Engineering Lesson 7b: Payloads and Ground Stations
This lesson is a little mixed up....
NOTE: is other payloads info now elsewhere??
lesson 8 covers tracking
We said this lesson would cover this, but some of these are later on: Tracking Ground Station, RFD900 Ground Station, Streaming video payload, RFD900 Atmospheric Sensor Suite, Iridium payload, vent
Overview of the content
Learning objectives
After completing this lessons, students will be able to:
- understand basic balloon physics;
- describe the various phases of balloon flight;
- identify challenges associated with each phase;
- be aware of typical balloon payloads and understand limits on what can fly
Background information for the instructor
Resources
Ground station schematic (below) -- see larger downloadable version here
Video content
Suggested class activity
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