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Alaska Student Rocket Program National Space Grant Directors Meeting Spring 2009 Denise Thorsen spacegrant.alaska.edu
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Alaska Student Rocket Program. National Space Grant Directors Meeting Spring 2009. Denise Thorsen spacegrant.alaska.edu. History. Goals and Objectives. Student Training: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Alaska Student Rocket Program
National Space Grant Directors Meeting Spring
2009
Denise Thorsenspacegrant.alaska.edu
History
Goals and Objectives• Student Training:
– provide students with opportunities for hands on experience with design, construction, testing and launch of sounding rocket payloads
– allow students to pursue innovative ideas and solve open-ended design problems
– provide students with the opportunity to work as members of an interdisciplinary and international team
• Scientific Research:– develop low cost, student designed rocket payloads to
investigate high latitude geophysical phenomena.• Infrastructure Development:
– provide low cost test bed for verification of new flight hardware technology
– develop research infrastructure at UAF for the development of rocket and spacecraft flight hardware.
SRP3/TR1: January 2000Altitude: 78 km
SRP4March 2002Altitude: 87 km
SRP5: January 2009Altitude 98.5 km
Progress in Technology
SRP5: 2008
SRP1: 1999
Launch Day: January 10, 2009
8:3010:002:15
2:30
Meet at UAF
Pre-Flight Meeting at Poker Flat Launch Post-Flight Meeting
1 Minute Before Launch!
Anyone Want to Fly?(Questions?)
