What is Cansat?
Cansat is an autonomous aerial vehicle that consists of two parts, the carrier and the lander. The carrier holds and releases the lander.
Cansat Competition
According to cansat’s official website, the mission of the competition is to launch an autonomous cansat with a deployable lander containing one large raw hen egg. The cansat will be deployed from a rocket at an altitude of about 610 meters (2001 feet). Once released from the rocket, the cansat shall descend between 10 to 20 meters per second using any type of descent control system or device. At an altitude of 200 meters, cansat shall reduce the descent rate to within 4 and 6 meters per second. At 91 meters altitude, the cansat carrier shall release the lander that contains one large raw hen’s egg. The lander shall land without damaging the egg. The lander cannot free fall. It must contain a descent control system or device to reduce the descent rate to less than 10 meters per second. The carrier telemetry data may be stored on-board for post processing in the event of a communications failure.
Citation: Cansat Official Website
And now some pictures:
Testing out the pressure / temperature sensor:
Designing Lander Electronics:
