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• Find a Project
  ...y looking for help, and who you can contact to jump in! Think of this like a jobs listing page except that the jobs are always available and you apply b ...whelmed, or just want to chat with someone, don't hesitate to reach out to a leadership member. ''SSI exists for, and because of, its members (that's yo
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• Making a Purchase
  ...ing SSI financially accessible, and that includes you never having to make a purchase you are unable to or uncomfortable making. Choose one of the two o ...nd try to submit it as soon as you can; if you're traveling with SSI, take a picture of your receipt in case you forget it or accidentally lose it. And
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• Create a new Altium Project
  ...ing SVN to store all the libraries, parts, and projects. Altium introduced a native cloud platform, Altium365, and Git support. We're doing our best to * Make a new git repo with git init
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• How to Build a Firestorm
  ...if you would like access to it. Rebecca has created an OpenRocket model of a DD and non-DD version of the Firestorm, which should be in this folder.* [E A Cross Section of an L1-Ready Rocket (not drawn to scale) [EDIT HERE]
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• Releasing a Board for Manufacture
  ...PCB? Time to get it sent out for manufacturing and to order components and a stencil! ...he lower lines) for production equipment to "draw" shapes on each layer of a board.]]
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• How to Run a SSI Workshop
  ##Will you have a helper? ##Are attendees coming to learn a fundamental skill, improve on a skill, explore an advanced topic, get hyped about something, etc…
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• How to produce a good PCB
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• How to Clean a Rocket Motor
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• Hitchhiker's Guide to Making a PCB
  ...n't read and skip the step about renaming. So far, no one has come up with a board name that acronyms to "RENAME-ME" to justify not renaming the project ...type of file in Altium that organizes all of the files that go into making a real circuit board. These include all of the schematic files that define th
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• Star Tracker
  ...n ADCS system that consists of a camera that takes images of the stars and a system that processes images to match up to an onboard database, thus deter
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• JPL 1U Optical Communications Terminal
  ...e diameter (using superconducting nanowire photon detectors), and predicts a data rate between 150 and 200 Mbits/s. Such satellites have been proposed f
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• Balloon Release
  ...uestion) hold the payload or flight string simultaneously, releasing it on a count. ...oon, a reference to the popular Sci-Fi TV-Show ''Battlestar Galactica'' -- a release tradition initiated by Kirill Safin in the 2014-2015 academic year.
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• Quail
  [[File:Quail In Use.jpg|thumb|495x495px|Quail Wired for a Hot Fire, Winter 2022]] ...rGuppy]], and builds from a shared codebase.[[File:DSC3178.jpg|thumb|500px|A partially-assembled Quail PCB]]
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• Kythera
  ...stributed micro-controller nodes that communicate to a central server over a CAN bus. Details can be found in Kythera's latest design review here: [http
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• Altimeters
  ...s (such as deploy a parachute) at various altitude an velocities. SSI uses a verity of altimeters.
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• Project Phoenix
  ...et. They are designing and testing a mechanical staging system along side a friction-fit staging system, and they'll be attempting to launch to 30,000f
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• Stanford Student Observatory
  ...ains a student observatory which seems to be of very high quality. This is a resource that SSI's [[Optical Communications]] team is aware of, but has ne
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• Balloons Lunch
  [[File:Pho.jpg | right | thumb | Two Large bowls of Pho from a Balloon Lunch]] ...Lead Aria Tedjarati and team member Kirill Safin decided to forever impose a mandatory lunch routine of Pho consumption for subsequent launches.
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• Vector Graphics in Altium
  ...egrated support for putting vector graphics onto the silkscreen. There are a couple of workarounds for this. SSI's preferred option for vector graphics Then launch Altium and insert a String on the Top or Bottom Overlay layer. Select TrueType font and choose
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• Long Range RF
  ...ent in the field. It has also been proposed by the OpComms group that such a system might be able to transmit internet data over the link, such that oth ...ingle Snapchat notification, but nothing more. The team attributes this to a misconfiguration.
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• Balloons Culture
  ...team culture is one of :laid back fun and adventure" without negligence of a rigorous engineering environment. This culture has been developed and maint ...unch schedule features three or four launches per quarter -- an average of a launch every 2.5 to 3 weeks.
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• The Grand Quote Archive
  ...ng messages. But there's more than that to SSI's history (and also there's a maximum amount of messages at 150). Here is a glimpse into the past:
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• Optical Internet Backhaul
  ...link between two nearby buildings (~1km apart) which need rapid access to a shared network and which could not be cost-effectively linked by fiber. ...ctuations in weather. A small rainstorm (or even fog) will typically break a link like this.
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• Skybass
  ...was used again for [[IREC 2018]]. It was based on the Teensy 3.2 and used a Kalman filter to determine altitude and flight state.
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• Ligation and Sequencing
  ...Methods]]. This detection method involves sequencing the added bases with a commercial sequencing service. The segment to be sequenced is effectively p ...circularized (~1 kb). Long single-stranded DNA can be obtained by cutting a [https://www.neb.com/products/n4040-m13mp18-single-stranded-dna#pd-descript
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• Ripperoni
  ...power supply to charge the pads, and is our first step towards developing a microfluidics platform for DNA synthesis in space!
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• Precision Aiming
  If the [[beam divergence]] of a transmitter is small, i.e. it forms a tighter cone, then more power actually reaches the receiver. However, low d ...g stability of just 4 microradians . Achieving this kind of precision with a mechanism that must withstand the shock and vibrations levels of launch and
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• SSI Satellite Projects
  [[Sequoia]], a 3U software defined imaging satellite that will demonstrate image classific *[[SNAPS]], the Stanford NAno Picture Satellite, a 1/4U imaging cubesat
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• SNAPSat Software
  ...ack asteroids in space, software is currently working on tracking stars as a means to achieve attitude determination.
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• Preci-Dip
  ...200px | A low profile Preci-Dip socket, whose pins have been inserted into a set of "zero profile" receptacles. ]] ...r of pins. Preci-Dip connectors have a 0.1" spacing between pins, which is a common standard on microcontrollers such as most Arduino and Teensy boards.
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• Scintillation
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• Constellation aerobraking
  ...m factors can alter their orientation relative to their velocity to create a range of thrusts without active propulsion. Unconfirmed reports suggest tha ...calculation of time to stable separation of two identical satellites with a 1U or 2U difference in frontal presented area|thumb]]
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• Dr. Simone D'Amico
  ...lab is attempting a formation CubeSat mission. This mission will likely be a telescope occulter system, in which one CubeSat acts as an imager and the o
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• Gas storage
  ...e currently stored in the Durand gas cage. For the moment we're limited to a maximum of 5 tanks. If you'd like to help manage SSI's chemical inventory: ...as purchasers request a new user account [https://ehs.stanford.edu/request-a-new-chemtracker-user-account here] so that you are able to view and edit th
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• FitSat-1
  ...ame|right|FitSat-1, built by the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, featured a full wall of LEDs]] ...e 30% to 40% more light for the same power have reached the market, making a repeat or improvement on this mission highly achievable.
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• Words of Sasha Maldonado
  ...rom time to time. In case you, like I, don't know words very well, here is a list of words he's said that are just way to smart sounding for me. :* Tinney (ok I know that one's not even a big word, don't judge me)
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• Optical fine steering for CubeSats
  ...l Communications from CubeSat platforms, it becomes necessary to introduce a fine steering system for the transmitter itself, to improve on the pointing ...fine steering system would need to be ±210 μrad, significantly finer than a typical CubeSat ADCS can offer.
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• Beam Divergence
  ...ortant factor, because the energy emitted by the laser will be spread over a fairly large area, so power considerations are key.
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• Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS)
  ...de Determination and Control System (ADCS) provides measurements regarding a satellite's orbit and allows the satellite to change its inertial position. ** A Kalman Filter is a probabilistic system that keeps track of a best estimate of its state (attitude) and its uncertainty, updating this es
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• Optical Communications Team
  ...a subsequent test, the team was able to bidirectionally encode and decode a string of bits.]] ...tions, with the intent to participate in the NASA [[CubeQuest Challenge]], a competition for small satellite design, but later moved away from the compe
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• ProcraSSItination
  ...related to coursework by working on SSI related projects. This article is a form of ProcraSSItination. ...nore the growing stress of an approaching PSET deadline while sanding down a coupler. Checking slack constantly even if you didn't have any notification
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• Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
  ...is network of telescopes is far superior to any RF ground station network. A serious [[optical communications]] satellite attempt may find this network
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• SSI-25
  SSI-25 Cassiopeia was a high-altitude balloon launched by a team consisting of inexperienced freshman, sophomores, and juniors. The flight lasted for 263.15 minutes. The balloon reached a maximum altitude 26530.69 meters. The parachute deployed successfully.
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• Naming Conventions
  ...have persisted and, should a new board fall under one of these categories, a suitable naming convention would be preferable.<br/> ...boards become very easy to relate to the function of a board, and hearing a board named "Pound Cake" will immediately cause one to think it is power-re
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• CubeSat Component Manufacturers
  Here's a general listing of CubeSat component manufacturers and the components each ** CubeSatKit and development hardware for a variety of microcontrollers
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• PlatformIO
  ...uino IDE], however it has many drawbacks and lacks many of the features of a full IDE. There are a fair number of steps to follow if you do not have any of the software that
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• Balloons Radio Projects
  ...held radio and decoding using a phone app or a computer program. This is a ONE WAY comms method (from balloon to ground ONLY). ...d to pick up ourselves, will be automatically uploaded to aprs.fi. This is a ONE WAY comms method (from balloon to ground ONLY).
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• How to Join SSI's Alumni Network
  ...rowing community of SSI Alumni & Friends! Whether you are a recent grad or a community member interested in SSI, we'd love to stay in touch with you! We have a [https://groups.google.com/g/ssialumni Google Group] for our wonderful alum
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• POINTR
  ...other. The requirements include mission planning, command and execution of a pointing maneuver, acquisition of an incoming optical signal and tracking o * Demonstrate a subset of technology for full bidirectional optical communications mission
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• LADEE
  [[File:LLCD.jpg|frame|right|LADEE closed a bidirectional optical comms link]] ...in several considerable respects. Most importantly, the LADEE orbiter had a dry mass of approximately 250kg, substantially larger than the CubeSat the
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• Electrowetting on Dielectric
  ...WOD) is a method for microfluidic control of small droplets of fluid using a voltage differential to change surface tension. SSI Biology is currently pr ...ed over the droplets. Applying voltage to individual electrodes results in a change in surface tension and contact angle of the liquid droplets on top o
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• Dr. Joseph Kahn
  ...literally written the book on differential [[Pulse Position Modulation]], a technique for encoding information in optical signals. Kahn has advised the
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• STAR-CROSSD
  ...before been attempted. If successful, the technology developed will enable a dramatic leap forward in the capabilities of both cubesats and larger satel ...dable satellites. Miniaturizing an optical communications system to fit in a CubeSat would also make it far easier for larger satellites to add optical
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• SSI-29
  SSI-29 featured SSI's first-ever flight of a DSLR camera. It's primary focus was the capturing of high quality, high res ...lometer set to take a picture every 2 seconds on an automatic setting, and a wide-angle 24mm lens.
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• Balloonerang
  ...aunching them. Balloonerang tackles the challenge of payload recovery with a single, integrated, guided recovery system, simulating when aerodynamics, m ...glider deploys the parachute and descends safely to the ground. Whew! What a journey! And what an adventure for you to go on!
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• The Design Process
  [[File:PegasusPDRCover.png|thumb|200px|right|Example of a Rockets Team PDR Cover Page]] ...ality of both attempting and accomplishing a particular project. We follow a modified version of their practices.
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• History of the SSI Logo
  ...eas and in Gerson's opinion, the best version was this - a Stanford S with a star in the middle with some stuff circling it (like the NASA meatball logo ...official logo. Though there was an option (that wasn't chosen) that showed a moon rover instead. Omar definitely wouldn't have chosen to put these thing
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• Adam London - Ventions
  ...apply this technology to launch very small payloads into orbit, either as a second stage or as part of an air-launch system. ...nels to increase efficiency, which is only possible and economical on such a small scale because they chemical etching the sheets of metal.
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• Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  ...org/wiki/Signal_Processing signal processing] that describes how difficult a signal is to detect. Signals with high signal-to-noise ratios are easier to ...to another. All signals have a physical representation, sometimes known as a ''medium'' or ''carrier''. Some examples of signal carriers are light, soun
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• Dr. Marco Pavone
  ...dologies for the analysis, design, and control of autonomous systems, with a particular emphasis on large-scale robotic networks and autonomous aerospac
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• ValBal (disambiguation)
  '''ValBal''' is a contraction of ''valve'' and ''ballast'', and may be used to refer to: *[[Valve-Ballast Altitude Control | Valve-ballast altitude control]], a [[:Category:High Altitude Balloons | high altitude balloon]] technology dev
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• Dr. Leo Hollberg
  Dr. Hollberg is a professor in the Applied Physics Department. A member of SSI worked in this lab on optical tracking in the past. He is int
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• ValBal SHITL
  ...onents, while a HOOTL is mostly just for software and is a simulation, and a SHITL is somewhere in the middle. It's like shitty version of HITL. For Valbal, we use a Raspberry Pi to both flash new code to the valbal board, and run tests, all
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• OpComms System I
  ...optical communication system. It used an LED matrix for transmission and a homemade receiver circuit to receive the signal. ...ntifier to locate the receive team in the dark. This often involved having a team member manually pulse the LEDs on and off. There have been proposals t
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• Pulse Position Modulation
  ''This article is currently just a list of resources. It will be (eventually) expanded to explain more concept This is a good resource for understanding how PPM works:
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• SSI-45
  ...lated by pink foam. The small styrofoam box held a very simple gimbal and a SPOT gps tracker.
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• Space at Stanford
  This is a conference we once considered running. Ultimately, due to lack of time, it
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• OPALS
  ...Test Laboratory in Table Mountain, California, which was used to transmit a high-definition video clip. OPALS flew on the SpaceX CRS-3 resupply mission
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• Phoenix 2020
  ...he rocket is to successfully launch a staged rocket, capable of delivering a payload to 30,000 feet while employing as much student innovation as possib ...t Phoenix's first year of trying to stage a rocket. The goal is to design a first iteration of this project that can successfully fly two powered stage
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• SSI-97
  ...|Project Cycloon]] on November 17, 2019. Not a true launch, it was instead a series of ground tests of various properties of polyethylene tubing envelop ...anism was approaching completion, it was decided to test this mechanism on a ZPB envelope. Initially scheduled for '''November 16''', the tests were pus
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• Pyrosequencing
  ...e that uses a four-enzyme pathway to detect the addition of nucleotides to a strand of DNA. Pyrosequencing is compatible with [[Electrowetting on Dielec ...a template for a template-dependent polymerase. One type of nucleotide at a time is introduced to the DNA with enzyme mix to build up the complementary
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• OICETS
  ..., was a JAXA mission begun in 1993 and launched in 2005. The satellite was a 570 kg payload designed to test interorbit links (space to space links betw
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• Drew Endy
  ...ntous fungi, laboratory automation using the OpenTrons robot, and building a synthetic cell. He co-founded the BioBricks Foundation, BIOFAB, Gen9, and t
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• How to Be in SSI
  # SSI teaches by doing. Basically, we're made up of a ton of projects. You can join any project at any time and people are expect ...whole series of engineering workshops throughout the fall to help you get a head start!
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• SSI-46
  SSI-46 was part of a combined balloon launch with [[SSI-44]] and [[SSI-45]] designed as an on-bo Payload included a SSI-decorated Barbie toy set, making it (almost certainly) the first "Space
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• How to Run a SSI Workshop
  ##Will you have a helper? ##Are attendees coming to learn a fundamental skill, improve on a skill, explore an advanced topic, get hyped about something, etc…
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• Snack Bot
  ...'ll need to spend a few minutes tidying the workspace, then you can redeem a snack. Here are possible ways to fulfill the requirement: * Put away tools left out on a table
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• 3D Printer
  '''If you do not know how to use a 3D printer, do not use the printers without asking for help!''' Message the * If a printer is having issues leave a note on the printer explaining the issue and alert the #3dprinters channel
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• Project Sol
  ...ox housing the motor and electronics. The insulated central box will house a Teensy, Arduino, GPS, and AdafruIt 10 degrees of freedom board. Optimal lig
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• SpaceJams
  ...learning about a particular topic or recent space news. We want this to be a welcoming and interactive space (pun intended) where anyone can jump in wit ...k, a member (or a couple of members) will be Discussion Leads, bringing in a topic or article(s) of interest and any relevant historical contexts that t
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• Rockets Launch Procedure
  ...u need to do in order to launch a rocket with us. Note: SSI does subsidize a substantial portion of the cost to launch and build rockets. # Be a member of SSI (pay your dues). Talk to your co-lead about how to do this.
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• Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase
  [[File:Tdt infocard.jpeg|frame|right|A graphical primer on TdT]] ...rases. TdT can use many different nucleotides as substrates, incorporating a huge variety of natural and synthetic nucleotides, whether [[Blocking Group
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• Eclipse Sun Tracking
  ...se. Each Servo gets a 3.3V supply, a capacitor to smooth the movement, and a PWM signal. ...for larger motors to connect to. These connectors allow each motor to get a power, direction signal, and PWM signal. These connectors also offer extra
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• Sequoia Software
  ...Band radio. It collects images, processes them using ML models specific to a given research objective, and downlinks the results and images over its hig ...tible with Circuit Python, so everyone can get their hands dirty! There is a more detailed specification [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcifHrCw0B
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• General Mission Analysis Tool
  ...ki/spaces/GW/overview?mode=global General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT)] is a an open-source space mission design tool.
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• Final PCB Error Checklist
  ...PCB designers check through this list prior to generating design files for a board.''' ...ets two different things and causing there to be no connection, leading to a trace not being placed.
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• Label Maker
  ...d plug the USB cable into your laptop, and "QL-800 (USB)" should appear as a printer option. ...plates that may be useful for printing labels in the future. If you create a template worthy label, please add it to the google drive folder.
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• How to Join SSI
  ...ngs you need to do if you'd like to have full access to SSI's resources as a member. :-) ...fy your answers, but won't get access until you've completed trainings and a tour. -->
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• AA 47SI: Why Go to Space?
  ...policy issues, with an emphasis on the modern United States. It presents a historical overview of space programs from all around the world and discuss
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• Slack
  .... But don't dispair - with this page, you'll soon be navigating Slack like a pro! ...ether you're trying to join mainline projects or just hanging out, there's a lot going on to check out!
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• Windows Remote VMs
  ...oads (like Ansys) this means a remote VM will be significantly faster than a personal laptop. ==Connecting to a VM==
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• SSI-23
  ...era, orienting the GPS upward with a gimbal, and dropping a paper plane at a specific altitude. ...teams started with a single week to construct the payload, but were given a two week extension after some unfortunate circumstances.
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• Wet Lab Access
  Submit a PDF or screenshot of your STARS training confirmation email to the [http:// .../uytengsu-teaching-lab-policy#Student%20Club Wet Lab Policy], and complete a Lab Safety Orientation - discussed on SSI's Slack (or contact Bio Team Co-L
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• Jason Dunn - Made In Space
  ...is required before such colonies and other advanced space systems exist is a paradigm shift to where “Everything in space is 'Made in Space.'” ...ts. Moreover, Jason emphasizes, the parts can be created on demand without a new launch, simplifying mission planning since every single tool does not h
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• Calendar
  ...n the days before the rift. Now, there are 8, one for each team in SSI and a calendar devoted entirely to events (to rule them all and in the darkness b ...ile for each subteam's calendar. These calendars are hosted on Outlook for a host of bureacratic reasons that aren't very pertinent to this page. Below
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• SSI IT
  ...ings on campus, as well as several cloud services. This is not going to be a complete list, as few people even know about all the different things. sasha is a 2U Dell Rackmount server purchased for SSI in 2020 it features:
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• Uploading Content to the SSI YouTube
  ...ting around in your Google Drive? Is the CAD workshop you recorded lost in a Slack thread? SSI's [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbHZcWbCUjXiZ16Gb7ilO ...itting the recording up into sections. You can then upload your content as a series, so that viewers can pick what sections they want to see.
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• Fog
  On a typical night, fog forms where the coast meets the Pacific Ocean and is blo ...s many other locations in the area. Typical fog forming conditions involve a temperature and dew point within 4-5 degrees Fahrenheit. It is also import
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• Balloons Breakfast
  ...the night prior to the launch. The meet-time was adjusted to 5:30 am, with a "leave-time" from Breakfast at 6:30 am. ...g breakfast at this McDonalds has, since the aforementioned launch, become a permanent aspect of every launch schedule -- with meetings starting at 5:30
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• Infectious Elononucleosis
  ...tious Elononucleosis''' (Also known as '''Elono''' or '''Mars fever''') is a viral infection caused by the Musk-Shotwell virus. Infectious Elononucleosi ...mplications; there is no known cure for the other symptoms, though landing a greenhouse on Mars and building evacuated high-speed transport tubes have b
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• Create a new Altium Project
  ...ing SVN to store all the libraries, parts, and projects. Altium introduced a native cloud platform, Altium365, and Git support. We're doing our best to * Make a new git repo with git init
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• S6C
  The S6C was a UHF radio developed in 2018 by Sasha Maldonado and Tim Vrakas. It replaced
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• Beckman Biomek 2000
  The Biomek 2000 is a laboratory automation machine acquired by SSI Biology in the summer of 2017 The Biomek 2000 was originally owned by Dr. John Whitin, who is a research scientist at the medical school. His lab has since moved out of th
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• SSI-28
  ...rent altitudes, in addition to powering heaters and capturing visuals with a camera. SSI-28 was part of a combined experimental balloon launch with [[Project UV]] and [[Project X]]
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• Proposed Alternate OpComms Test Sites
  ...been determined, but many sites were brought up in the initial search for a long-range test site pair. These are listed below: ...gh never investigated. The line of sight criterion can be predicted using a Geocontext Profiler tool [http://www.geocontext.org/publ/2010/04/profiler/e
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• Jank Mission Design Tool
  The '''Jank Mission Design Tool''' (also known as JMDT) is a piece of software developed by [[Satellites]] as part of the development of ...second using the most simple settings (and a time step of 10 seconds), and a respectable 150 simulated days per second using WGS84, and simulating both
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• SSI-24
  ...charge its batteries, demonstration of wifi transmissions, and creation of a visually refined payload. The total ground track was 121.21 miles, and the ...which consisted of two styrofoam boxes and a selfie stick, was attached to a single 1500g balloon.
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• CFD Workflow
  Ian is currently working on creating a workflow for the Rockets team to get a better qualitative aerodynamic understanding of interesting geometries on r Click through a particular piece of the workflow to get help with installation, running, an
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• Satellite Structures Onboarding
  ...arn Computer Aided Design (CAD) 3D Modelling to be equipped to help create a satellite that will launch into space! You are a valued member in this organization.
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• Satellite Power Systems
  ...'. If you are purchasing Cubesat components as a kit, the EPS will come as a self contained unit, with outputs for voltage bus distribution and battery For those interested in designing their own power system, a table of the design steps can be found below courtesy of Space Mission Anal
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• Project UV
  ...ultra violet radiation physically degrades the polymers within the latex, a chemical solution may elongate its lifespan. A preliminary test was done with a set of various chemical coatings, balloon types, and strech values. However
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• Olympus 2019
  ...pOlympus2019.JPG|400px|thumb|right|frame|The team setting up the rocket on a pad at FAR for the first test launch of the year.]] ...although it was ultimately not flown in New Mexico. This liquid motor was a continuation of the prior year's Helios project, and used many of the same
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• Flynntestpage
  The normal way our telemetry radio communicates is LoRa, which is a proprietary form of modulation designed for long distances. CircuitPython a ...Basically, the radio turns on to transmit a one and turns off to transmit a zero.
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• Amateur Radio
  An amateur radio license is like a driver’s license. It allows the holder to transmit on parts of the radio For SSI as a whole, handheld VHF/UHF radios are an excellent tool. They have been used f
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• SpaceSalmon
  ...SI. It was preceded by the [[Skybass]] flight computer. In 2019, it gained a fishy younger brother, [[ThunderGuppy]]. ...r PCB that mounted vertically I'm the vehicle, Space Salmon was built onto a circular disk-shaped PCB, which fit into the rocket horizontally. This dis
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• OpComms System II
  ..._II_Telescope.png|frame|right|System II used a consumer-grade telescope as a focusing mechanism for the receiver.]] ...lier LED matrix of [[System I]]. This link was successful at transmitting a signal across approximately 500m.
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• Optical Communications Ground Receivers
  ...cially-available 40 cm telescopes with added tracking systems, optics, and a multi-mode fiber for coupling the downlink beam. Downlink to the LLGT is up ...own position of the LLST. Once a signal has been detected, the LLST points a downlink beam towards the LLGT and the the uplink comm wavelength is couple
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• Space News Sources
  * NYT Space report: also a newsletter, but lots of detail. ...n depth discussions of startups, some big ideas, very interesting, selling a little too hard
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• Getting Reimbursed
  #REDIRECT [[Making a Purchase]] Congratulations! You have done a great service to SSI by spending your own hard-earned money on buying somet
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• E40M Board
  ''This article is a work in progress intended to direct people to PCB resources - will be "comp
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• Making a Purchase
  ...ing SSI financially accessible, and that includes you never having to make a purchase you are unable to or uncomfortable making. Choose one of the two o ...nd try to submit it as soon as you can; if you're traveling with SSI, take a picture of your receipt in case you forget it or accidentally lose it. And
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• Systems Tool Kit
  The [https://www.agi.com/products/stk Systems Tool Kit (STK)] is a highly customizable mission design platform, for satellites, rockets, and o
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• SSI-30
  ...t data logging, in addition to powering heaters and capturing visuals with a camera. SSI-30 was part of a combined experimental balloon launch with [[Project UV]], [[Project Sol]],
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• Find SSI Friends
  # You'll receive a DM with the members that are in the SSI slack channel ...tem, but captures the vast majority of cases. The slack roster is saved as a CSV file, and must be updated for new members to be included.
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• Founder Event - Skybox Imaging
  ...that two most important things in their mind were anchoring the company in a customer market of today and breaking the goals down into concrete mileston ...surface. They seek to provide a platform of which the satellites are only a part - ground stations and personalized dishes among other things to make t
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• Balloons Gen 1 ProtoBoard
  '''ProtoBee''' is the name for HONEY ProtoBoards -- that is, ProtoBee is a solderable prototyping board that is integrated with the HONEY flight stack ...ability to directly apply a voltage to each power rail using a jumper and a set of headers at the top of each set of power rails.
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• Intercollegiate Rocketry Engineering Competition
  ...Spaceport America in New Mexico. The competition requirements are to build a rocket with solid, hybrid, or liquid propulsion capable of delivering an 8. ...or liquid motors (hybrid/liquid). Teams are judged on their performance in a number of categories:
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• IMU
  An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is a device for measuring the acceleration and angular rates of an object. It ma
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• Amateur Optical Communication Record
  ...acteristics of their link include: Fresnel lens transmitter and receivers, a custom low-bandwidth, low-noise receiver optimized for long distance, red L ...SSI) | Stanford SSI]] [[OpComms]] group aims to surpass this record, using a terrestrial transmitter and receiver currently under development.
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• High Altitude Balloons Team
  [[File: BalloonSelfie.png|left|frame|A photo of the edge of space, taken by [[SSI-23]], Gemini]] ...rols, satellite communication, and scientific payloads. They have launched a balloon all the way across the Atlantic Ocean from California, and are curr
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• Spin Coating
  ...SSI bio team specifically, which spin coats ETFE with fluoropel to create a hydrophobic film used in electrowetting. This guide describes the standard ...-user|mixarcid}}) or one of the bio team coleads first. The spin coater is a new addition to the SSI toolset and no standardized access has been set up
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• John Cumbers - Synthetic Biology
  ...aterials uses the genes that allow spiders to spin silk in order to create a refined jacket for military use. ...ir, and basic materials for building cells and life. Then, when a need for a specific function or process comes along, the crew can simply “create”
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• Solidworks
  ...artition your hard drive or use a 3rd party virtualization software. Using a 3rd party virtualization software allows you to run Windows as an applicati You might (or might not - depending on your computer) need a blank USB drive in order to partition your hard drive. You’ll also probab
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• Project X
  Project X is a 2015-2016 [[Balloons]] team project targeted towards the creation, developm ...ion of the following sensors, but has yet to test or incorporate them into a HAB payload:
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• Peter Diamandis - XPrize and Planetary Resources
  ...ompanies, two thirds of them in the space, few know how difficult starting a space company can be as well as Peter. He reminded us of this very quickly ...king with them to understand their point of view and show them that he had a plan that fit with their values, he could convince those in charge to chang
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• Balloons Gen 1 Breakout
  ...e stack-terminating board -- Viper was chosen. Necessarily having Viper in a Flight Stack also guarantees any stack can be debugged using the master bre These functions, as well as a breakdown of the Viper Breakout Pinout, are explained below:
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• Ortega
  ...t for flight at IREC. It uses nitrous oxide as an oxidizer and kerosene as a fuel. It has been hotfired twice, but has not been flown yet.
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• Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSI)
  The Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSI) is a completely student-run organization founded in 2013 with the mission of giv ...eople who want to act on their interests in space. Since 2013, we’ve flown a zero gravity experiment with NASA, helped build multiple CubeSats, inspired
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• COTS CubeSat Radio
  ...currently the standard mode of CubeSat telecommunication. Hence, there are a variety of COTS CubeSat radio options available. '''Here's a list of COTS CubeSat radio system suppliers:'''
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• Printed circuit board
  ''This page was envisioned as a guide to understanding what PCBs are made of and terms relevant to PCB desi
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• HABSIM
  '''High Altitude Balloon Simulator''' (HABSIM) is a web server ([http://habsim.org/ link]) developed by the SSI [[Balloons]] Te *Offer a web-based UI which captures the functionality and flexibility of the API.
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• FAR 1030 Competition
  FAR 1030 is a launch competition at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in Mojave
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• Radio Groundstations
  A ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication wit ...ands a 20-25 megacycle transmitter - the million watt input gives the dish a 300-400 KW radar probe.
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• Medusa
  ...e Avionics. Medusa is designed to accept five 40-pin edge-cards to support a variety of add-on functionalities to enhance the capabilities of the Core A ...ard slots, a micro SD for data logging, a Teensy 3.2 MCU, power input, and a CAN transceiver.
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• SU2
  ...ou can run the CFD solver. The solver requires two inputs: a mesh grid and a configuration file. *Will add a few templates once we figure out realistic configuration cases for our rock
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• Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
  ...y, a DNA ladder with DNA fragments of known size is loaded into the gel as a "ruler" for samples to be compared against. ...than double stranded DNA. Plasmid (circularized) DNA will travel faster on a gel and appear shorter than linear DNA of the same length.
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• OpComms System IV
  ...y focusing optic and improved mechanical characteristics, and will include a complete code and control electronics overhaul. [[File:BBB_night_test.png|frame|right|Baby Black Box uses a Fresnel lens similar to System III]]
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• OpComms System IV Mechanical Design Log
  ...em is complete, some refinements may follow, with the possible addition of a laser to the receive node to enable bidirectionality in communications and ...ation of the motorized mount. Due to the pyramidal shape, this resulted in a reduction of torque about the horizontal axis as well. The corner mounting
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• Sequoia structures
  == Designing Parts: A Simple Workflow == ...n be done by clicking your name in the upper left hand corner, after which a dropdown menu should appear. Select Stanford Student Space Initiative and t
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• SAMD Microcontrollers
  The Atmel SAMD Microcontroller family (including the SAMD21 and SAMD51 are a group of microcontrollers frequently used by SSI teams. While these beasts
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• Pete Worden - Former Director, NASA Ames
  ...inting technology develops, it’s easy to imagine sending a DNA sequence to a machine on another planet and printing the bacteria or plants needed to pav Dr. Worden then transitioned into a talk about the future role of NASA with space technologies and missions. Th
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• End station III
  There are a couple things to keep in mind while you're in ESIII. ...r, even if someone else is holding the door for you. We're required to get a sense of who's in the building in case of emergency!
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• Laird Park
  Laird Park, referred to as the "Modesto Launch Site", is a frequently visited launch site for the balloons team in the Central Valley. Laird Park is a public park, open at all hours, and an extremely useful launch site due to
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• Sequoia
  ...ing deep learning models for forest fire risk assessment and detection and a number of other applications. The mission architecture is user-definable wi ...htweight, highly customizable mounting options. The frame was simulated to a 5x safety factor given the vibration, shock, and static loads placed on it
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• SSI-19
  ...tly after sunrise. SSI-19 landed in Yosemite just east of Grant Lake after a flight of 15 hours. ...able to ascend to a very high altitude (110,000-120,000 ft) where there is a positive feedback loop, allowing the balloon to equilibrate due to natural
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• OpComms System III
  ...mercial photodetector. This system has successfully transmitted data over a distance of [[SSI-1E4|10km]], from [[Skyline Boulevard]] to [[W6YX]]. ...nel lens receiver is a cost effective alternative to a telescope, allowing a much larger aperture at reasonable expense.]]
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• SSI-1E4
  ...daylight, and began transmitting as dusk fell in the hopes of establishing a link before the fog became significant. With cooperation from the weather a ...in, the transmit team spent some time identifying nighttime landmarks from a picture taken on an earlier test to use as calibration references for the t
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• RaspberryPi-VNC
  ...to an external monitor and keyboard/mouse? This guide will let you set up a remote session on the Pi directly from your laptop. You'll be able to view ...rnet or USB 2.0/3.0/C to ethernet). Note that the MacBook Pro will require a thunderbolt to ethernet adapter -- USB to ethernet will only work on the Ma
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• Getting Started with OpenRocket
  Here is a ~45 minute [https://drive.google.com/file/d/140SL41aU0mnvMlyrwaj-lCk2SvKMMz
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• Policy Team
  ...the few places in the universe that is shared among nations. It serves as a hub of innovation, creative thinking, and invaluable discoveries. Space pro ...awyer, economist, philosopher, or just a deep thinker, the Policy Team is a great place for you. Come join us as we explore the space industry, past an
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• SVN
  SVN is a version control tool used by SSI to store and synchronize files. SVN is sim * A few CAD and simulation projects
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• IREC 2018
  ...rframe with a carbon fiber fin lay-up, a powered decoupling mechanism, and a software-defined GPS payload. The successor to the project was [[Olympus 20 ...imum diameter airframe to house the Cessaroni Technology N2900 motor. With a wet mass of 58 pounds (dry mass of 27.8 lbs + 1-7 lbs lead shot ballast), t
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• L1 Post-Flight Analyses
  ...e the pad. The result was a spectacular cartwheel by the L-1 assembly, and a slight 2 inch zipper at the top of the fore airframe. No other component of ...e top 2 inches of the fore airframe, the top 2 inches were sawed off using a swiss army knife tool. The nose cone was fitted, the rocket was renamed, an
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• SNAPSat
  SNAPSat, or '''S'''elf-'''N'''avigating '''A'''nd '''P'''ositioning '''S'''atellite, is an autonomous satellite project
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• Metric Fasteners
  M3 indicates a screw is 3mm diameter, as measured by the outside of the threads. These are M4 indicates a screw is 4mm diameter, as measured by the outside of the threads. These are
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• Slack Directory
  While SSI consists of 6 distinct teams, a large number of channels are general to all SSI members. These channels are :* {{slack-channel|diverssity}} - A place to speak about relavant issues
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• Balloons Gen 1 Expander
  ...st new circuits or projects readily in a HONEY flight stack without making a HONEY compliant board. ...This allows one to very quickly attempt a project or circuit and fly it in a full-fledged HONEY flight stack.
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• QB50 Discovery
  ...ery is currently under construction by Professor Kalman's SSDL laboratory. A number of SSI members have contributed to the project, including Jan Kolmas
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• SSI Altimeter
  ..."Dual Deploy Altimeter" or "Althometer") is an ongoing project to develop a low-cost, customization, and easily programmable altimeter for SSI-run rock ...-cell LiPo battery however you like in the rocket. Note that there must be a vent hole to the altimeter or else it cannot detect changes in pressure. (A
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• Balloons Gen 5 Avionics
  * A Teensy 3.6 embedded Microcontroller * A ublox-M8Q GNSS (GPS/GLONASS/Beidou/Galileo) receiver with embedded patch an
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• Altium Schematics and Footprints Guidelines
  * Net: Any wire that connects to a node. In Altium, the name of the net is the combination of the index of the * Tag: Yellow-colored arrow-shaped items in the schematics file. From a separate sheet, the input (inward pointing) tag imports the net defined by
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• ThunderGuppy
  ...of the family to date, and was designed to fit as a standalone module into a standard 2" airframe, much like the Stratrologger and Raven COTS Altimeters *A single 18650 Li-Ion cell. This was needed to satisfy the form factor requir
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• L2 Certification
  ...motor ejection or duel deploy, however in general SSI Rockets members use a duel deploy to gain experience with altimeters while getting an L2 cert. The written examination for level 2 shall be passed prior to a level 2 certification flight.
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• Firestorm AV Bay
  ...an altimeter for duel-deploy for an L2 certification flight. (Need to add a nice picture of an AV bay here) ...apart during ejection. The coupler encapsulates the AV bay while providing a structural element to connect the two halves of the rocket's air frame.
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• SSI-20
  ...f altitude and failure of ballast-release mechanisms, that was followed by a landing, dislodging of ballast, and re-ascent and consequent equilibration. ...g-duration flights in future SSI missions, as well as try to reach as long a ground-track and time-aloft as possible. CNSP helped to fill the ZPB with t
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• Argus
  ...18 Daedalus Projects focused on designing a rocket dedicated to developing a wirelessly-activated camera network and live video telemetry. ...l have failed. Another criteria is that the rocket will have landed within a 300ft radius of its original target landing space.
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• Venom Breakout
  ...y a 1.27mm-pitch, 2-row connector, and is consequently also utilized using a set of 1.27mm-pitch dual-row ribbon cables.<br/> Venom Breakout is not alone -- there is also a Fang Breakout, which is also found on Viper. <br/>
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• STINGR Gesture Specification I
  ...ropriately. This section defines the specification of a Gesture, including a description of each of the frames. More explicitly, a Gesture looks as so, with the leftmost frames being transmitted first, and
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• Tactical Cinderblock
  ...ademic year, "TacCin" quickly became instrumental to system tests, and was a strong supporter of [[OpComms System II]]. ...leadership felt would serve as an inspiration to both the group and SSI as a whole. Excited by the work offered to him, TacCin abandoned his previously
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• Balloons Gen 4 Avionics
  ...f systems deemed to be essential for a standard balloon flight, as well as a number of other non-essential, but very useful, utilities. The Count featur * A Teensy 3.6 embedded Microcontroller
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• Satellite Software
  3. Create a github account (www.github.com) and DM @langston and @moritz (the software 5. Read [[Sequoia Software]] to get a broad understanding of our systems. Also, skim at [https://docs.google.com/
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• Richard David - NewSpace Global
  ...ew Space movement, Mr. David left his job to start New Space Global (NSG), a financial tracking firm based in New York dedicated to monitoring the top c ...like Virgin Galactic, XCOR, and Germany’s launch of human cancer cells on a Chinese launch last year, it’s clear that in-space manufacturing, microgr
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• SSI-90
  ...zero-pressure envelope, as an apex vent could be mechanically identical to a latex bottom vent. ...arnest following a meeting on July 9. A launch schedule was set, featuring a test launch of an in-house manufactured ZPB on '''July 21, 2019''', and an
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• SSI-91
  ...throughout the flight since [[SSI-20]]. It was also a rare sunset launch, a weekday launch, and featured an even lighter payload than its predecessor, ...addition of a SPOT Trace and strengthening of RockBlock connections. Since a repeat build would require little additional design work, it was decided th
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• Gen 1 Architecture
  ...ES boards. To maximize board area and conform to the habhive dimensioning, a 3/4 hexagonal shape was chosen. This allowed maximum utilization of the int ...adherence to the habhive spec, which, as a hexagon, was very specific and a very niche shape that would not be found outside of the habhive box. The he
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• Arif Karabeyoğlu - SPG, Hybrid Rockets
  On November 8th, the Student Spaceflight Initiative was proud to sponsor a presentation by Dr. Arif Karabeyoglu, Consulting Professor in the Departmen ...much higher performance but are vastly more complex systems that: require a lot of maintenance since typically propellants are cryogenic, need turbopum
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• SSI-31
  ...and the balloon began to fall, ultimately coming to a rest almost exactly a mile away from the launch site. The payload was recovered the following aft SSI-31 contained a new custom avionics suite for controlling and monitoring vehicle altitude a
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• L2 Post-Flight Analyses
  ...hat the rocket would have fallen 100 feet), the main charge at 600 ft, and a redundant charge at 500 ft. Each charge well contained 1.5 g of Pyrodex. ...hat the rocket would have fallen 100 feet), the main charge at 600 ft, and a redundant charge at 500 ft. Each charge well contained 1.5 g of Pyrodex.
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• Enabling Direct Deposit for Reimbursements
  ...sited directly into your bank account. Otherwise, you will need to pick up a check from the ASSU office. To link a single bank account:
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• Sequoia GNC
  ...ection between physics, CS, and engineering that is control theory. Here's a few aspects of our system we currently need someone to work on: |+ Choose a Project!
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• Hugh G. Mistake
  ...ber a thing from that night, but rather awoke to find, not a Falcon 9, but a tangled nest of black plastic filament. So disappointed in not having creat ...h could feel his very filament beginning to melt, as another human brought a plastic eyeball near...
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• List of Missions
  ...notable tests or launches which have been given mission status (denoted by a mission patch). The mission patch system was introduced in 2015.
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• Project SPACE
  ...modular payload for high altitude balloon launches. The goal is to create a payload with interchangeable panels and floors so that groups that want to ...to swap out components as needed on a by-mission basis. Having to re-make a new styrofoam container for each launch seemed unnecessary, as only minor c
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• Hitchhiker's Guide to Making a PCB
  ...n't read and skip the step about renaming. So far, no one has come up with a board name that acronyms to "RENAME-ME" to justify not renaming the project ...type of file in Altium that organizes all of the files that go into making a real circuit board. These include all of the schematic files that define th
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• SSI-93
  ...a result of a notably eventful filling, and consequently also experienced a noteable post-landing. ...upgrades, in addition to the vent mechanism, were a heating mechanism and a GPS reset mechanism, lessons learned from the last flight.
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• Biology Team
  ...ting fluid handling platform for this project, which they aim to launch as a cubesat payload or operate on the International Space Station. The Biology ...ernal.stanfordssi.org, under 'Trainings,' under 'Biology Safety Training.' A screenshot is fine as documentation. In case you run into problems at this
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• SSI-44
  ...ed in hand warmers and duct tape was secured to the base of payload to get a birds-eye view of the Earth. ...hich was then clamped around the parachute and tied to the balloon. It was a scissor-like construction designed to release both the parachute and balloo
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• DNA Synthesizer
  Biology Team's Pilot Project: A DNA Synthesizer for Space. Enzymatic DNA synthesis would be a great alternative way to synthesize DNA in space, for the following reasons
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• So You Want To...
  [https://www.site.uottawa.ca/~rhabash/ELG4152LN01.pdf A Brief Introduction] [http://machinedesign.com/sensors/introduction-pid-control A Non Math-y Introduction to PID Control]
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• SSI-87
  ...e third launch of [[Cycloon|Project Cycloon]] on June 1, 2019. It featured a legacy ballast and vent mechanism from ValBal operated by Cycloon avionics ...decided that a legacy ValBal vent mechanism, while unlikely to suffice as a long-term solution, was sufficient and necessary for building altitude cont
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• Spaghetti
  ...this needs to be converted into a series of discrete actions, separated by a time interval. This is much like PWM, but instead of changing duty cycle di freq: The frequency that the controller is called out, which will be a constant 20Hz
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• Daedalus Design Reviews
  This page is a repository for all the documents used in past design reviews. If you do not
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• Microfluidics
  SSI Bio is building a [[DNA synthesizer]] using microfluidics for their 2016 pilot project.
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• TMS570 SD Card
  ...eful on the satellite for data logging purposes. In addition, the code is a successful demonstration of the spi interface on the board. ...in this case, disk blocks are sd card sectors. The fatfs code depends on a device interface for reading and writing sectors, which is implemented in i
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• Avionics Onboarding 2020
  ...channel #av-onboarding-2020. In order to go through onboarding you must be a member of SSI. See the How to Join SSI wiki page for more information on ho '''If you've finished a module or are running into issues, please fill out the following form. [htt
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• SSI-32
  And have a few treats
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• Skyline Boulevard Overlook
  ...there is ample space to set up tripods and other equipment. There is also a geodetic survey marker in the parking lot.
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• Balloons Gen 1 TestBench
  ...NEY compliant boards, and for the prototyping of new designs & features on a breadboard, with access to the HONEY power, data, and CAN buses. QueenBee has a number of features and functions, but can be broken down into a few discrete sections
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• Releasing a Board for Manufacture
  ...PCB? Time to get it sent out for manufacturing and to order components and a stencil! ...he lower lines) for production equipment to "draw" shapes on each layer of a board.]]
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• Stanford SSI Wiki:How to Write an Article
  ...world as a whole. Using the wiki to document projects is also important as a means of demonstrating SSI's continued commitment to Stanford's Openness in : Individual members should write a small note about themselves on their User page (for example, [[User:Ehillst
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• SSI-92
  ...rmal data and verification of equilibrium altitude predictions. Continuing a trend, the payload was lighter still than that of its predecessor, [[SSI-91 ...g were placed, set to arrive in September. In light of these developments, a third summer ZPB launch which had been planned for the weekend of September
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• How to Install and Configure Altium
  ...virtual machines. Though debated amongst SSI members, a USB mouse is also a useful tool when designing circuit boards. ...r signing in for the first time, your computer will automatically download a license file every time you open Altium and release your license when you c
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• SSI-48
  '''SSI-48''' landed in South Carolina after a 31 hour flight. Flight was very turbulent due to bad weather and the decisi
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• SSI-23a
  During preparations for the launch of SSI-23, SSI-24, and SSI-25, a single hurried balloon managed to escape the warm embrace of SSI technician
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• Cycloon
  '''Project Cycloon''' ({{slack-channel|balloons-cycloon}}) is a core project on SSI's [[Balloons]] team with the aim of designing and opera ...ensity forecasts resulted in substantial loss of life and property and was a key inspiration for the project. Additionally, balloons platforms can be de
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• SSI-83
  ...ther profile launch in SSI's history. It was also a rare nighttime launch, a rare weekday launch, and the first-ever launch from Pigeon Point Light Stat ...e first tested via a ground-tethered balloon in February 2019, followed by a demonstration of the marine tether in March. However, as progress on the HF
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• CubeQuest Challenge
  ...e with longer transmission distances and the Deep Space challenge required a tenfold increase in displacement. ...naments are available for teams to compete in. Participating teams receive a design review by NASA engineers, and, for the most successful teams, moneta
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• Making Parts for PCB Libraries
  Altium 20 introduced a major change to the way libraries are managed. All of our libraries now liv
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• The Art of PCB Design
  ...up with very sketchy PCBs. The purpose of this guide is to help you become a better electrical engineer and PCB designer. Hopefully it will help you des ...t design classes, but it's an important skill to develop. Putting together a comprehensive design will push you to answer the following questions:
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• Your First Altium Project
  Hello! You're embarking on a journey to learn how to use Altium Designer, SSI's preferred circuit board This project is a customizable extension for your keyboard, which will connect to your comput
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• SSI-22
  ...t to mention maintain this altitude in the midst of a thunderstorm without a hitch. SSI-22 landed in Saskatchewan after an approximately 24 hr flight. ...mmunications during SSI-21 and over data logged to SD cards). In response, a latex seal was added to the valve such that closure of the valve would resu
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• Git and GitHub
  ...a list of files maintained by Git. GitHub is an online service that allows a team of users to easily work together on code, tracking who made which chan ...stem, find Terminal (on Mac, in Applications/Utilities) and type “git”. If a dialogue comes up saying that the command “git” is not found, you will
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• SSI Press
  ...d Daily article on the growth of SSI] over its first two official years as a student group.
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• OpComms Test Procedure
  What follows is a complete set of instructions for completing a long-distance test (of any length) with the current [[Optical Communication '''Step 1:''' Check the weather for the two test sites and make a fog prediction. Using the [http://aprs.fi/#!lat=37.41780&lng=-122.17200| Au
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• Tribal Altium Knowledge
  * The SVN is now served from Tabitha, a server in ES3. * The SVN repository formerly stored as a single large repository is now a larger number of independent repositories listed [[List of SVN Repositories
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• The Field of Optical Communications
  What follows is a high level overview of notable milestones in the development of space-based Nasa's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) was a rousing success that demonstrated duplex laser communications at previously
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• Balloons Gen 1 Radio
  ...es buying credits to transmit data). In addition, the radio board provides a much higher data rate than Iridium, which can be used to transmit payload v ...om 400-470MHz in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Band). Each radio also has a current sensor to monitor the amount of current being drawn from that radio
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• ARTEMIS and SPOT-4
  ...as used throughout the lifetime of the two satellites and was operated for a total of 230 hours to exchange telemetry and sensor data. This was the fir
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• How to Join Rockets
  ...signing, analyzing, building, and then flying a rocket (and you will go to a launch, which are always fun). ..., as well as how we approach it. Reading through the page before attending a meeting is recommended, but certainly not required. This one focuses more o
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• ITAR
  ...'''An ITAR violation is performing an [[#Export|export]] activity without a license from the US State Department.''' This article discusses the importa ...tates in any manner, except by mere travel outside of the United States by a person whose personal knowledge includes technical data; or
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• How to Build a Firestorm
  ...if you would like access to it. Rebecca has created an OpenRocket model of a DD and non-DD version of the Firestorm, which should be in this folder.* [E A Cross Section of an L1-Ready Rocket (not drawn to scale) [EDIT HERE]
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• Pointwise
  This page will help you navigate the finer points of Pointwise and act as a guide if SSI needs one. =Importing a Solidworks File=
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• 2012-2013 Year in Review
  ...ences, launched 20 small solid rockets, flown 2 balloons to 100,000ft, had a zero-g project accepted for flights in Houston, and brought 20 speakers to ...nding elections, it’s been 9 months. We’ve done all this while standing up a new organization and figuring out how to get funding.
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• SSI-86
  ...ed out by RockBlock coordinates, and most remarkably, resumption of flight a full 24 hours after presumed flight termination, the only such occurrence i ...ns test module as a payload on a ValBal. Finally, on June 1 there would be a fully altitude-controlled flight using the ValBal ballast mechanism, Apex V
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• VB Gen 8.1 Avionics
  ...her above 33 AA non-rechargeable lithium primary batteries, in addition to a small breakout PCB that is exposed to the air. The architecture makes sign ...y ValBal avionics system must have the following set of features to ensure a successful flight.
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• HABMC
  At a balloons meeting, talk to Kai, or just talk to him on slack {{slack-user|ka ...ed information to the FAA and other viewers without overwhelming them with a vast quantity of potentially misleading data.
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• SSI-52
  ...urance of latex balloons for the third time. It landed in the Atlantic, in a trajectory that would have brought it to Morocco. An epic flight, this ValB
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• Project Daedalus
  ...l aid and speed up the process for future teams. Each team will go through a five stage development cycle: 1. research, 2. preliminary design, 3. critic # Level 3 Certification allows fliers to fly High Power Rockets with a total installed impulse greater than 5120 N-s.
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• SSI-41
  ...DT). The balloon ultimately landed in the northern Atlantic Ocean, setting a record final flight time of 70 hours, 10 minutes.
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• Operations Team
  ...and executes events that enhance the SSI experience and community, playing a crucial role in fostering lasting connections among future leaders in space ...rocket launches, are conducted securely, preventing injuries and fostering a safe working environment. Additional, the SSIT segment of WMS is crucial to
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• HPR Background Information
  ...(or total impulse) is defined as equal to force multiplied by time - it is a measure of how powerful motors are, and can easily give you your change in ...s. The letter designation for each motor (e.g. in E15, H125, or M1250) are a measure of total impulse and each successive letter represents double the t
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• Gen 1 Software
  ...ite used within the HONEY architecture for communication between boards in a HONEY flight stack. ...onse on the CAN Bus is referred to as a Gesture. Gestures are comprised of a series of frames, which provide the following information for each transmis
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• Stanford SSI Wiki:Privacy policy
  ...clear weapons. That doesn't really pertain to privacy, but this seems like a decent place to put it anyways. So, if you're looking at this in an Iranian
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• HONEY Getting Started
  Ready to make a HONEY-compliant PCB for the HONEY Flight Stack? You've come to the right pl ...provides specific steps and some guidance about how to get started making a HONEY-compliant PCB. Just follow along, and, if you get stuck, feel free to
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• Heating & Thermal
  ...nd data from previous launches, temperatures outside of the payload during a standard balloon launch can dip as low as -60° C. The main threat this po
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• L1 Certification
  ...tion]]. Level 1 Certification allows flyers to fly High Power Rockets with a total installed impulse up to 640 newton-seconds. The Federal Aviation Administration Regulations also has a relevant section to the high powered rocketry community. [http://www.ecfr.g
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• HONEY Standardized Connectors
  The Fang breakout is a slightly larger, 56-pin, 2.54mm pitch connector currently not heavily used, ...d, or replace the connector on an old board -- or for the sake of reuse on a new board.
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• Prometheus
  ...fall to the ground using a reefing system. The payload section will deploy a reefing system and will contain actuating canards to stabilize the payload' ...loaded. We have selected to use the Intelli-Cone from Public Missiles and a CTI L395 motor with main deployment at 800 ft.
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• Balloon Gen 1 Avionics
  ...ics suite flew on a failed technology demonstration in SSI-39, followed by a successful demonstration in SSI-40. As the first core avionics suite, it se ...t requirements -- nothing more and nothing less. Thus, the key elements of a HAB flight were considered to be: internal temperature, altitude, external
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• Charybdis
  ...et with the use of canted fins. Prior to apogee, the rocket will implement a yo-yo de-spin unit to halt the rocket's angular velocity for uninhibited pa ...to launch and reach an apogee of approximately 11,000 feet and dual deploy a main parachute and drogue parachute. The rocket will split between the aft
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• Balloons Gen 3 BMS
  ...tion by removing the data collection circuitry/microcontroller, and adding a separate power path for expansion boards. It is compliant with the Gen 2 Ar
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• Gen 2 Architecture Rev1
  ...plementing the HONEY spec must meet strict physical requirements. There is a standardized set of measurements, mounting holes, connector placements, and ...t stack data bus, a 14-pin (7x2) connector for the flight stack power bus, a 4-pin (2x2) connector for the flight stack CAN bus, and an 2 pin (2x2) conn
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• Pegasus
  ...d recovery from high-powered flight from over 10,000 ft through the use of a parafoil. The team is currently working on the design of an L3 rocket to be ...g a parafoil recovery system to create a controlled, directed recovery for a high-powered rocket from over 10,000 ft.
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• Launch Day
  ...ble for pre-flight inspection and approval of hobby rocket vehicles within a specified motor impulse range. They give the final word on whether your roc [[File:TCCRebeccasLaunch.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rebecca Wong at a November launch at TCC]]
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• Gen 2 Architecture
  ...plementing the HONEY spec must meet strict physical requirements. There is a standardized set of measurements, mounting holes, connector placements, and ...ow for proper stack-through ability. The PC/104+ connector also comes with a paired shroud that clips onto the board via four through-holes, which, whil
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• Talos
  The Talos rocket will serve as a test-bed for a new avionics system, Kythera. It will be flown under the legal ownership an The Kythera payload included within the rocket is a modular “plug-and-play” system to be used in all future Stanford SSI ro
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• Fang Breakout
  ...using female jumper wires to tap signals directly from Viper, by providing a standard-pitch connector that can be both directly tapped or cabled.
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• Rockets Team
  ...nder Challenge (CPLC)]. The Rockets team is structured into team projects, a High Power Rocketry (HPR) certification program, and research & development ...overy on both stages, and a traveling rover. In Fall 2023, Phoenix will be a two-stage rocket project competing in the 2024 Spaceport America Cup IREC.
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• Find a Project
  ...y looking for help, and who you can contact to jump in! Think of this like a jobs listing page except that the jobs are always available and you apply b ...whelmed, or just want to chat with someone, don't hesitate to reach out to a leadership member. ''SSI exists for, and because of, its members (that's yo
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