CanSat
A complete satellite system in the volume of a soda can, launched by rocket and tracked all the way down.
3rd in Asia · CanSat 2024
- Category
- Satellite system
- Domain
- Aerospace
- Year
- 2024
- Status
- Flown in competition
Overview
Built for the CanSat Competition 2024, American Astronautical Society.
A CanSat packs a satellite's job into the volume of a soda can: survive launch, deploy at altitude, descend under control and send live telemetry to the ground. Our CanSat placed 3rd in Asia and 11th in the world at the 2024 CanSat Competition.
The CanSat Competition gives student teams a real mission profile. The probe rides a rocket to altitude, separates, descends under a controlled rate and reports what it measures the whole way down.
The mechanical structure was designed around the can's tight volume and mass limits and 3D printed in-house, so parts could be revised quickly between tests.
The team placed 3rd in Asia and 11th in the world. That result set the standard for the competition work that followed.
Results
All achievements01
3rd
In Asia
02
11th
In the world
Specifications
- Format
- Soda-can volume
- Structure
- 3D printed in-house
- Descent
- Parachute, controlled rate
- Telemetry
- Live to ground station
Technology
- Descent control
- Live telemetry
- Ground station
- 3D printed structure
- Embedded sensing
Gallery
The 3D printed internal structure
Launch day: the rocket on the rail