system
March 17, 2009, 11:38am
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... it won't let me edit previous posts...
Anyways, It is VHF/UHF radio.
The payload on Pollux is the fallowing.
3 Gyroscopes
3 MEMS accelerometers
On Castor a lot more
GPS
Wind and Temperature Spectrometer
Thermal Monitoring System
Miniature Electronic Analyzer
Photovoltaic Arrays
3 Gyroscopes
3 MEMS accelerometers
Again I don't know much about the radio protocol yet, Ill ask.
system
March 24, 2009, 12:17am
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Ok, the Radio info should be published by the end of the month.
Anyone is free to talk to the satellite, it is publicly knowledge.
system
April 28, 2009, 2:34am
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My Mentor is working on writing the documentation about the satellite... I Hope.
These will soon be made public.
Here is the G-1000 Version 7 completed.
http://dump.no/files/4d7f6f043373/IMGP2810.JPG
Anyone want one?
Bah, anyways next I will build an Ethernet version, tough I might use an ARM.
I am already working on a cube sat using arduino and a payload for a 2 mile high rocket launch.
On my agenda is also a CAN bus or I2c bus H-bridge for an electric go-cart.
Possibly an ac-relay box for Christmas lights :3
Anyways, I have a lot planned. Stay tuned!
system
April 28, 2009, 8:02pm
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This is great. I have been playing with arduino, and AVR's in general for a while now. I am also a licensed amateur radio operator. Go and get your license, it's a lot of fun. Keep us all posted on the details of this project, I would love to make contact with the satellite.
Keep up the great work,
Shawn, KJ4KNW
system
May 12, 2009, 11:53am
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OK, here some news!
It will be on mission STS-127.
Launch is June 13.
system
May 12, 2009, 7:10pm
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Check again? You say "may June 13", is that the month of May or the month of June? STS-126 was launched and landed in November 2008 .
system
May 12, 2009, 7:44pm
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It's probably STS-127 planned for June 13
STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module: the Exposed Facility (JEM EF), and the Exposed Section of the Experiment Logistics Module (ELM-ES).[NASA 1] When Endeavour docked with the ISS on this mission in July 2009, it set a record for the The...
bohne
May 12, 2009, 8:06pm
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ah yes, wikipedia says ANDE-2 payload , so STS-127 is correct.
A shuttle mission? Great! So it is an Arduino on a space shuttle
system
May 13, 2009, 2:01am
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My bad may was my mistake
The wrong shuttle mission was my mentors type >.>
Thanks for clearing that up.
I hope to see the launch but apparently it more like... a political thing and someone like me, even tough i have a payload on the shuttle, will have a hard time getting a place to view it.
Maybe some people are interested in viewing the launch? We can watch as arduino enters space!
I added some more info on ANDE
Endeavour carried a wide variety of equipment and cargo in the payload bay, with the largest item being the Kibō Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF), and the Kibō Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Exposed Section (ELM-ES).[NASA 1] The exposed facility is a part of Kibō that will allow astronauts to perform science experiments that are exposed to the vacuum of space. The exposed section is similar to the logistics module on the Kibō laboratory, but is not pressurized.[NASA 1]...
system
May 13, 2009, 3:29am
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"one small step for man, one giant leap for... Ardu-kind"
bohne
June 12, 2009, 11:22pm
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Any updates?
I just found this mission updates rss feed:
feed://www.nasa.gov/rss/127_update.xml
system
June 12, 2009, 11:37pm
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Well the launch is tomorrow!
It will probably be a week or so until the release the payload.
Doesn't give me much time to finish my ground station hu?
The g-1000 is available for perches, Working on the web site.
I have fixed all the bugs i could find in the firmware and have example software made.
Other then that I am not sure if my mentor has published the public info about tracking the satellites yet.
bohne
June 12, 2009, 11:41pm
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Info for other ground stations would be great. He did not contact me about the ground station in Aachen yet.
system
June 12, 2009, 11:48pm
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he is like that >.>, ill beat the info out of him!
Forgive my ignorance, but what is a g-1000?
system
June 14, 2009, 12:08am
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You could read more in this thread...
It is what I made to make a cheaper and smaller solution to controlling rotors.
Like the YAESU G-5500 SATELLITE AZIMUTH/ELEVATION ROTOR
system
June 15, 2009, 9:18am
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It seems that the launch has been postponed to Wednesday to fix a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside Endeavour's external fuel tank
system
June 15, 2009, 4:12pm
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