Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons
Over the last three years the authors have been involved in three experiments that were or will be launched on sounding rockets and high altitude balloons with the REXUS/BEXUS program (Rocket-borne / Balloon-borne Experiments for University Students). The first experiment, called Suaineadh was launc...
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Mechanical engineering and machinery Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Sinn, Thomas Brown, Roy Hutton McRobb, Malcolm Wujek, Adam Lowe, Christopher John Weppler, Johannes Parry, Thomas Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel Brownlie, Frazer Skogby, Jerker Dolan, Iain de Franca Queiroz, Tiago Rogberg, Fredrik Donaldson, Nathan Clark, Ruaridh Allan, Andrew Tibbert, Gunnar Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons |
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Over the last three years the authors have been involved in three experiments that were or will be launched on sounding rockets and high altitude balloons with the REXUS/BEXUS program (Rocket-borne / Balloon-borne Experiments for University Students). The first experiment, called Suaineadh was launched from Esrange (Kiruna, Sweden) onboard REXUS 12 in March 2012. Suaineadh had the purpose of deploying a web in space by using centrifugal forces. The payload was lost during re-entry but was recovered 18 month later in early September 2013. StrathSat-R is the second experiment, which had the purpose of deploying two cube satellites with inflatable structures from the REXUS 13 sounding rocket, was launched first in May 2013 and will be launched a second time in spring 2014. The last experiment is the iSEDE experiment which has the goal of deploying an inflatable structure with disaggregated electronics from the high altitude balloon BEXUS15/16 in October 2013. All these experiments have been designed, built and flown in a timeframe of one and a half to two years. This paper will present the lessons learned in project management, outreach, experiment design, fabrication and manufacturing, software design and implementation, testing and validation as well as launch, flight and post-flight. Furthermore, the lessons learned during the recovery mission of Suaineadh will be discussed as well. All these experiments were designed, built and tested by a large group of university students of various disciplines and different nationalities. StrathSat-R and iSEDE were built completely at Strathclyde but the Suaineadh experiment was a joint project between Glasgow and Stockholm which was especially tricky during integration while approaching the experiment delivery deadline. This paper should help students and professionals across various disciplines to build and organise these kinds of projects more efficiently without making the same, sometimes expensive, mistakes all over again. |
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Sinn, Thomas Brown, Roy Hutton McRobb, Malcolm Wujek, Adam Lowe, Christopher John Weppler, Johannes Parry, Thomas Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel Brownlie, Frazer Skogby, Jerker Dolan, Iain de Franca Queiroz, Tiago Rogberg, Fredrik Donaldson, Nathan Clark, Ruaridh Allan, Andrew Tibbert, Gunnar |
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Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons |
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Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons |
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Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons |
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https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/46356/1/Sinn_T_et_al_Lessons_learned_from_3_university_axperiments_onboard_the_REXUS_BEXUS_sounding_rockets_and_stratospheric_balloons_Sep_2013.pdf Sinn, Thomas <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/773188.html> and Brown, Roy Hutton <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/626844.html> and McRobb, Malcolm and Wujek, Adam and Lowe, Christopher John <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/817573.html> and Weppler, Johannes and Parry, Thomas <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/681083.html> and Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/817526.html> and Brownlie, Frazer <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/999213.html> and Skogby, Jerker and Dolan, Iain and de Franca Queiroz, Tiago and Rogberg, Fredrik and Donaldson, Nathan and Clark, Ruaridh <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/636211.html> and Allan, Andrew and Tibbert, Gunnar (2013 <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/year/2013.html>) Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons. In: 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013 <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/publications/64th_International_Astronautical_Congress_2013.html>, 2013-09-23 - 2013-09-27. |
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ftustrathclyde:oai:strathprints.strath.ac.uk:46356 2024-05-19T07:43:30+00:00 Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons Sinn, Thomas Brown, Roy Hutton McRobb, Malcolm Wujek, Adam Lowe, Christopher John Weppler, Johannes Parry, Thomas Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel Brownlie, Frazer Skogby, Jerker Dolan, Iain de Franca Queiroz, Tiago Rogberg, Fredrik Donaldson, Nathan Clark, Ruaridh Allan, Andrew Tibbert, Gunnar 2013-09-23 application/pdf https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/46356/ https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/46356/1/Sinn_T_et_al_Lessons_learned_from_3_university_axperiments_onboard_the_REXUS_BEXUS_sounding_rockets_and_stratospheric_balloons_Sep_2013.pdf unknown https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/46356/1/Sinn_T_et_al_Lessons_learned_from_3_university_axperiments_onboard_the_REXUS_BEXUS_sounding_rockets_and_stratospheric_balloons_Sep_2013.pdf Sinn, Thomas <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/773188.html> and Brown, Roy Hutton <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/626844.html> and McRobb, Malcolm and Wujek, Adam and Lowe, Christopher John <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/817573.html> and Weppler, Johannes and Parry, Thomas <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/681083.html> and Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/817526.html> and Brownlie, Frazer <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/999213.html> and Skogby, Jerker and Dolan, Iain and de Franca Queiroz, Tiago and Rogberg, Fredrik and Donaldson, Nathan and Clark, Ruaridh <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/636211.html> and Allan, Andrew and Tibbert, Gunnar (2013 <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/year/2013.html>) Lessons learned from three university experiments onboard the REXUS/BEXUS sounding rockets and stratosphere balloons. In: 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013 <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/publications/64th_International_Astronautical_Congress_2013.html>, 2013-09-23 - 2013-09-27. Mechanical engineering and machinery Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed 2013 ftustrathclyde 2024-04-30T23:50:38Z Over the last three years the authors have been involved in three experiments that were or will be launched on sounding rockets and high altitude balloons with the REXUS/BEXUS program (Rocket-borne / Balloon-borne Experiments for University Students). The first experiment, called Suaineadh was launched from Esrange (Kiruna, Sweden) onboard REXUS 12 in March 2012. Suaineadh had the purpose of deploying a web in space by using centrifugal forces. The payload was lost during re-entry but was recovered 18 month later in early September 2013. StrathSat-R is the second experiment, which had the purpose of deploying two cube satellites with inflatable structures from the REXUS 13 sounding rocket, was launched first in May 2013 and will be launched a second time in spring 2014. The last experiment is the iSEDE experiment which has the goal of deploying an inflatable structure with disaggregated electronics from the high altitude balloon BEXUS15/16 in October 2013. All these experiments have been designed, built and flown in a timeframe of one and a half to two years. This paper will present the lessons learned in project management, outreach, experiment design, fabrication and manufacturing, software design and implementation, testing and validation as well as launch, flight and post-flight. Furthermore, the lessons learned during the recovery mission of Suaineadh will be discussed as well. All these experiments were designed, built and tested by a large group of university students of various disciplines and different nationalities. StrathSat-R and iSEDE were built completely at Strathclyde but the Suaineadh experiment was a joint project between Glasgow and Stockholm which was especially tricky during integration while approaching the experiment delivery deadline. This paper should help students and professionals across various disciplines to build and organise these kinds of projects more efficiently without making the same, sometimes expensive, mistakes all over again. Conference Object Kiruna University of Strathclyde Glasgow: Strathprints |