NRL Satellite (ARDUINO IN SAPCE!)

Very impressive! I will later look up the devices that you mentioned.

For your EEPROM problem:
have a look here:
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/EEPROMWriteAnything

Just to ask where is the satellite going to be? (country) and how would one go about contacting it?

The satellite will be low orbit, 350 km out and will be up for a year until it burns back to earth.
It will launch from Florida on the shuttle. You can contact it with a UHF FM Radio. 400Mhz and 100Mhz range. If you have this equipment send me a message.
So, arduino in space... :slight_smile:

Would that be 2m and 70cm packet? What speed/modulation/etc?

If you're interfacing your G1000 with predict, I (and I'm sure a lot of other folks) would like to see some details.

-j

Yes, the G1000 software will interface with predict.
I will come out with a few bits of software, for predict, gpredict, and a perl module.

Right now I can manual control the g1000 by using cat.

I do plan to release further details later, possibly get a published article.
I can tell you the cost and features.
the Goldberg-1000 will sell for about $50 a pop, mainly due to the cost of manufacturing boards
It uses a FTDI232R USB serial ship, so it shows up as a USB serial interface in Windows, Mac, And Linux with kernels 2.4 and newer I believe. It has over voltage protection on the sample pins.
It is really small, 1 inch by 1 inch and a half roughly.

If you would like to help with the computer programs that is fine, they will be under the GPL License, not sure which one yet.

Congratulations on your project, it seems so cool to me to have made something that will be in space!

You are only 17 right... amazing!

Project looks really cool! I used to work with NRL and know several employees there - which code is sponsoring this? Again, congrats and let us know when she flies!

Yea I think it is cool too.

which code is sponsoring this?

I have no idea, in fact I don't know what that means.
But I can find out I suppose, Define code.

Ill try to find out what shuttle mission it is on, I think it launches in may.

It would be great if you could tell us more about the data format that you broadcast.

We have a ground station at the university that tracks satellites and ISS. Maybe they can try to receive your data and introduce me to this topic as I have never done anything with 2m or 70cm radio.
What kind of payload will the satellite broadcast?

... 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.

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.

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!

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

awesome stuff :slight_smile:

when is the launch? :3

any news?

OK, here some news!

It will be on mission STS-127.
Launch is June 13.

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: