2022-08-01 Payload Meeting

Owned by Ben Hyman (RIT Student)
Last updated: Aug 01, 2022

Date

Attendees

Discussion Topics

TopicNotes

Payload Discussion

  • Solar Sail
  • Recovery Payload
  • Video
  • Something that would help a 30K or other subteam
  • Solar Panel Voltage Measurements
  • Cloud Chamber and measure muons
  • Measure permittivity of air at different altitudes

Not doing solar sails because of previous decisions to not work with SPEX and rocket not going to space

Recovery: Something like a smoke grenade to make rocket more visible on descent and recovery

  • Different colors at different altitudes (drogue, main, ground)
  • Good for testing with custom flight computer with no added risk





Action items

Alex Speyer (RIT Student) Wynter M. Petersen (RIT Student) Contact ESRA about feasibility of smoke grenade in the rocket