Conceptual Design of a South Pole Carrier Pigeon UAV

• Main Author: Dlima, Kendrick M
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2020
• Subjects: UAV; Carrier Pigeon; South Pole; Antarctica; Conceptual Design; Data Transfer; Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics; Aeronautical Vehicles; Aerospace Engineering; Aviation and Space Education; Climate; Management and Operations; Meteorology; Navigation; Guidance; Control and Dynamics; Propulsion and Power; Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization; Christchurch; New Zealand; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2145; https://doi.org/10.15368/theses.2020.60; https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/context/theses/article/3655/viewcontent/ThesisFinalEdits.pdf

Currently, the South Pole has a large data problem. It is estimated that 1.2 TB of data is being produced every day, but less than 500 GB of that data is being uploaded via aging satellites to researchers in other parts of the world. This requires those at the South Pole to analyze the data and care...