RockSat-C: Experiment and Expected Results

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RockSat-C: Experiment and Expected Results Poster
Poster Session
B
Poster Number
02
Project Author(s)
Patrick Cornwall, Davia Fleming, Carter Knutson, Justin Ringle, Laura Sanchez
Institution
Oregon Institute of Technology | OSGC Undergraduate Team Experience Award
Project Description

The progress and remaining challenges facing the RockSat-C team from the Oregon Tech, Portland-Metro Campus, on their mission to develop and launch a small payload into space in conjunction with Wallops Island Flight Facility. RockSat-C is a program offering students the opportunity to design payloads to be launched past the atmosphere in a NASA sounding rocket. In 2019, the team began development of the payload to fulfill RockSat design requirements to conduct 4 experiments during the flight to space and back. While originally scheduled to launch in June of 2020, COVID-19 has placed unique pressures on both the design process, and launch schedules. Currently the team is still in the testing phases for each experiment, while trying to overcome limited access to laboratory equipment. The new, tentative schedule for launch is summer 2021. Talks and preparation with the ROCKSAT organization are ongoing. This presentation addresses the goals of each experiment, the current state of the process, previous progress, and the steps needed to move forward for the team.