Last Saturday was another day of bits and boards for Away 35. We modified the main controller’s power harness. We reprogrammed the extra camera controller to take more high altitude pictures and less on the way up. We also reprogrammed the backup balloon release system to take into account the higher altitude Away 35 will reach. After the system was reinstalled on the vehicle we ran a full duration test.
A duller, but harder and very important was also done. The system shelves were completely gone through and reorganized, (ah the excitement of space).
We’re about a four days away from systems completion. After that we’ll be running the full up test. Then on to flight.
Last Saturday the Sacramento L-5 Society Chapter had their monthly meeting at our facility. They had two speakers. One talked about what’s happening with Lunar exploration and the other (our own Karl) talked about Helium-3 and fusion.
Great to see that we are getting real close to the launch now (we have sent five Pongsats from Sweden, hopefully they passed Customs properly), and it seems that you are taking a huge amount of measures to safeguard the flight. What height are you aiming for?
regards,
Jurjen & sons