The Cansat Leader Training Program (CLTP)

We joined the 8th Noshiro Space Event held at Noshiro city in Akita prefecture, stayed there from Aug. 15 to 20.

We doubted holding of the event due to heavy rain on Aug. 16, but our passions chased away rain cloud, so that it became fine on Aug. 17, the day of launch!

10 CanSats of the CLTP3 participants were launched by the respective model rockets thanks to Prof. Akiyama of Wakayama university, flied in the sky. Their parachute unfolded perfectly and the CanSats accomplished their own mission, and took nice movies with cameras installed.

Interestingly, a movie taken by a CanSat caught another one launched by the same launcher, so that we obtained very valuable photos of in-flight CanSat.

We all smiled, because our flights were wonderful and we were filled with a feeling of accomplishment!

After our flight, we visited Hiyoshi shrine on Aug. 18, and we experienced Japanese tea ceremony at a fancy Japanese-style restaurant on Aug. 19.

The duration of CLTP3 seems long but short, but we obtained the accomplishments and shared something there.
And the participants returned to their homelands.
Farewell, not goodbye, Distant Promise to meet again…

Participants,
though we go again separate in respective countries, we know we can give a tremendous boost to space engineering together in the world.
Let’s get together someday, no matter where,
and we wish your continued success and prosperity, and are willing to be waiting for your reports of space developments!!!

Supervisor, S.

Today’s blessed with good weather for a launch of balloon, so we had a good time to conduct a flight test of CLTP3 participants’ CanSats.
Since TMU students had experienced the balloon tests some times, they could fly our balloon at a height of roughly 30 meters in the sky.

A CanSat carrier we had made was attached to the balloon as a separation system to install a CanSat, and the CanSat was released in the sky to parachute down slowly.

Each team experienced the flights of members’ CanSat.

TEAM-A with blue hats

TEAM-B with green hats

TEAM-C with red hats

This flight test with a balloon was not only one of the goals but also a verification test ahead of Noshiro Space Event,

http://www.noshiro-space-event.org/en/index.html

so that it would clarify the problems for the participants to make a success of the final flight of their CanSat at Noshiro Space Event.

In addition, we think that the participants learned what was necessary for a flight of
CanSat and how they conducted the flight test, that is, they obtained a know-how of not only CanSat and a project management but also a flight test.
We are glad if they start their own CanSat project for space engineering education and conduct flight tests in their countries after CLTP3.

I myself learned them from a precedent group, and I am presenting them to the participants in CLTP3. The next thing I hope is that the participants introduce them to their compatriots.
This is the spirit of Capacity Building; the relation of Give and Be Given, NOT Give and Take.

And, we are very happy when peoples in the world fly in the space with each other and get together there.
Because, space is the new frontier for all the members on Planet Earth!

Supervisor, S.