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Payload Flight Number:
2008-02
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Institution:
Tulane University
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Payload Title:
Found in Space
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Student Leader:
Michael Woodman
mwoodman@tulane.edu
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Faculty Advisor:
Harry
Howard
Spanish
302 Newcomb Hall
Tulane University
New
Orleans, LA 70118
howard@tulane.edu
Office: 504-862-3417
Fax:
504-862-8752
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Payload class:
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Small
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Payload ID Number:
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02
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Mass:
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0.685
kg
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Current:
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0.2 A
@ 30V
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Serial Downlink:
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No
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Analog Downlink:
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No
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Serial Commands:
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No
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Discrete Commands:
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No
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Payload Specification & Integration Plan
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Due: 6/1/2008
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Delivered:
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Payload Integration Certification
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Scheduled:
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Actual:
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Flight Operation Plan
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Due:
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Delivered:
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Final Flight / Science Report
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Due: 12/15/2008
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Delivered:
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Abstract:
There are few fixed reference points in space, but one of the
most robust is the background of stars. This truism has lead to the
invention of the star tracker, a device that compares salient stars
in a photographic image of a portion of space against a star catalog
to determine the orientation of the camera and thus of the vehicle
that carries it. There are star trackers available commercially, but
they run from a half million to a million dollars and thus are
prohibitively expensive for a small space venture with limited
funding.
One such venture is the team that Tulane University’s
Sociocognitive Robotics Lab (and Igor Carron at Texas A&M
University) has
partnered with to win the Google Lunar XPrize. HASP provides our
team with the ability to test a home-made COTS star tracker in
conditions similar to those that it will encounter on its way to the
Moon.
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Payload Application:
Tulane_HASP_2008 (PDF) |
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Summary Status:
Original
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Summary Date:
February 8, 2008
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