KCS Cansat

We are four students from Kilrush community school. We are setting out to make a satellite which fits in a can in order to compete in the Cansat competition.

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

The sky's the limit... A team of students from St Columba's College in Dublin have been crowned winners of the CanSat national finals

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And one last thank you to our mentor @1mariewalsh for supporting us and believing in us since we began this competition 😊👍thank you!

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We would also like 2 thank @LimerickIT for being given the chance 2 represent them In the final u will hav a National winner from KCS yet ☺

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We would also like to thank @aedokram and our physics teacher Mr Ryan for all their help and support, it was truly a great experience ☺

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Thank you to all that have supported us on our journey we wouldn't have made it this far without your help thank you

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We would like to congratulate the Canny Potters on their win and wish them the best of luck in European finals. Make Ireland proud 👍

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They are just about to announce the team going on to the European finals

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We were given this certificate after a lovely dinner by the organisers of the competition,winner is announced tomoz😓

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https://t.co/cJdoCRpkNE here is the link If you are interested in seeing the rocket launch 🚀🚀👍😀

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Pics of our rocket at its height from the safe zone during the launch the link 2 the video of the launch coming soon

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Testing our can with a quadcopter before we launch it in the rocket, 👍😉🚀

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Preparing our can to be launched in a rocket so excited 🚀🚀

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Some pictures of our preparation before we launch at emo court gardens 😀👍🔧🔨

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We would like 2 say a massive thank you 2 our sponsor PJ Bonner for sponsoring us equipment for calibrating our can

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We would like to say thank you to Kilrush Credit Union for sponsoring us a generous amount before the nationals 😀😊🚀

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We would like to thank our new sponsors Tony Corry and Ann Hawke for their sponsorship 😄

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On the train for Portlaois tomorrow morning. The National Final is finally upon us. We'd like to again thank everyone who's supported us🇨🇮🚀😄

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Here is a photo of our trip to go see the movie "Ghost in the Shell" which inspired our team name "ghost in the can"