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Team Flight Club Conceptual Design Review

Fall 2008 Rev A 09-23-08. Evan Akselrad, Chris Anaya, Natalie Bixler, Melanie Dubin, Logan Finch, Ted Maritz, and Scott Williams September 23, 2008. Team Flight Club Conceptual Design Review. Mission Overview.

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Team Flight Club Conceptual Design Review

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  1. Fall 2008 Rev A 09-23-08 Evan Akselrad, Chris Anaya, Natalie Bixler, Melanie Dubin, Logan Finch, Ted Maritz, and Scott Williams September 23, 2008 Team Flight ClubConceptual Design Review

  2. Mission Overview • The Balloon Sat Flight Club shall ascend to an altitude of 30 kilometers in order to: • Image the curvature of the earth and the celestial sky in the daylight • Measure the light intensity as a function of altitudes.

  3. Mission Purpose • The team shall image the curvature of the earth and the celestial sky in order to demonstrate the capacities of high altitude imaging. • The team shall measure light intensity as a function of altitude to determine whether there is a discontinuity at the flight level of commercial aircraft. troposphere and the surface of the earth. • Search for a correlation between commercial aviation and global warming, which is known to be caused by increased light intensity.

  4. Design: Hardware • Foam Core- lightweight outer layer • Thermal Sheets- gold colored foil to assist in overcoming the subzero temperatures • Hobo Data Logger- 4 channel data collection and processing system to perform the science mission during the flight. • External/Internal Temperature Probe-To take internal and external temperature readings during flight • Cannon Digital Camera- Will be used to image the curvature of the earth • Heating System- To keep the payload above 0 degrees Celsius • Timing Circuit- Circuit that commands camera to take pictures • Batteries- Powers satellite • Solar Panel- The solar panel is a sheet of solar cells that attaches to the outside of the satellite in order to measure the voltage created by the varying intensities of light as a function of altitude. The voltage data can be interpreted as a measure of light intensity.

  5. Design: Illustration Light Intensity Experiment (solar panel) Heater External Temperature Sensor HOBO Data Recorder Digital Camera Attachment Tube

  6. Power Systems Switch 1 Hobo Data Logger 4 Channel Switch 2 Heating System Timing Circuit Digital Camera Internal Temperature Probe Light Intensity Sensor External Temperature Probe Design: Functional Block Diagram

  7. Project Manager Natalie Bixler C&DH Structures Thermal ADCS C&DH Power Electrical Science Scott Williams Logan Finch Ted Maritz Evan Akselrad Chris Anaya Melanie Dubin Natalie Bixler Management

  8. Schedule

  9. Budget: Weight

  10. Budget: Money

  11. Biggest Worries • Biggest Worries… • Hobo Data Logger will not take complex enough data for light intensity science experiment. • Solar Panels will malfunction, become detached, or break • Digital Camera will not work at altitude

  12. Questions…?

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