CanSat 2014 – Sparky Sat

Sparky Sat was SDSL’s submission to the 2014 AIAA Cansat competition. This competition is a design-build-launch competition that allows students to experience what a real world satellite project would be like. Allowing students to gain experiences that they could not find in a classroom; lessons such as communication, team work, and leadership can all be learned from this competition. It’s pretty hard to learn how to be a leader behind a textbook.

The AIAA CanSat competition is also an international competition, hosting over 60 teams from all over the world. In additional to the experiences learned from these competition students get a chance to meet people in their field from all over the world. Creating a sense of community within the aerospace field.

Sparky Sat Team Members

• Mentor – Brian Bone
• Team Lead – Heather Zunino
• Egg Protection – Sarah Smallwood
• Electrical Lead – Zach Burnham
• DCS Engineer – Justin Walker 
• Mechanical Lead – Ryan Teves
• FSW Engineer – William Merino
• Data Handling & Comms Lead – Raymond Barakat
• Subsystem Engineer – Ryian Hunter

2013-2014 AAS/AIAA CanSat Critical Design Review

SPARKY SAT CDR

2013-2014 AAS/AIAA CanSat Preliminary Design Review

Sparky Sat PDR