We promised you to always keep you updated about information concerning the location of the 2016 Launch Campaign.
Finally, we are able to do so:
The Launch Campain will take place in Portugal from 22 to 26 June 2016, as ESA recently announced.
Our whole team is very excited and looking forward to a hopefully great experience!
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Improving our air samples and triggering mechanism
At the moment, we are working on improvements to our air samples and triggering mechanism.
Up to now, our triggering mechanism contains tiny pins, loops and much precision work shortly before the Launch Campaign. Working on it during the 2015 competition under pressure of time was really stressful. The new mechanism will work with a rotating panel and strings. We'll keep you up to date how exactly it will work when we've figured out how we're going to proceed.
As mentioned in the previous post, we're going to use vacuettes to collect the air samples.
To make them fit into our CanSat, we're gonna have to restructure it. In addition to that, we are at the moment planning to exchange some of the CanSat's components that didn't work properly last year or will be unnecessary during this year's competition.
We're also planning the exact produre of collecting the air samples. For example, the vacuettes have to be tested, placed in the can properly and brought together with the triggering mechanism. You see: there's lots of work to be done.
Up to now, our triggering mechanism contains tiny pins, loops and much precision work shortly before the Launch Campaign. Working on it during the 2015 competition under pressure of time was really stressful. The new mechanism will work with a rotating panel and strings. We'll keep you up to date how exactly it will work when we've figured out how we're going to proceed.
As mentioned in the previous post, we're going to use vacuettes to collect the air samples.
To make them fit into our CanSat, we're gonna have to restructure it. In addition to that, we are at the moment planning to exchange some of the CanSat's components that didn't work properly last year or will be unnecessary during this year's competition.
We're also planning the exact produre of collecting the air samples. For example, the vacuettes have to be tested, placed in the can properly and brought together with the triggering mechanism. You see: there's lots of work to be done.
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