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--- projects:alien [2009/12/07 21:32] – sbasuita
+++ projects:alien [2011/10/12 20:42] (current) – danielrichman
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 ====== ALIEN - ALtitude Imaging Entering Near-space ======
-This is a project run by GCSE students from Reading School, in Reading, UK. The objective of our first flight (ALIEN-1) is to reach an altitude of approximately 36km (~120,000ft) and take photographs of the Earth/space horizon. We will also include two environmental temperature sensors: one external, one internal. Communication will be by one-way radio downlink, with GPS telemetry and temperature data.
+This is a project run by students from Reading, UK.
-For day to day happenings, visit our [[http://alienproject.wordpress.com|project blog]]. All of the project's code is hosted under [[http://code.google.com/p/alien-flightcomputer/|version control at Google Code]].
+See http://alienproject.wordpress.com/
 ===== Team =====
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   * Simrun Basuita
   * Daniel Richman
-===== Hardware =====
-  * [[http://www.kaymont.com/pages/sounding-balloons.cfm|Kaymont Sounding Balloon]] (probably 1200g)
-    * [[http://randomsolutions.co.uk/top.htm|Random Solutions]] (£55 for 1200g)
-  * Parachute and lines
-    * From Random Solutions (same as balloon supplier)
-    * Probably 24"
-  * [[http://www.radiometrix.co.uk/products/ntx2nrx2.htm|Radiometrix NTX2-434.075-10]]
-    * Kindly donated by Radiometrix :)
-    * 1/4 wave ground plane antenna constructed
-  * [[http://www.trimble.com/embeddedsystems/lasseniq.aspx?dtID=overview|Lassen iQ GPS Module]]
-    * Module, antenna and cable donated by [[http://www.electrobee.com/|Electrobee]]
-    * Confirmed as working well.
-    * Need female cable from Samtec to connect to the circuitry - Done
-  * Canon Powershot A560
-    * Programmed with CHDK
-    * Many thanks to rjharrison for lending us a 16gb SD card
-    * UV lens
-  * Power
-    * Lithium Iron DiSulfide (Li/FeS2)
-       * 96 (yes, 96!) have been donated by [[http://www.energizer.com/|Energizer]]!
-  * ATmega162
-  * [[http://www.libelium.com/tienda/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=66|Ardunio SD Card adaptor/SPI]]
-  * GSM
-    * Sony Ericsson T68i
-  * Helium
-    * CU Spaceflight have kindly offered us the use of their helium supply
-  * Temperature sensors
-    * Internal and External
-    * [[http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2815|DS18S20]]
-      * Got two free 'samples'
-  * Payload container - [[guides:materials|Materials]]
-      * Polystyrene cube
-      * Cardboard partitions
-      * Hot glue gunned
-===== Launch =====
-Launch site will almost certainly be Cambridge University (with help from the spaceflight club there). However, all decisions are obviously dependent on the weather.