👋Hello! Meet/Learn about Gaia.
Gaia is our second satellite, which we made for the 2025 national CanSat competition.
Durable, modular, redundant.
These three words could best describe Gaia
Redundant primary mission
Our satellite has 12 temperature sensor and 12 barometer, therefore we could complete the primary mission with 12-fold redundancy.
Muon counter
The satellite can mesure muon flux using a plastic scintillator and a silicone photomultiplier (SiPM), which could prove useful for solving muon tomography tasks.
Camera
A 2-megapixel camera was installed on the satellite, which records video to an SD card during its mission, this in combination with the muon counter’s data could prove useful, for example with the mapping of caves.
Download the documentation of the satellite
Documents
Critical Design Review (CDR)
This document is the most important milestone of this competition, based on which the 10 finalist teams are chosen. It contains the satellite’s final plans and the development’s progress.
Date of publication: February 17, 2025
Original language: English
Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
This document is the first one that needs to be prepared for the competition, in which the initial plans of the satellites need to be presented to the jury. It can contain inaccuracies and outdated informations.
Date of publication: November 13, 2024
Original language: Hungarian
Motivational Letter
This document needs to be sent to the jury upon application. It contains our ambitions and goals regarding this project.
Date of publication: October 13, 2023
Original language: Hungarian