Cansat Classes

There are two major classes of CANSAT:

1-      Standard class: with size limited to a cylinder of 6.6 cm diameter and 11.5 cm in length, and weight below 350 grams

2- Open class: with no size limit but a weight below 1kg and a volume restricted to 1lit. 

A typical CANSAT can have several subsystems, including but not limited to:* Payload

* Communication

* Onboard Data Handling

* Power

* Structure

* Recovery