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Description

Scouts use everyday materials to build a satellite

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/build-a-spaceraft/build-a-spacecraft.pdf

Resources

Some of the following:

Non-Edible Materials:
• juice boxes
• paperclips
• paper
* small boxes paper
• toothpicks
• balloons
• chopsticks
• CDs or DVDs
• plastic cups
• shiny paper and bowls
• rubber bands
• popsicle
• sponges
• velcro
• straws
• glue
• screws, nuts, bolts
• tape

Edible Ingredients:
• rice crispy treats
• sugar wafers
• graham crackers
• pretzels
• gummy worms/candy
• liquorice twists
• frosting
• brownies
* toothpicks (don't eat these, just use them to keep the food together!)

Instructions

Build Your Own Satellite!
How would you like to be the chief engineer for an important NASA mission? In this
activity, you get to design the latest and greatest satellite. Your satellite could help
study things happening on Earth, take pictures of planets in our solar system, keep
an eye on our sun, or even find planets elsewhere in the universe!
You get to decide how to make your satellite—it’s all up to you. While you are
building your satellite, though, keep in mind that your satellite must have a couple
of basic things:

Container: Your satellite needs some sort of container to hold all of the
gizmos together and keep its instruments safe.

Power source: You will need something to give your satellite electricity
so that it can run all of its high-tech gizmos. Solar panels or fancy
batteries are two options.

Scientific instruments: This is the why you launched your satellite in
the first place! Instruments can take pictures of far away galaxies or
planets right here in our Solar System, measure chemicals in Earth's
atmosphere, or keep a close eye on our Sun's activity. It's your decision!

Communication device: You will need some way to communicate with
Earth. Antennas (shaped like dishes or poles and rods) are a good way to
do this.

Orientation finder: Make sure you have something that lets your
satellite know where it's pointed and which way is 'up.' Something that
looks at the stars (a star tracker) or the sun (a sun tracker) would work

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• Astronautics - Satellite