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Balloon Mission Requirements

Balloon Mission Requirements

The goal of this mission is to give students experience in the satellite development process, as well as prove our group’s capabilities

“The mission” is the launch of the system on the balloon.

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The below is as of 9/13/2023

Minimum Requirements

  • Minimum Mission Requirements

    • 1. The system shall reach between 75,000 and 85,000ft

    • 2. The system shall be recoverable post-launch within 5 hours of launch

    • 3. The system shall suffer no more than 1/4 of mission cost in damages upon recovery

    • 4. The system shall abide by FAA, FCC, and local regulations

    • 5. The system shall cost less than $2k

    • 6. The mission shall be completed by June 2024

Ideal requirements

  • Ideal mission requirements

    • 1. The system should be within 1 to 2.5 lbs

    • 2. The system should conform to the CubeSat Design Specification Link Here as though it were a real orbital CubeSat

    • 3. All subsystems should be designed, manufactured, and tested in-house

    • 4. The system should collect and transmit all data that would be relevant to a real CubeSat mission

    • 5. The system should take cool pictures to be used in advertising

    • 6. The system should be able to rotate up to at least 90 degrees with a single command (automatic or manual)

 

  • Minimum Mission Requirements Expansion

    • 1a) The balloon shall be filled with x amount of helium

    • 1b) The balloon shall be made of x material

    • 1c) The system shall operate in the temperature range -60 C to 40 C

    • 2a) The system shall be trackable at every point during the mission

    • 2b) The system shall land in an area in which it is recoverable

    • 2c) A preferable mission location and date shall be determined through statistical analysis

    • 3a) The system should operate between -70 and +30 degrees Celsius

    • 3b) The system should be encased in a protective enclosure

    • 3c) The system should deploy a parachute capable of slowing down the payload to a desirable speed

    • 4a) No cell phones shall be included in any payload

    • 4b) The entire balloon payload shall not exceed a weight to surface area ration of 3 ounces per square inch

    • 4c) The total weight in each payload box shall not exceed 6lbs in weight

    • 4d) The total weight attached to the balloon shall not exceed 6lbs in weight

    • 4e) The strings aboard the balloon mission shall be broken under a force of 50lbs or less

    • 4f) The mission shall not be a hazard to any people or equipment on the ground

    • 4g) The system shall not deploy or launch anything at altitude