NRL Satellite (ARDUINO IN SAPCE!)

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

Yep, At the Earliest. It could be later.

Streaming Video
All of these are Windows Media

300kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369081
500kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368570
1200kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163

Other streaming options are available here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Will the mirrors mentioned be visible like the Starshine project - which I had a had in !

Dave
G6ZKC

The mission is postponed again due to the same problem that caused an earlier delay. It will at least take a month before the launch will happen. At least, that is what I read in today's newspaper

Will the mirrors mentioned be visible like the Starshine project - which I had a had in !

Dave
G6ZKC

There are retro reflectors, if you shine a laser at it it will come right back to the laser. So, no, you can see the mirrios, they point light back the same way it comes in.

We tough about putting 3 watt leds on it, but decides not to due to power conservation

The mission is postponed again due to the same problem that caused an earlier delay. It will at least take a month before the launch will happen. At least, that is what I read in today's newspaper

Yes, The launch pad is needed for other launches. So it will be a while for them to get back on the pad.

EDIT:

Well my mentor says he is going to procrastinate the public info because the launch inst until July. He hopes to get a site up with info tough.
I have permission for my code to be public.
I will post the g-1000 code and the sat code for my board, which reads from 3 accelerometers. Nothing exciting.

We are working on other satellites too. Our next one will be based on the atmegamega. Having 4 UART ports save us processor time and the hassle of emulating it in software.

Also, when i post the code feel free to make suggestions for changes, too late tough for the sat code >.>, it is already on board!

Thanks :slight_smile:

Good luck with tomorrow's Launch!
Jim

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spacevidcast

Holy crap! This is awesome!

Your G-1000 antenna rotator controller kicks butt! Blows away anything I've seen before. I've been a (relatively inactive) ham radio operator for 10 years myself, so this definitely piques my interest.

Good luck on the launch, let's hope STS-127 isn't delayed tomorrow, and your bird gets up there without a hitch!

Wow, Thanks WoodyGA.
Well launch is delayed until tomorrow... Bad weather.
Will arduino every make it in space?

First of all, congratz! I'm also 17, and I wish I had a similar institution in my country and work on that kind of projects. Anyway, congratz again! :wink: :slight_smile:

Guess Arduino is going outspace in ~45 minutes, according to the RSS feed. ::slight_smile:

EDIT

Launched!

The STS has launched so I guess an Arduino (chip) is in space?! :slight_smile:

yay arduino i space XD

Cool :smiley: I bet you're wishing that you'd put more stuff on it now... :wink:

Mowcius

Well done this is a super cool project.

The only thing I am wondering though is if the Atmega is robust enough for space, and what about EM radiation etc in space isn't that worse in space.

I ask because I was reading about an open CPU called the LEON which was specially designed for space.

Well, a chip with the boot loader and Library on it, Yes
I think the satellite is going to be deployed from the cargo bay in a week or two.
The Satellite does not turn on until it deploys.

Ah, about radiation. The shell of the satellite is a half inch thick.
It provides a fair amount of protection.

The shell is also the antenna to the radio

What frequency does it transmit on ? or is it a secret :wink:

Dave - G6ZKC

It is not a secret :3

My mentor still has yet to write up the info for the public.
I am not even sure what frequency it is at. :-/

I will see if we can get some of that done today

hi there,
i just found this thread.
So good to hear this.
Actually i also use arduino for OBC of satellite.

Project is called OSSI (open source satellite initiative) and this project is about privatizing space program.
and it's cubesat based system.

I was satellite engineer once before i began my career as artist.

i will post my design soon too

Please visit site -> opensat.cc

You saying we are not the first to do this :<

Thanks to Jim From stensat for sending us more info.

β€œIn addition to the primary ISS construction mission, STS-127 is carrying two 19-inch spherical satellites scheduled for deployment on Mission Day 16. The two spheres, Castor and Pollux http://eludium.stensat.org.nyud.net/ANDE/Main.html, are part of the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE) that studies atmospheric perturbations in the LEO environment. Castor http://eludium.stensat.org.nyud.net/ANDE/Castor.html contains an ARM processor, while Pollux is running an Atmel ATMega CPU. Pollux http://eludium.stensat.org.nyud.net/ANDE/Pollux.html also contains student payloads developed with Arduino on Atmel AVRs. Both satellites transmit telemetry using the FX.25 FEC format http://www.stensat.org.nyud.net/Docs/Docs.htm developed by the Stensat guys http://www.stensat.org.nyud.net/satellites.htm. Many components are commercial-grade, purchased from Digikey. This is the second ANDE mission, following the successful deployment of MAA and FCal http://www.usna.edu.nyud.net/Users/aero/bruninga/fcal.html on STS-116 (both also flying commercial components.)”

I will post the code for my payload when I can, I will, really
And then I might post the Goldberg-1000 code as well.

Also, Many peoples questions are answered in these links now! Hurra!
Including the radio downlink protocol and frequency!
http://eludium.stensat.org.nyud.net/ANDE/Amateur_Radio.html