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==Documentation / Press== | ==Documentation / Press== | ||
Spaceblimp-2 | |||
Flight: 8/21/10 Liftoff time: ? Recovery time: ? | |||
Total liftoff to recovery time: | |||
Weight of payload/chute: 1lb 13oz | |||
Cost of launch: | |||
Balloon: 800g Kaymont/Totex latex weather balloon cost: $? | |||
Fill: 180 cubic-feet Helium - cost: $90 | |||
Chute: Rocketman flat 18" - cost: $? | |||
Capsule: Insulated lunch pail | |||
Payload: | |||
Canon model ? running CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) intervalometer script - cost: $20 | |||
Canon li battery cost: $? | |||
Canon 2GB SD card: $? | |||
Falcom (uBlox based) GPS receiver + Serantel Antenna module - cost $47 | |||
Radiometrix VHF Narrow Band 300mW transmitter - cost $38 | |||
Ultralife U9VL-X Lithium-Manganese Dioxide non-rechargable battery cost: $7 | |||
Flight computer - cost $? | |||
Atmel ATMega328P microprocessor based, toner transfer & hand soldered board, two I2C temperatue sensors, I2C EEROM, cut down switch, software derived from WhereAVR | |||
[http://www.flickr.com/groups/spaceblimp/pool/with/4922202931/ HacDC Spaceblimp Flickr Group Pool] | [http://www.flickr.com/groups/spaceblimp/pool/with/4922202931/ HacDC Spaceblimp Flickr Group Pool] | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 24 August 2010
A collection of stuff about HacDC's near space initiatives, including the Hackerspaces In Space Contest entry (2010).
Documentation / Press
Spaceblimp-2
Flight: 8/21/10 Liftoff time: ? Recovery time: ? Total liftoff to recovery time:
Weight of payload/chute: 1lb 13oz
Cost of launch:
Balloon: 800g Kaymont/Totex latex weather balloon cost: $?
Fill: 180 cubic-feet Helium - cost: $90
Chute: Rocketman flat 18" - cost: $?
Capsule: Insulated lunch pail
Payload:
Canon model ? running CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) intervalometer script - cost: $20 Canon li battery cost: $? Canon 2GB SD card: $?
Falcom (uBlox based) GPS receiver + Serantel Antenna module - cost $47 Radiometrix VHF Narrow Band 300mW transmitter - cost $38
Ultralife U9VL-X Lithium-Manganese Dioxide non-rechargable battery cost: $7
Flight computer - cost $? Atmel ATMega328P microprocessor based, toner transfer & hand soldered board, two I2C temperatue sensors, I2C EEROM, cut down switch, software derived from WhereAVR