Spacebridge/NBRL-002: 99^0 Red Balloons

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You and I in a little hacker spot

Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got

Set them free at the break of dawn

'Til one by one, they were gone

Back at base, bugs in the software

Flash the message, "Something's out there!"

Floating in the summer sky

Ninety-nine0 red balloons go by


High-level Overview[edit]

  • Recovery Systems:
    • Deployment systems
    • Parachute design / testing
  • Ground Station
    • Optical tracker
    • Mechanical design/controlls
    • Radio system
      • 3 redundancies (APRS, Meshtastic, FT8)
  • Avionics Payload
    • Position (e.g. GPS + IMU)
    • Communication
    • Payload physical design.
  • Scientific/Secondary Payload
  • Trajectory Prediction/Simulation
  • Launch Logistics / Planning
  • Community Outreach / Engagement