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Payload Flight Number:
2008-07
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Institution:
University of North Dakota
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Payload Title:
O3
Sensor
Technology Development and Atmospheric Experimentation
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Student Leader:
Mr.
Nathaniel P. Ambler
Department of Space Studies
University
of North Dakota
Clifford Hall Room 512
4149
University Ave Stop 9008
Grand
Forks, ND 58202
nambler@ufl.edu
nathaniel.ambler@und.nodak.edu
Office: 701-777-2480
Cell:
352-284-3087
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Faculty Advisor:
Dr.
Ronald Fevig
Department of Space Studies
University
of North Dakota
Clifford Hall Room 512
4149
University Ave Stop 9008
Grand
Forks, ND 58202
rfevig@aero.und.edu
Office: 701-777-2480
Cell:
520-820-3440
Fax:
701-777-3711
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Payload class:
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Small
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Payload ID Number:
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07
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Mass:
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1.75
kg
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Current:
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0.367
A @ 30V
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Serial Downlink:
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1200
baud
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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
several significant and unanswered questions regarding ozone (O3),
and ozone depletion in the
atmosphere.
These issues demand the development of new reliable and cost
effective sensors to monitor
ozone over the
Earth. One such unique, easily produced in mass, and newly developed
(patent pending)
sensor array,
by the University of North Florida (UNF), is the solid-state
nanocrystalline Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) thin film gas sensor. These
sensors do not need to operate at very high operating temperature
and follow as an improvement compared to the earlier reported
tungsten oxide sensors by Hansford et al. (2005).
In recent months, ITO gas sensors were tested and calibrated
with different concentration of ozone (0.5 ppm to 14 ppm) under
different pressures using the Low-pressure Test Bed at the Space
Life Science Lab (SLSL), Kennedy Space Center
(KSC-XA) as a student project through Space Florida with the support of NASA. Our next
goal in this process is to launch the sensors with their interface
circuitry into the upper atmosphere using a long duration high
altitude balloon. This flight compares and validates ITO sensors
with the currently used electro-chemical ozone sensors. This project
continues through the Dakota Space Society student led consortium.
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Payload Application:
NorthDakota_HASP_2008 (PDF) |
Payload Integration Plan:
UND_HASP_08 (PDF) |
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Summary Status:
Original
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Summary Date:
February
8, 2008
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