High-Level Project Summary
We develop a lesson plan to approach the creation and use of high-altitude balloons (HAB) capable of reaching near-space, the latter is defined as the Earth’s atmosphere between 20 and 100 kilometers above the sea level. This plan discusses and details the physics behind them; also, includes the materials to be used with its respective budget to ensure that the minimum amount of $263 is spent.High Altitude Balloons (HAB) have been playing an important role in education and research, they provide many advantages to students, scientists, amateurs, hobbyists and researchers because they are cheaper than other types of research technology.
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Detailed Project Description
The Planning section is described the respective coordination with the organizations involved, as well as the consideration of environmental factors; in the Preparation section are taken into account the cautions to be taken prior to launch and a useful checklist to prepare the equipment prior to the Building Process, in which all the elements of a HAB are prepared and assembled to proceed to the Launch; Then, in the Tracking section, the programs to predict the flight path are indicated and different resources are recommended to track the balloon in real time; finally, in the Recovery section it is indicated how to proceed to recover the payload successfully.
High Altitude Balloons are an important low-cost technology with short preparation, and they can offer much higher altitudes than aircraft with minimum resources, has flexible launch sites and longer flight times than rockets. Hence, it is very important that students and all people interested in this technology meet the basis of high-altitude balloon technology, not only the physics core and building process, but also the materials, planning, preparation, tracking and recovery.
The project uses Matlab code to take parameters of the atmosphere, as well as other tracking tools such as CUSF landing predictor, Stratoflights flight path prediction, Satellite Communications, Amateur Radio Tracking.
Space Agency Data
We only use information from NASA to be able to describe physical aspects of the Project, for example drag and lift, also for the background section, we showed NASA projects with High Altitude Balloon.
Hackathon Journey
Simply a unique experience, it is the first time that my team and myself have enlisted in a hackathon and the emotions are on the surface. We have learned a diversity of soft skills that will help us to be better professionals, communication, planning and work under pressure have been among the greatest achievements achieved by each member of Starlight. We were inspired by the desire to take the first step in the space sector, to motivate people to get down to work and support El Salvador to grow. We did this through a tool that can be used by many young people and enthusiasts for the development of this sector, from one of the oldest aerospace practices that have fostered research and the progress of humanity.We have solved all challenges. By always keeping this in mind, we have not given up and motivation, perseverance and passion can lead anyone to achieve what has never been expected. It only remains to thank NASA for providing this opportunity.
References
The project uses MATLAB Program, CUSF landing predictor, Stratoflights flight path prediction, Satellite Communications, Amateur Radio Tracking.
Tags
#Science Application # Knowledge #Low-Cost
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