Welcome to C’SPACE 2025 !
C’Space is the national rockets launch campaign, the appointment between students and space.
Remember to download the « C’SPACE 2025 Participant’s Guide » before the launch campaign because it will not be provided on site.
Organised by the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), C’Space 2025 will take place from 5 to 12 July. This event offers young people the opportunity to bring to life the projects they have developed throughout the year. Rocket launches, CanSat drops, and experimental balloon releases will punctuate a week-long gathering that brings together students and professionals from a wide range of scientific and cultural backgrounds.
Once again this year, the flagship event for students passionate about space will be held at the military camp in Ger, home of the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (RHP), near Tarbes in the Pyrénées.
Thanks to the support of volunteers from the association Planète Sciences, around 200 participants are expected to attend. These young space enthusiasts will have the opportunity to put their projects into practice, from design to implementation, including the integration of on-board scientific experiments. Throughout the year, and as a team, students are faced with every aspect of a multidisciplinary project.
C’Space gives students the chance to bring their highly technical projects to life and enjoy a unique and rewarding experience. In total, around fifty mini-rockets, twenty experimental rockets, ten CanSats, and up to two experimental balloons will take to the skies above the Ger plateau. Supervised by CNES, which ensures all safety measures, a dedicated launch zone is set up to accommodate the various project take-offs.
With continued support from Planète Sciences, whose mission is to promote science education and hands-on learning for young people, teams and their projects are supported throughout the year.
CanSat France competition
Launched in 2009 as part of C’Space, the CanSat France competition has become a key event for young people with a passion for space exploration and advanced technologies.
The challenge is a significant one: to build a satellite the size of a soft drink can, which will be dropped from an altitude of 150 metres by a drone to carry out specific scientific and technical experiments. Each year, teams of talented students take on the challenge.
Each participating team must complete a primary mission, defined by a set of specifications, and add at least one free-choice mission that encourages innovation. These missions might involve atmospheric data collection, simulating a terraforming process, or precisely identifying the landing site.
Projects are assessed by a jury of experts, who award the team that has produced the most outstanding work based on several criteria.
The competition continues to grow year after year, attracting increasingly ambitious projects from committed and enthusiastic teams.
The Centre national d’études spatiales
The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) is much more than just a French space agency, it is a true pioneer of space exploration. Since its creation in 1961, CNES has been working tirelessly to make space a major issue for our society. Its headquarters is based in Paris, but its activities are distributed across two space centers in France, one in Toulouse and the other in Kourou, French Guiana.
In close collaboration with its European partners, CNES conducts research and development projects for the study of Earth and the Universe by designing and launching state-of-the-art satellites. The CNES is also known for its commitment to youth and education by organizing the C’SPACE every year, a rocket launch campaign that allows young people to learn about space technologies.
In summary, the CNES is a key player in space exploration, a driver of technological innovation, and a defender of scientific education in France.
Get all C’Space news on CNES website.
Keydates
Online registration opening
Closing of the first phase of registration for clubs
Registration closing for clubs, volunteers and fulltime employees from Planète Sciences
Registration closing
(except for clubs and volunteers from Planète Sciences)
Beginning of C’Space 2025
Official day
Gala evening
End of C’Space 2025
PROGRAMME
Provisional schedule, some activities may be added or replaced.
REGISTRATION
To participate
To participate in the C’SPACE 2025, you should :
1- You have to CREATE AN ACCOUNT
2- You have to REGISTER
CANCELLATION CONDITION
Any cancellation request must be sent by email at contact contact@cnes-edu-cspace.com
The following cancellation fees will be applied:
- 9 € (participation fee) for any cancellation request received until 24 June 2025
- The full participation fee for any cancellation request received after 24 June 2025.
Registration
Participation fee: 9€ (VAT incl.) will be applied for any registration to the C’SPACE 2025.
People who wish to participate in the C’Space without accomodation, nor catering on the 1er RHP Camp de Ger site, still must register online and paid this administrative costs.
The online registration website is open until 21 June 2025.
Catering
All the meals have to be taken at the 1er RHP Camp de Ger self-service restaurant at the following hours:
- Breakfast: 7.00 am to 8.30 am
- Lunch : 11.30 am to 13.30 pm
- Dinner: 6.00 pm to 8.30 pm
The meals hours have to be carefully respected in particular for the dinner because you will not be able to come in the self-service restaurant after 8.30 pm and you will have to leave there before 9.00 pm.
Please note that NO meals may be purchased on site.
Lunch prices
- Breakfast: 4€50
- Lunch:10€00
- Dinner: 10€00
- Gala Dinner: 10€00
Accommodation
- Participation in the security costs of accomodation : 6,90 € (VAT incl.) per person and per night
- Cleaning costs: 6,30 € (VAT incl.)
The dormitories are not mixed and are provided for 6 to 8 people.
Be sure to bring a sleeping bag and a sleep-sling/pillow.
A disposable mattress cover will be available.
Please note that the dormitories are not locked, so please bring 2 padlocks for the lockers at your disposal.
Transport
Planète Sciences will run shuttles: the shuttles must be reserved on the registration site (limited places)
on Saturday 5 July | on Saturday 12 July |
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| Between Tarbes SNCF station and the site of the 1st RHP, Camp de Ger | ||
| Between Lourdes-Tarbes airport and the site of the 1st RHP, Camp de Ger |
Membership of Planète Sciences
If you wish to join Planète sciences, click HERE
For any questions, please send an email to: contact@cnes-edu-cspace.com
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Do not forget!
Hoping for the sun to be on the party, headgear and sunscreen are to be expected!
Think also to bring a flashlight or a frontal to be able to walk into the site during the night.
For more information on C’Space and its previous editions, visit the CNES youth website.
Place of C’SPACE | Camp de Ger
1er RHP – Quartier Dartencet – Chemin de Benate – 64530 GER
Secretariat
> Carte Blanche <
271 Chemin d’En Barbaro | 81710 Saïx | France
Tel. : 33 (0)5 63 72 30 68
