1. Space Cowboys

2. Mission Overview Objective – Accurately measure flight parameters including ambient and skin temperatures, pressure, acceleration, spin rate, and magnetic field. – Gain basic understanding of design requirements and associated hurdles for designing in real-world space applications.

3. Mission Overview Goal – Provide an accurate base of flight parameters to model rocket flight conditions and patterns for assessment of associated affects on other systems. – Attain real-world design experience.

4. Mission Overview Underlying Science/Theory – Recognition of magnetic field changes associated with altitude – Quantification of varying flight parameters – Attempt to determine rocket orientation using post-flight accelerometer data

5. Mission Overview Previous Related Experimentation – Previous flights have included multi-sensor packages – Results provide a basis for improvement on future data collection

6. Mission Overview Mission Requirements – Multipoint Temperature Monitoring – Pressure Monitoring – 3-Axis Accelerometer Monitoring – Humidity Monitoring – 3-Axis Gauss Meter

7. Mission Overview Success Criteria – No mechanical failure of structure – No electrical failures in system – Clear and accurate data stored Allows for analysis Easily organized and identifiable

8. Mission Overview Benefits – Other experiments on the rocket Accurate flight data – Future rocket flights and teams Accurate flight data Clear identification of extreme parameters for more efficient design Multi-sensor platform that allows for expansion to add future sensors and experiments as desired

9. Design Required Hardware – Sensors: 2 – Three axis accelerometers 1 – Humidity sensor 2 – Temperature/Humidity sensors 1 – Three axis Hall-effect sensor – Additional Electronics: Data storage Microprocessors Power Supply PCBs

10. Design Required Hardware – Mechanical & Structural: Support trays Support columns Circuit Board Mounting Sensor Positioning

11. Design Preliminary Electrical & Data Block Diagram CAN Interface Between Circuit Boards

12. RockSat Payload Canister User Guide Compliance Mass/Volume – Estimate 3lbs Payload Activation – G-switch activation Open circuit until g-switch activation Rocket Interface – RBF/Shorting wires

13. Shared Can Logistics Plan University of Wyoming (UW) & University of Minnesota (UMN) UW Missions – Multi-sensor: Rocket flight parameter measurements – Explore rocket flight effects on electrical and crystal oscillators UMN Mission – To characterize the flight of the rocket and attempt to record data using techniques untested in suborbital flight.

14. Shared Can Logistics Plan Interfacing Collaboration Plan – E-mail and phone conferencing – Exchange of 3D modeling suggestions – Full assessment and agreement on location, structure and interface Structural Interfacing – Still to be determined

15. Management

16. Project Schedule – See attachment Preliminary mass/monetary budgets – Mass Budget: 3lb (Multi-Sensor) – Budget: approx. $500

17. Conclusions Issues/Concerns – Structural Interface with other Payloads within Canister – Electrical Interference from Payloads and External Radiation