Near Space for Hams 2016

Topics

• Where is Near Space• Conditions in Near Space• Reaching Near Space• Tracking Near Spacecraft• Scenes From a Near Space Mission• 2016 Events• For More Information

Where is Near Space?

• Controlled Airspace (ICAO)• Outer Space (FAI)

Near Space is between Class A Air Space (60,000 ft) and Outer Space (328,000 ft)

This is what awesome looks like

The Near Spacecraft

• Weight: 12 Lb• Height: 30 - 50 ft• Climb Rate: > 1,000 ft/min• Max Altitude: > 100,000 ft

Tracking

• Onboard: GPS/TNC/Transmitter• On Ground: APRS

• IGates Allow Unlicensed Students to Track

A Near Space Mission

A Near Space Mission

A Near Space Mission

A Near Space Mission

A Near Space Mission

2016 Events

• School Launches• Great Plains Super Launch• iSTEM – Teaching Teachers• Third Man Records – First Record Played

in Near Space• Explorer Scouts Launch (Idaho OpenLabs)• Multispectral Imaging• Quadcopter Testing

Cascade High School and the Treasure Valley Math and Science

Center

GPSL 2016Pecan Plantation, TX

Paper Airplane Launch at iSTEM

Quadcopter Test of a BalloonSat at iSTEM

Rachel and the TMR Phonograph Player

OpenLabs Near Space Recovery

Smoke from 28,000 feet

LWIR and Vis: 13k feet

LWIR and Vis: 42k feet

Quadcopter Digipeater

Quadcopter Imaging

LWIR NIR

Visible NUV (+NIR)

More Information

• NearSys.com• Youtube.com/NearSys• NearSys.blogspot.com• Twitter.com/NearSys