About Altitude

Altitude is a student-led CanSat team based at Haberdashers' Boys' School, focused on aerospace engineering, embedded systems, and high-performance mission design.

Our Project

A hands-on engineering challenge built around space technology and problem solving.

Our team was formed through a shared passion for space technology, engineering innovation, and hands-on problem solving. Through the CanSat competition, we aim to design and develop a fully autonomous miniature satellite designed to measure air temperature and pressure and compare UVA and UVB at different altitudes during descent.

Our initial custom structure will be entirely 3D printed in ASA Aero and TPU85A, with four UV sensors attached to radial arms on the CanSat body. Altitude brings together coding, CAD, fabrication, build work, team leadership, and notebook documentation. The project asks the team to make practical decisions, test them carefully, and explain the evidence behind each iteration.

What Altitude Combines

The project links multiple engineering disciplines into a single mission workflow.

Aerospace systems
Electronics and PCB development
Embedded programming
Telemetry and communications
Structural and mechanical design
Data processing and visualisation

STEM Altitude is an opportunity to connect school engineering with a real aerospace-style system.

Build The team turns ideas into CAD, printed parts, electronics tests, software, and documented results.

Future Innovation

Altitude is not only a technical challenge, but also an opportunity to inspire future innovation and expand access to STEM education through outreach, collaboration, and real-world engineering experience.