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Teams - Payload development team |
Payload
Development
Team Lead: Geoffrey Gallo
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Payload
Development Team include development, fabrication and testing
of the payload package. The payload will monitor the altitude,
velocity and positional orientation of the vehicle continually
throughout the flight, and possibly relay this information
on a real-time basis to a ground station. A recovery beacon
will be incorporated. The payload will also interface to
other rocket systems such as those for parachute deployment,
ignition of the second stage/phase motor, and the vehicle
safety systems. A stringent weight target is specified for
the payload, adding to the overall challenge.
* Central processor design and programming
* Sensor interfacing
* GPS system
* Video and/or camera system (if applicable)
* Radio transmitters for real-time data and recovery aid
* Motor ignition control system
* Motor health monitoring system
* Motor ignition shunting control
* Recovery system signalling
* Flight termination system signalling
* Prototype fabrication
* Flight hardware fabrication
* Support structure and vehicle interface design and fabrication
* Test procedures
* Component testing, including functional and environmental
* Other
Team Members
* Geoffrey Gallo, Team Lead
* Ed Mallory
* Pat Bunn - recovery beacons
* Craig Strudwicke
* Jeremy McNamara
* Leon Salisbury
* Marcos Henrique Bazzo Hotsuta - cold gas thrusters
* Tarun Tuli
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