[PSAS] Launch date, funding, communication test, and Maker Faire!

2012-09-15 Thread Andrew Greenberg
Hi everyone! Launch date --- We're currently scheduled for a launch on Sunday October 21st at Oregon Rocketry's "Rocketober" launch in Brothers, Oregon. We'll be launching the new flight computer, with WiFi and ATV radios, GPS, and the current roll control system. Preliminary information

Re: [PSAS] Launch Date

2011-05-06 Thread Keith Packard
On Fri, 6 May 2011 15:48:44 -0700, David Harris wrote: > It seems like it would be a natural fit for a PSAS launch as I'm sure a lot > of the advanced OROC guys would appreciate seeing the PSAS rocket fly, and > the PSAS team gets to watch a bunch of other big rockets (M/N/O/P class > motors- I'm

Re: [PSAS] Launch Date

2011-05-06 Thread Nathan Bergey
We don't think we have enough time to build the patch antennas and test the flight computer stack for June. I don't think we can use the google calendar but if you want you can update this page on the wiki with your conflicts: http://psas.pdx.edu/news/2011-05-03/ I'm adding a header for it now.

Re: [PSAS] Launch Date

2011-05-06 Thread I
I must have tuned out during the discussion. Last I heard we were still thinking June. I have stuff going on the 16-17 and 23-24 weekends. Is there any way we can use the wiki/calendar to put up people's conflicts? Dan Last week we talked about trying to launch mid July in Brothers. To su

Re: [PSAS] Launch Date

2011-05-06 Thread David Harris
July 1-3 is what's called NXRS- it's an all research launch geared towards advanced high power and amateur rocketry projects. It's not going to be too crowded like a lot of OROC launches with mostly serious EX rocketry folks flying there. The waiver will be coordinated (I think they're trying for 5

[PSAS] Launch Date

2011-05-06 Thread Nathan Bergey
Hi All, Last week we talked about trying to launch mid July in Brothers. To summarize: We would love to launch again soon. We are not ready to fly a 6DOF rocket yet, but we are desperate to finally fly the flight computer with the GFEs and sensors and new patch antennas/802.11a. We also want to