Design and Development of a Cansat Prototype for the collection of Atmospheric Parameters

The aerospace technology is a very important sector in the world in the reality of each country. Important research has been done and developed in different part of the world. In this context, Peru is not indifferent to this reality, the national commission of Aerospace Research and Development, CONIDA, has been making progress, which are reflected in rockets capable of studying the median atmosphere, control and image processing such as the Peru-Sat 1.

University institutions such as National University of Engineering also promote the development of these technologies through UNISEC-PERU and TEAM CANSAT-PERU in addition to the support of international institutions such as UNISEC-GLOBAL and PLANÈTE SCIENCES; we have used the CANSAT methodology for this purpose. Which consists of the design and validation of a miniaturized "satellite" in the volume of a soda can, usually has the mission of collecting data, performing controlled returns or in some cases fulfilling a predetermined mission profile.

The project presented the design and results of the construction of a CANSAT prototype which performs atmospheric data collection and transmission, gps location, kinematic parameters and the storage of images on a sd card; Which will be captured on the descent. In addition to deploying a system of photovoltaic recharge and ejection mechanism of a miniature astronaut. You can read the full paper Here.

The TEAM CANSAT-PERU was integrated by undergraduate students with different backgrounds and we presented the project in the international competition C’SPACE held in Camp militaire de Ger – Tarbes, France. In this contest we received an award a for the implementation of the wheel expansion system and the deployment of CanSat. Read more about it Here.

Cansat and Rover Awarded Teams