1. Characteristics,Construction, Recovery

2. Initial design criteria
5,280 ft
Carry a student payload
National CanSat program
No bigger than a 12 fl oz soda can
Mass no greater than 1 kg
USLI requires a dual deployment recovery

3. Characteristics Electronics in nose cone Air brake system
Three fin design

4. Construction G10 fiberglass Motor K560W by Aerotech
2,560 Newton seconds (thrust)x(burn time)
120 lbs of thrust
4.5 seconds of burn time

5. Flight Profile 5 phases Boost phase Coast phase
Deployment of drogue chute at apogee
Initial decent rate
Approximately 60 ft/sec
Deployment of main chute at 500 ft
Slows approximately to less than 20 ft/sec
Close and intact recovery

6. Boost Phase

7. Insert Apogee

8. Insert Drogue Descent

9. Insert 500’ Main

10. Insert Main Descent

11. Rocket Center of Pressure Calculation