Mission Accomplished

The Geiger CanSat mission was completed successfully. All systems functioned as expected and valuable radiation data was collected during descent. Team Geiger

Team Geiger

Building a satellite to measure radiation.

Primary Mission

Objectives

Step one of the Primary Mission is to build the shell of the CanSat which will contain all its components. The CanSat will have a temperature and air pressure sensor onboard. Pressure and temperature shall be measured at least at 1Hz. The measurements will be transmitted to a ground station. At the ground station the data will be converted into graphs.

Secondary Mission: Measuring Radiation

Objectives

For the Secondary Mission, the CanSat will have a GeigerCounter onboard to measure the radiation during it's descent. This information will be sent down to the ground station and put into a graph. The measurements we get will be useful to see if a planet is habitable or not.

Hardware

HARDWARE

  • Adafruit Feather M0 LoRa for sending data
  • AdaFruit BMP390 to measure temperature and pressure
  • Adafruit BNO08x to measure the direction and flight stabilization
  • Gravity Geiger Counter (V1.0.0.) to measure radiation
Materials

MATERIALS

  • Strong impact resistant plastic (PLA)
  • Four metal rods for extra strength
  • Parachute made from nylon
  • Cables connecting parachute and CanSat can whitstand 200 N
Mission

MISSION

  • Measure radiation levels
  • Track altitude
  • Log temperature and pressure
  • Transmit data in real time
Recovery

RECOVERY

  • GPS tracking system
  • Parachute slows the fall to 15 m/s