PROJECT ONION
The onionsat story
Our team's first satellite was a 3 deciliter soda can-sized CanSat satellite, built for the 2024 national CanSat competition.
CanSat, or rather, constant learning.
Building a satellite is cool, but building satellites is not just for nerds. The main target group for the competition is STEM interested students, but at the same time, every helping hand is needed! We managed to make a satellite without any previous technical experience. From soldering to marketing and other soft skills, all the skills needed for a competitive project could be learned in the competition.
The competition
Our team was selected as one of the top ten teams, so our CanSat was launched by the BME Suborbitals' rocket named Athena. Our satellite reached an altitude of 1 km, successfully completing its mission. And our work won our team the Special Award for Technology.
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About the competition
Building a space device is a multifaceted yet very exciting task. ""Our first satellite Hungarian Astronautical Society organised by the 2024 CanSat for competition we built it"". Ten teams (including our team) with the best project reports have their satellite launched by a rocket made by the BME Suborbitals rocket building team to a altitude of about one and a half kilometers.
Our satellite
In the development of our CanSat, we have focused on endurance. We succeeded in creating a satellite that far exceeded the original safety and durability requirements. Our satellite can be used in metrological areas, because it can examine tidal currents. [extra textbox]
The project in pictures
The satellite during assembly
The satellite at the finals exhibition
The team in the 2024 finals
The team at the satellite meeting
Download the satellite's documentation.
Documents
Certificate
This certificate is awarded for the results we achieved in the competition.
Date of publication: 6 April 2024.
Original language: Hungarian
Finals presentation
This presentation was prepared for the second day of the finals and it includes a overview of our project and the results of our measurements.
Date of publication: 6 April 2024.
Original language: English
Pre-flight review (PLR)
This document is a compulsory document to be submitted by the teams that have reached the finals , in which they must provide factual evidence that the satellite meets all the requirements.
Date of publication: 25 March 2024.
Original language: English
Critical Design Review (CDR)
This document is the key milestone of the competition, which will be used to select the 10 finalist teams. It includes the final design of the satellite and the progress of its development.
Date of publication: 17 February 2024.
Original language: English
Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
This document is the first document to be prepared for the competition, in which the preliminary design of the satellite must be presented to the jury. It may contain inaccuracies and outdated information
Publication date: 15 November 2023.
Original language: Hungarian
Movitation letter
This document must be sent to the organisers when registering. It includes our ambitions and objectives for the project.
Publication date: 15 October 2023.
Original language: Hungarian
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