1. Cameron Trussell, Elliot Guber, Joel Mendez, Brady Phillips, Branden Campbell, and Dushyant Dhundara Conceptual Design Review for “The Stabilizer”

2. Mission Overview Objective: Our satellite “The Stabilizer” shall ascend to 30 kilometers carrying a CCD video camera that will record a fixed image of the Earth throughout the flight We intend to prove that image stabilization on a near space balloon satellite without a complex, fallible mechanisms is possible The idea of image stabilization on a near space satellite is relatively unexplored and could yield to a wider variety of uses for near space satellites. Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

3. Design: Structure 20x30x20cm foam core box 15x19cm Plexiglas window for optimal imaging Aluminum tape and hot glue for holding structure together Insulation Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

4. Design: Stabilization System Gyroscopic system Half-circular brackets System of bearings Sits above plexiglas window Batteries and storage for camera shall be attached to prevent interference Will keep camera from being affected by motion of satellite Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer Prototype

5. Functional Diagrams SwitchBattery Heater IHeater II SwitchBatteryHOBO External Temperature Probe Internal Temperature Probe SwitchBattery CCD Camera Additional Camera Storage Heaters Sensors Camera and Memory Storage Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer Control Canon Camera Additional Camera Storage

6. Budget ItemCostWeight Ball bearings$2540 grams (3) Acrylic Plexiglass$3.88x2<50 grams Raw aluminum$4.19x225 grams Nylon rods$10<15 grams Memory Card $30<40 grams CCD cameraProvided150 grams Digital cameraProvided220 grams Timing circuitProvided30 grams HOBO data collectorProvided75 grams BatteriesProvided150 grams 2 heatersProvided40 grams Tape and bonding materialsProvided15 grams Foam coreProvided20 grams Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

7. All adds up to… Total cost of project: ~$81.14 Total weight of materials: <870 grams The rest of our weight budget will be used for insulation and structural support. Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

8. Management Leader: Cameron Budget: Elliot Everyone: Engineers Brady Phillips(719) 469-6292Cheraw High School9070 Hallett Hall, good at building and C++ programming Brandon Campbell, (303) 731-9685, Home school, 9058 Aden Hall Cameron Trussell, (719) 231-8631, Cheyenne Mountain9046 Crosman Hall, good at building and skilled at soldering Dushyant Dhundara(303) 786-4567 DAV Public School, Stearns East, good with machines Elliot Guber, (510) 908-1219, Alameda Community Learning Center, 9038 Crosman Hall, numbers guy Joel Mendez, (720) 434-2389 Generally in charge of construction of structure: Elliot, Dushyant, and Joel Generally in charge of stabilization system: Brandon and Cameron In charge of data processing and programming: Brady Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

9. Meeting Schedule We will have mandatory team meetings at 5:00p.m. on: September 28th October 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th Special meetings throughout for building and design Team Cosmos, The Stabilizer

10. Deadline Schedule

11. Biggest Worries Our bearings not being loose enough Structural integrity of the dome Maintaining temperature with plastic as part of a wall Memory for the CCD camera