Launch S801 Planning

Science

Science Flight Payload

  • New Temp/Humidity Sensors
  • TBD C02/O3, ect, sensor
  • Egg
  • Separate balloon - altitude leveler

Science Team Wants to Know

  • Will comm team have 2way communications working at least 1 month prior to launch?

CnDH

CnDH Flight Payload

  • ARM7 Microcontroller data logging board
  • PICAXE 18 sensor board

CnDH Team Wants to Know

  • How are we controlling the altitude leveler (CnDH)
  • How to interface with two way TNC? (com)
  • Communication and Storage of senior design sensors. (Senior design)
  • Communication interface with new science sensors

CnDH Mission Success

  • Mission Success
    • Failure
      • Loss of payload
      • destruction of payload
      • no data recovered
  • Minimal success
    • recover payload intact
    • powers on
    • GPS data recorded and recovered
    • Invalid data from sensors
    • PIC AXE communication with ARM7
  • Moderate success
    • Valid sensor data from (1/3) sensors
      • Temperature
      • Pressure
      • Accelerometer sensor
  • Great success
    • Valid sensor data from (2/3) sensors
  • Absolute success
    • Valid sensor data from (3/3) sensors

Note: Valid data consist of calibrated and verified data to atmospheric models.

Comm Team

Comm Flight Payload

Comm Team Wants to Know

  • To know what data rate CnDH would like to have

Structures

Structures Team Payload

  • Tracking capsule
  • Science capsule

Launch Goals

  • All capsules return in a reusable condition
  • Less than 30 minutes of set-up time on site
  • All capsules maintain sufficient thermal integrity to ensure power systems remain functional
  • All critical components return in a reusable condition

Structure Team Wants to Know

  • How balloon leveler will hook up to balloon
  • What radios does the tracking capsule need to be designed for [First meeting in January]
    • BRB(s) + microtrack(s)?
    • 2x microtrack?, 2x BRB?
    • Both configurations?
  • Antennas to be used on tracking capsule [First meeting in January]
  • Mass estimations (from all systems) - Systems needs to develop mass budget
  • Volume estimations (from all systems)
  • How fast does the antenna need to move?
  • Specifications of any high school capsule being flown.
  • Can we get a new parachute?

Ground Station

Ground Station Hardware

  • Inverters
  • Antennas
  • Routers
  • Radios
  • GPSs

Ground Station Team Wants to Know

* Will we have a more reliable power source on the bus?
* Can we use the D710 out in the field? (we can track via igates at the shack…)
* Can ground station use the TinyTrack to setup an IGate? (In case the Kantronics doesn't work)

Management/Systems

Management/Systems Wants to Know

  • How much is project ginger going to cost?