CaNoRock

Every semester students from the University of Oslo have opportunity to assemble and launch a sounding rocket together with students from Canada. CaNoRock is a one-week intensive course at Andøya Space Center.

CaNoRock 2025

The next student rocket campaign will be held between 3. March – 7. March at Andøya Space Center. This will be the 24th edition of the joint Norwegian-Canadian student rocket campaign. 

Deadline for applications: February 12th 2025

The CaNoRock course will give an introduction to the Andoya Space Center operations of sounding rockets, the physics of ballistic rockets, aerodynamics and stability, sensors, telemetry, radio-communication, encoder/decoder techniques, and basics of instrumentation for middle atmosphere studies by sounding rockets. The ALOMAR laboratory will be used for presenting ground instrumentation (LIDAR, RADAR)

The participants will build the instruments for the rockets during the course, and will operate all functional operations related to the rocket launch. Students from the University of Oslo participating in the CaNoRock project can obtain 5 ECTS registered as FYS 2280 Romteknologi / Space Technology. 

How to apply: 

Fill out the following nettskjema:

https://nettskjema.no/a/491884

If you have questions, you can contact Lasse Clausen

More information and practical details about CaNoRock relevant for UiO students you will find on the external course website.

 



 

The Canada-Norway Student Sounding Rocket (CaNoRock) exchange program is a partnership between the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Saskatchewan, the University of Oslo, University of Tromsø, Andøya Space Center and NAROM (Norwegian Center for Space Related Education) in Norway. 

Through the CaNoRock program, students from participating institutions prepare and launch sounding rockets from Andøya Space Center in Norway. The scientific rockets provide research opportunities for active scientists and post-graduate students from Canada, Norway and other countries. All of the rockets will provide training for students in campaign preparations, launch criteria decisions, payload integration and data analysis. 

So far, more than 200 students have participated in CaNoRock. Many of the alumni now work in space related industry and research and confirm that the CaNoRock has open many possibilities to pursue their space-related career.

 

 

 

Published Feb. 3, 2015 2:55 AM - Last modified Oct. 26, 2025 3:56 AM