JP Aerospace Blog

Rimstar.org has posted an article and new artwork on Airship to Orbit.

Today we’re mounting the tracking systems on the High Racks. The first step though is balancing. All the gear goes on and get shuffled until it’s level and all the cables reach and none of the radios stomp on systems and the data line don’t cross antenna lines and…..

This is from about eight years ago.

The PongSats have started arriving. Just over 400 have made it in so far.

The team put in a long day Saturday on fins and tracking systems.

Sewing Fin Sails                      New Fin Frame Rods

Fins in there folded position.

Anthony working on a telemetry system and Kevin mounting a balloon release system on Away 48.

On April 9th more student experiments than have ever been flown at one time ever are heading to the edge of space.

We are going to use three vehicles to carry them. By spreading them across three vehicles we can both give the PongSats a good high ride (over 100,000 feet) and do it with a fast climb rate. We need to climb fast for spring launches to keep the downrange short. It’s awful muddy out there this time of year.

Introducing Away 47, 48 and 49:

There is now exactly one thousand PongSats signed up for the next mission.