1. Wright State University High Altitude Balloon Tracking System Final Report 14 April, 2014 SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 Wright State University High Altitude Balloon - Our lab is at 100,000 feet Team Members: Bach le Cullen - Team Leader Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Advisors: John C. Gallagher, PhD Joseph C. Slater, PhD

2. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Project Scope o Objective o Key Capabilities o APRS & GPS o High Altitude Balloon Program Background Launch and recovery Solution o 5 Phases Divergence from Specifications Conclusion OVERVIEW

3. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Project Scope Objective Automatically track High Altitude Balloon o Use existing antennas and control system o APRS data from balloon and/or internet (APRS-IS)

4. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Project Scope Key Capabilities Real time tracking using GPS information extracted from the balloon APRS-IS packet Real time data acquisition of: o Slow Scan TV (SSTV) on select flights o Analog Amateur TV (ATV) on select flights Secondary gateway for APRS-IS

5. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Project Scope APRS & GPS Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) AX.25 Packet Radio AFSK on 2 meters FM (Pos Frame) o # of Satellites Tracked o GPS Quality o Temperature o Battery Voltage o Altitude (Feet) o Speed (Knots) o Heading (Degrees) o Longitude (GPS module) o Latitude (GPS module)

6. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Project Scope High Altitude Balloon Program - Background Started near-space exploration with the Temperature Satellite project in 2003 o Initiated by advisers, Kumar Yelamarthi and Ruby Mawasha o Funding obtained from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium o Freshman presented this project at a NASA meeting o Received outstanding feedback. Wright State University decided to move forward in the area of near-space exploration. The High Altitude Balloon team (HIBAL) was initiated in 2005 o Advisers - Joseph C. Slater, J. Mitch Wolff, John Wu and Ruby Mawasha o Funding obtained from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium. Major goal: o Launch two senior design experiments each year o Growing sophistication and technology demonstration each time.

7. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Project Scope High Altitude Balloon Program Launch & Recovery

8. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution

9. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution 5 Phases Phase 1 - Antenna hardware testing and calibration Phase 2 - Software Development Phase 3 - Hardware/Software integration Phase 4 - Testing Phase 5 - Track High Altitude Balloon in flight

10. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution Phase 1 Antenna hardware testing and calibration o Evaluate antenna controller 1.Functionality 2.Calibration - Antenna Controller and RS232B 3.Test and document RS232B software interface protocol

11. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 1 Calibration of Antenna Controller

12. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 1 Calibration of Antenna Interface Controller RS232B Test and document RS232B software interface protocol

13. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution Phase 2 Software Development o Core Modules 1.Distance 2.Bearing angle from Russ to Balloon 3.Elevation angle o Interface to APRS-IS servers o Interface to RS232B antenna controller

14. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 2 Core Modules Haversine Formula o Published by Roger Sinnott in Sky & Telescope magazine in 1984 o Derives distance, bearing and elevation Haversine formula: a = sin²(Δφ/2) + cos(φ 1 ).cos(φ 2 ).sin²(Δλ/2)

15. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 2 Interface to APRS-IS servers

16. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 2 Interface to RS232B antenna controller o RS232 connector o RS232 protocol

17. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution Phase 3 Hardware/Software integration o Integrate overall system - GUI o Develop test data for system verification and debugging

18. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 3 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Main Screen

19. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 3 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Tracking Screen

20. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 3 Graphical User Interface (GUI) RAW APRS-IS Screen

21. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 3 Develop test data for system verification and debugging 2014-04-06 09:16:49 EDT: N44VF>3Y5V3U,W8BI-9,WIDE2*,qAR,W8VFR-9:`oQG)>='/"?s} type: location format: mice srccallsign: N44VF dstcallsign: 3Y5V3U latitude: 39.93916666666667 ° longitude: -83.8905 ° course: 33 ° speed: 246.316 km/h altitude: 1093 m symboltable: / symbolcode: ' mbits: 010 posresolution: 18.52 m posambiguity: 0N44VFW8BI-9W8VFR-9

22. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution Phase 4 Testing o Track 1.Land vehicle: Car, Truck 2.Light Aircraft

23. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 4 Track Light Aircraft

24. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 5 Phase 5 Track High Altitude Balloon in flight Verify data

25. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 5 High Altitude Balloon Launch - 5 April, 2014

26. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 5 High Altitude Balloon Launch - 5 April, 2014

27. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Solution - Phase 5 High Altitude Balloon Launch - 5 April, 2014

28. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Balloon Flight 35 - 5 April, 2014 Tracking Launch Point

29. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Divergence from Specifications Operating System o Changed from Linux to Windows XP, 7 Java RS-232 limited support (old) Java RS-232 library for Windows 32 bit

30. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Conclusion Successfully completed team project o Valuable experience working on team o Experience with hardware/software integration Hardware/software o Check everything, assume nothing o Manuals incomplete, inaccurate or missing information Unable to test SSTV and ATV, not used in balloon launch

31. SENIOR TEAM PROJECT 2013-2014 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON Bach le Cullen Naser Husain Mohammad Hassan Questions Questions ?