Building a CanSat part 2 - Buying the parts

Now that my proposal is approved, the next step is to buy the parts. The list of things that I have to buy ranges from a soda can, to a keychain camera to take still pictures upon descent.

(Some) of the parts I have to order:

- Arduino micro-processing board
- Open-Log SD logger (to record the data from instruments)
- SD Card
- GY80 IMU (inertial measurement unit)
- resistors
-APC220 radio

With a cost of over $100, every part counts. Even though I know what the CanSat requires, putting them together at the same time is another story. It's going to be trial and error from this point on.

Building a CanSat

I am part of the AIAA SPARC rocketry challenge where I have to build and launch a CanSat by the 10th of October. This is going to be both a challenging and exciting challenge. The primary mission that I have to accomplish is to build a CanSat that can record the following: Air temperature and Air pressure. The secondary mission involves developing a GPS system in order to track the satellite upon deploying. I have the proposal approved and now the next step is to build the CanSat.