CanSat design and their applications

Abstract

CanSat is a simulation model used in actual satellite working in the space.It has been presented for almost 20 years.The development of CanSat is based on educational proposes, and its design can be multiple depending on associated educational attainments [1]-[2].Most developed countries give priority to develop the literacy of space technology in their students since secondary school in which the CanSat design is utilized as one tool to acquire the understanding of the satellite operation.The main objective of this paper is to design the CanSat for competition in 2018.The mission of the competition has been changing over the year to challenge competitors in the field of space engineering.Normally, base requirements may limit certain design factors such as the total mass of the CanSat, the rate of transmission once per second, the use of XBEE for telemetry at 2.4 GHz or 900 MHz and the cost of the CanSat that should be under 1000 USD.However, the competitors are allowed to design other attributes of the CanSat to achieve a competent one.The body of the proposed CanSat will consist of sensors subsystem and power subsystem.We will choose appropriate sensors by considering the cost and main features of our design.Basically, sensors for satellite used to collect data relevant to its surrounding environment and our sensor subsystem consists of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, an altitude sensor, a GPS sensor, a magnetometer sensor and an additional camera module.Some sensors are integrated as one component to make the CanSat more lightweight and cost effective.Regarding the feature of a CanSat for collecting environment data which is very useful to apply for the weather observation system, we will develop a CanSat to operate similarly to a radiosonde.Hopefully, it can be used as a smart radiosonde for the rainmaking project in our country.