SPICA Test Flight - Launch Day Checkouts

Attach SPICA, batteries, and antennas to the avionics sled.

• All hardware is firmly attached to the sled
  

Connect SPICA to logical power, leave charge power disconnected.

• SPICA in a stationary position under no acceleration
  
• SPICA connected to logical power
• SPICA buzzer activated for approximately half a second
  

Connect the receiver board to power.

• Receiver board LEDs are flashing

 Verify network connection between receiver and ground station.

• Ethernet cable connected to ground station and receiver
• Receiver responds to pings from the ground station

Verify ground station receiving packets from the receiver.

• Ground station shared memory is being updated with new packets
• Uptime measurement is increasing at an approximately expected rate

Verify packets are being logged by the ground station.

• Ground station has created and partially populated system and telemetry log files

Insert the sled into the rocket.

• Verify sled is firmly seated in the avionics bay

Verify GPS lock is acquired.

• Ground station can view multiple satellites in GPS satellite count measurement
• Received latitude and longitude are updating and are approximately correct