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Launch Readiness Review
Zero Tilt
Frostburg State University
Kaetie Combs, Francisco Diaz , Sean Hughes, Jared Hughes, Andrew
Huntley, Subhasis Ghosh, Mayowa Ogundipe, Derek Val-Addo,
Michael Stevenson, Shaun O’Donnell, Ian Cuddahee, Michael Young,
David Wall, Adam Rexroad, Raymod Azenadaga, M. Eltayeb, Tyler
Lemmert
Date
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User Notes
• Mission Statement: Zero Tilt’s goal is to
provide, for the first time, a stable
environment throughout the flight of a
Sounding Rocket via two concurrent
objectives:
– Tilt correction system
– Despun platform system
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User Guide Compliance
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Requirement Payload Requirement Status
Mass allotment: 10 LB 6.5 LB (plenty of room for
balancing)
OK
Volume allotment: Half Canister OK
The payload’s center of gravity
(CG):
In 1”X1”X1” envelope of
centroid (or in area designated
for sharing teams?
5.5 cm
(height is
11.5) can
be
adjusted
still
Activation met under requirement:
(either 1.SYS.1 or 1.SYS.2)
SYS.1 Tested?
YES
Structure mounts: Top and bottom bulkheads. No
mounts to sides of cans.
Bottom
Sharing: Fully developed? YES?
For reference: 1.SYS.1 is the early activation line
1.SYS.2 is the RBF/g-switch activation line
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Integration Plan and Procedure
• Where are you for integration?
• Integrated the system
– 95% complete
• Two mounts for the accel. (tomorrow)
• Balancing (tomorrow)
– What did you learn from integrating for tests?
• Be careful about all details
• Make sure to color code wires
• Is your procedure complete and written?
– Yes, system mounts on “Silver
Cake” (integrated system) make procedure
simple
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Integration Plan and Procedure
– Do you have any concerns? What will you do
to mitigate these?
• Mounting holes as in the drawings we received
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Testing Results
• Any updates on testing?
– Testing both systems
• Does you payload activate properly?
– Yes
• Does your payload fulfill the mission
requirements?
– Yes
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Level of Readiness
• This is the most important part of the
presentation!
• Are you ready? 98%
• What is ready?
– New modified and compact voltage regulator
• Is anything not ready?
– Balancing and mounts
• Easy fix by tomorrow
– Why? How will you make them ready?
• Machining delays
• Machinist is reporting completion by tomorrow
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Level of Readiness
• Action items between now and June
15th?
– What will you do with the things that aren’t
ready?
• Complete mounts and balancing
• Perform more tests on rocket emulation system
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Final Questions
• Do you have any questions about how
this week will go?
– Any environmental test day questions?
– Any integration day questions?
– Any launch day questions?
– Food questions?
– Pony questions?
– Bill’s questions?
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