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Project Above The Sky - High Altitude Imaging
A project to attempt high altitude imaging, run by Nigel Smart & Antoine Karukchi located in Cardiff, South Wales.
A.T.S-1
A.T.S-1 will be the test launch / platform for the flight computer and associated hardware and to gain experience in launching and tracking of payloads.
A.T.S-1 will launch no earlier than March 2011.
Aquired hardware as of 13/11/10
Currently A.T.S-1 Consists of :
Flight Computer - Arduino Mega
GPS Unit - Lassen Iq + Antenae
Radio Transmitter - Radiometrix NTX2 434.650mhz
GSM Backup - Sony Ericsson T68i Mobile Phone
Data Logging - Sparkfun SDCard Shield
Temperature Sensors - LM335Z (Internal), DS18B20+ (External)
Payload Container - EPS Box from Ebay
Power - 8 x Energizer Lithium Batteries as recommended by Tim
Yet to Aquire :
Radio Reciever - Yaesu ft790r (Ebay auction!)
Aerials - 10 element Yagi & Whip
Balloon - Seems to be a shortage of Totex balloons at the moment? :(
Helium - Will order from BOC
Parachute - Located a good store online, will order once we decide on size
Braided Nylon Cord - Not decided on cord diameter yet, 1.4mm ?
As A.T.S-1 is a test flight and a checkout of hardware and software, there will be no cameras installed, lots of work to be done on code, guys in #highaltitude have been an amazing source of information and inspiration, project page will be updated as often as possible.