Tiny Arduino Altimeter plan walkthrough & brainstorm

Hi everyone,

I am embarking on a journey to build a mini arduino altimeter for my estes rocket. There are a few tutorials out there, like this one, but instead of having the altitude output of a bubble display, I want it to log the data onto a SD card to be read by a computer later.

I was hoping if the members of this community can help me create a plan for building my own tiny altimeter. This is also my first time working with Arduino (I have tons of experience working with Raspberry Pi, have built model rockets - w/o flight computers - and I am a software engineer by profession) and doing any sort of soldering.

Here is my current inventory:

1. Arduino Pro Mini 328 3.7V
2. Altitude Sensor MPL3115A2 (compliant 2.5-5V)
3. 40 mAh LiPo battery
4. SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout Board 3.3V

How do you think I should assemble this?

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