NRL Satellite (ARDUINO IN SAPCE!)

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.

It's probably STS-127 planned for June 13

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 :slight_smile:

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 :slight_smile:

"one small step for man, one giant leap for... Ardu-kind"

Any updates?

I just found this mission updates rss feed:
feed://www.nasa.gov/rss/127_update.xml

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.

Info for other ground stations would be great. He did not contact me about the ground station in Aachen yet.

he is like that >.>, ill beat the info out of him!

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a g-1000?

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

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!