Department of Aerospace Engineering

ISU Aerospace Engineering Students Place 6th in 2007 CanSat Competition

 

In 2007 the first Iowa State team participated in the CanSat competition. The mission was to design and construct a satellite that would be deployed at an altitude of 760 meters. The CanSat was to be approximately the size of a twenty-ounce bottle and weigh no more than one pound; once deployed from the rocket the CanSat took temperature, pressure, and humidity data as well as a video of the descent. With these restrictions the 2007 team created a CanSat system with a unique recovery system that placed sixth in tough competition. Currently aerospace engineering students are forming a new team to compete in the 2008 CanSat competition next summer.

 

 

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