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UK CanSat Competition Lancing College Critical Design Review Date: 30/01/2025 Page 1 of 23

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2 Table of Contents Table of Contents............................................................................................................................ 2 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Team Organisation and Roles .......................................................................................... 4 1.1.1 Members and Skill Sets ............................................................................................. 4 1.2 Mission Overview .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.1 Mission Objectives .......................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 What we will measure, why and how?............................................................................. 5 2 Project Planning.......................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Time schedule....................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Team and External Support................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Risk Analysis......................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.1 Development Risks ......................................................................................................... 7 2.3.2 Launch Risks .................................................................................................................. 8 3 CanSat Design............................................................................................................................ 9 3.1 Mechanical design................................................................................................................. 9 3.2 Electrical design ...................................................................................................................10 3.2.1 Sensors..........................................................................................................................10 3.2.2 Transmission/Reception.................................................................................................10 3.2.3 Wiring.............................................................................................................................11 3.2.4 PCB ...............................................................................................................................12 3.2.5 Power.............................................................................................................................13 3.3 Software Design ...................................................................................................................13 3.3.1 Can ................................................................................................................................13 3.3.2 Ground Support .............................................................................................................14 3.3.3 Data presentation...........................................................................................................15 Page 2 of 23

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3 3.4 Landing and recovery system...............................................................................................17 3.4.1 Parachute design ...........................................................................................................17 3.4.2 Visibility..........................................................................................................................18 3.5 Ground support equipment...................................................................................................18 3.6 Testing .................................................................................................................................19 3.6.1 Data presentation tests ..................................................................................................20 3.7 Overall testing for launch......................................................................................................20 3.8 Evidence of CanSat build .....................................................................................................21 4 Outreach programme.................................................................................................................22 4.1 School Outreach...................................................................................................................22 4.2 Website ................................................................................................................................22 4.3 Hacker News........................................................................................................................22 4.4 Social Media outreach ..........................................................................................................23 Page 3 of 23 SPACE EX CDR.pdf SPACE EX CDR.pdf Open Open Open with Save changes Sign In Details Comments General Info Type Dimensions Size Duration Location Modified Created Opened by me Sharing Description Couldn't preview file There was a problem loading the details. Loading… Back

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