanSat is a simulation of a real, large,
Satellite and contains all thesubsystems/components as a real Satellite,
but with limited complexity.

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Benefits of CanSat/Rocketry Based Education:
CanSat/Rocketry is an effective educational tool for:
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Learning by doing;
Involving students in technology and engineering as a practical complement to other,
fundamental, subjects they study, such as mathematics and physics;
Emphasizing teamwork where each student has a specific task/role that creates a senseof responsibility for him/her;Students gain experience of the complete process: defining the mission, design,development/constructing, programming, testing, launching and analysis;
Conducting simple experiments with balloon/rocket/plane/drone;
Learning methods can be adapted to the age level of students, or to their needs andabilities;
Students are able to analyze the reasons for success or failure after descending CanSatand Rocket to the ground;
Acquired knowledge and experience can be applied to other projects as this concept
enables obtaining of ideas and stimulates students' thinking;Useful for a further education/career guidance process;Provide Opportunities and Network for Launching their Own Small Satellites (Pico/NanoSatellites/PocketQube/ UNITYsat) to Low earth Orbit in a frugal way!
Provide Opportunities and Network for Sharing and Learning from each other teams
from various countries.

3. FOUNDERSSERBIAINDIAITALY
TUNISIAPERU
CANADA

4. COMMON RULES Each founder country is responsible for its
Continent and the Organization of theCompetition and has the opportunity, if itwishes, to organize the Competition on its
continent and with another country fromthe same continent and on the soil of thatcountry. So, the Competition may notalways be in the same country, but thefounder country from that continent must
be co-organizer with another country on
which the Competition is organized.

4. COMMON RULES The responsibility of each foundercountry is to promote, organize andhold the Competition on its continent
by the end of the current year, theWorld Finals will be held always nextyear.

4. COMMON RULES Each year all founder countries will agree
on the basic rules (primarily for: FLIGHTMISSION), as a separate document (Thebasic rules of the qualification
Competitions), for qualifying Competitions
across continents, with the aim of making
the Competitions as similar as possible toall participants Worldwide. Each foundercountry may make certain changes to thesebasic rules for the purposes of its
Competition only if such changes will
improve the Competition itself and will notdeviate much from the mentioned aim.

5. CHAMPIONSHIP PHASESThe WCRC consists of 3 phases:
Phase 1 – National CanSat/Rocketry Competition as
qualification for Continental CanSat/Rocketry Competition.
In this Competition student Teams participate across their ownstate. If the state does not have a National Competition, then all
student Teams can directly participate in the Continental
CanSat/Rocketry Competition (i.e. Phase 2).

Phase 2 – Continental CanSat/Rocketry Competition as
qualification for World Finals(Based on document: The basic rules of the qualificationCompetitions)Phase 3 – World Finals CanSat/Rocketry Competition(Based on document: The basic rules for World Finals)

6. EVALUATION AND SCORING IN
CHAMPIONSHIP PHASES 2 AND 3
6.1 The JuryThe Jury, appointed by founder countries, will becomprised of CanSat Experts, Education Experts, Engineersand Scientists who will evaluate the Teams’ Performances
during Phases 2 and 3.
The Jury will typically have 3-5 members, and their fields
of expertise can vary from science to engineering oreducation. The Jury board will be usually comprised of:• Space Science/Engineering Expert• IT/Electronics Expert• Education Expert• Radio Communication Expert• Rocketry Expert

6. EVALUATION AND SCORING IN
CHAMPIONSHIP PHASES 2 AND 3

6.2 Scoring Performance in the following areas will be
evaluated during Phases 2 and 3:
A. Technical Achievement
B. Scientific value
C. Professional competencies
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CHAMPIONSHIP PHASES 2 AND 3
6.3 Marking schemeThe overall balance between the items to beevaluated is as follows:
Technical Achievement 35%
Scientific Value 35%
Professional Competencies 20%
Outreach 10%-----------------------------------------------TOTAL 100%

6. EVALUATION AND SCORING IN
CHAMPIONSHIP PHASES 2 AND 3
6.4 Prizes for Phases 2 and 3• 1st Prize• 2nd Prize• 3rd Prize

The following rule will apply:• A Team can’t receive more than one prize.

6. EVALUATION AND SCORING IN
CHAMPIONSHIP PHASES 2 AND 3
6.5 Quotas for World Finals
A total of 37 Teams can compete in the World Finals:From Asian/Australian Continent 15 Teams
From African Continent 5 Teams
From North American Continent 5 Teams
From South American Continent 5 Teams
From European Continent 7 Teams

Each Team can consist of a minimum of3 members and a maximum of 5 members.

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