Design and development of a CanSat for high altitude missions with "Comeback" capability

• Main Author: Chan, Alvin Bai Xian
• Other Authors: Low Kay Soon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63819
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The concept of building CanSats (a common abbreviation for satellite in a can) was first proposed by Professor Robert Twiggs of Stanford University back in the year 1999. As CanSats are non-orbital in nature, they are normally released from various altitude levels within the Earth's atmosphere...