Soda-can sized satellites for secondary school students

CanSat

In the CanSat programme we mentor secondary school teams: students build a complete satellite mission in miniature, from the sensors to the ground receiving station.

Technical data

Payload
≈350 g
Maximum altitude
≈1 km
Data rate
9600 bps

Related projects

In orbit

SZESAT-1

1U CubeSat in Earth orbit

Our first own satellite reached orbit on 28 November 2025. Its onboard systems transmit telemetry on UHF, which the ground station in Győr receives and archives on every pass.

Orbit
SSO ~525 km
Frequency band
UHF 435–438 MHz
Mass
≈1,3 kg
Active

Silurus

3-metre GRID antenna and ground station

Silurus is the backbone of the lab: automated azimuth-elevation tracking with an in-house motor controller and position control. This is where we talk to SZESAT-1 and to amateur radio satellites.

Diameter
3 m GRID
Antenna gain
≈24 dBi
Frequency band
VHF / UHF / L
In development

SZEppelin-1

Stratospheric balloon and airship experiment

A self-built payload lifted into the stratosphere: live telemetry, an onboard camera and environmental measurements. Analysing the recovered data is a core part of our student research work.

Maximum altitude
≈30 km
Payload
≈2 kg
Frequency band
APRS 144,800 MHz