PSAS News Map View
Here's a list of all PSAS news, in a map ("folder") view:
- 1998-05-24 - Launch scrubbed of LV0 in Bend, OR
- 1998-06-07 - Successful launch of LV0 in Monroe, WA
- 1998-07-18 - OMSI Space Days
- 1998-08-02 - Group trip to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada
- 1998-09-13
- 1998-10-26 - Launch scrub of LV1 in Bend, OR
- 1998-11-08 - Payload and Recovery Tests
- 1998-11-17 - Payload and Recovery Tests II
- 1999-01-05 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 1999-01-28 - Payload and Recovery Tests III
- 1999-02-15
- 1999-03-16 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 1999-03-23
- 1999-04-07 - Payload and Recovery Tests IV
- 1999-04-11 - Successful launch of LV1 in Bend, OR
- 1999-04-21 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 1999-06-16 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 1999-07-07 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 1999-07-18 - OMSI Space Celebration
- 1999-09-06 - System Tests
- 1999-09-13 - Rolleron Test
- 1999-09-17 - Launch scrub in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada
- 1999-10-02 - System Tests
- 1999-10-20 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 1999-12-01 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-01-01 - PSAS story in PSU's alumni magazine
- 2000-01-18 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-02-02 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-03-01
- 2000-04-01 - PSAS exhibit at OMSI Russian Rocketry event
- 2000-05-03 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-05-05 - LV1b telemetry system test
- 2000-05-11 - PSAS wins Oregon Space Grant
- 2000-06-07 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-07-05 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-07-12 - General Meeting & Task List in PCAT 103
- 2000-07-16 - LV1b telemetry system test #2
- 2000-07-19 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2000-09-03 - Launch scrub of LV1b in Bend, OR
- 2000-10-07 - Successful launch of LV1b in Bend, OR
- 2000-11-02 - Lecture by Rainier Anacker: Build a small Rocket for L.E.O. (10 kg Payload)
- 2001-01-09 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2001-02-06 - General Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2001-05-29 - Airframe Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2001-05-29 - Avionics Meeting in PCAT 103
- 2001-06-27 - Meeting with Jim Binkley of PSU CS on 802.11b
- 2001-07-17
- 2001-07-25
- 2001-08-02
- 2001-08-07
- 2001-08-15
- 2001-08-21
- 2001-08-22 - Flight computer (MOPS520) boots off floppy!
- 2001-08-29
- 2001-09-04
- 2001-09-12
- 2001-09-15
- 2001-09-20
- 2001-09-25
- 2001-10-09
- 2001-11-13
- 2001-12-04 - OGI Lecture: Intro to Extreme Programming (XP)
- 2001-12-11 - Twiki lesson, planning for next launch.
- 2001-12-16
- 2002-01-09
- 2002-01-23
- 2002-02-06 - General Team Meeting
- 2002-02-27
- 2002-03-03
- 2002-03-10
- 2002-04-07
- 2002-04-10 - General Meeting
- 2002-04-14
- 2002-04-28
- 2002-05-01 - General Meeting
- 2002-05-07
- 2002-05-10
- 2002-05-14
- 2002-05-19 - Booth at PDXBOT.02
- 2002-05-21
- 2002-05-26
- 2002-05-28 - James hacks away on FC, Andrew on the beginnings of PicCore
- 2002-06-04 - General Meeting: Reschedule of 6/21 launch to 8/3
- 2002-06-18 - Project timeline until the scheduled 8/3 launch
- 2002-06-24
- 2002-06-25 - Paul and Nate's CAN node dev system finally up and running
- 2002-07-07 - Getting CAN nodes working w/PicCore
- 2002-07-08
- 2002-07-09 - General Meeting: Launch logistics for 8/3
- 2002-07-11
- 2002-07-15
- 2002-07-20 - System Test at OMSI's Space Day
- 2002-07-21 - More to-do items; got LV1b 2m receiver to work, and tested it
- 2002-07-31 - General Meeting: Launch logistics for 8/3
- 2002-08-01 - Announcement: 8/3 launch canceled due to fire danger
- 2002-08-03
- 2002-08-06 - ATV and FC node work
- 2002-08-11 - Paul and Andrew discuss GPS node processing
- 2002-08-13 - Overview of what needs to be done; James' notes on FC update
- 2002-08-18 - Larry goes it alone working on 2m radio interface
- 2002-08-20 - PicCore lecture; James starts hacking FC software together
- 2002-08-25 - ATV hardware & distro board designed. Jupiter boards programmed. Ate pizza.
- 2002-08-27 - GPS CAN node done; Clementine determined to be broken
- 2002-08-29
- 2002-09-08 - ATV distro board and PicCore @ Andrew's; Software @ FAB CS lounge
- 2002-09-10 - Hardware work @ Andrew's; Software @ FAB CS lounge: telemetry client works
- 2002-09-19 - Tuning 1.3GHz and 2.4GHz helical antennas @ the PSU microwave lab
- 2002-09-22 - Successful launch of LV2 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada
- 2002-10-01 - Linux 2.6 lecture at OGI; General Meeting at McMenamin's Cornelius Pass Road House
- 2002-11-05 - General Meeting: Scheduling for 2003
- 2002-11-17 - FC infrastructure, 802.11b network architecture
- 2003-01-07 - 5/4/2003 is freeze and launch call. 1/26 kickoff meeting scheduled.
- 2003-01-28 - EAGLE PCB CAD Workshop
- 2003-02-19
- 2003-02-26
- 2003-03-05
- 2003-03-11 - Recovery node design review
- 2003-03-12
- 2003-04-01 - General Meeting: rescheduled June 2003 launch
- 2003-04-16
- 2003-05-13 - General Meeting: Ixnay summer, aim for 9/19 in Nevada; Need USENIX help
- 2003-05-23 - Dave T designs v1 CPA's on RT Duroid PCB
- 2003-06-02
- 2003-06-04 - Measurements of v1 CPA's in PSU's Microwave Lab
- 2003-06-09
- 2003-06-09 - PSAS site Slashdotted due to Wired News article, but stayed up
- 2003-06-10 - Test of v1 CPA's at Xerox's anechoic chamber
- 2003-06-12 - PSAS presentation and exhibit at the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in San Antonio, TX
- 2003-06-24 - Things to do by August 22nd
- 2003-07-01
- 2003-07-08
- 2003-07-09 - PSAS exhibit at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland
- 2003-07-15 - General Meeting
- 2003-07-19 - OMSI's Space Day: Exhibit and workshop on OMSI's "front deck"
- 2003-07-20
- 2003-07-22 - Non-PDX tasks, Protocols, LTC, Rocketview API, Routers
- 2003-07-31 - Tests of Tap Plastic's X-30 expanding polyurethane (EPU) foam
- 2003-08-03
- 2003-08-12 - General Meeting: Black Rock details, success criterion
- 2003-08-16 - Mock up CPA test using 0.005" PCB and 0.01" Copper and EPU
- 2003-08-17
- 2003-08-26 - To do list, what's critical
- 2003-08-31
- 2003-09-11 - v2 CPA's designed using Excel spreadsheet: calculates CPA dimensions and generates EAGLE CAD commands
- 2003-09-14 - Glenn makes up thousands of new helixes
- 2003-09-14-propulsion
- 2003-09-21 - Launch of LV2.2 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada
- 2003-09-28
- 2003-10-05
- 2003-10-06 - First test of v2 CPAs (built in NV desert) in PSU Microwave Lab: resonant frequencies off scale for 2/3
- 2003-10-07 - What's next, timelines, task lists
- 2003-10-10 - Second test of v2 CPAs in PSU Microwave Lab: they're all way below the design frequency, but have great VSWR's
- 2003-10-13 - Power measurements on each component of the avionics system
- 2003-10-19
- 2003-10-20 - Successfully tuned a flat 2.4GHz CPA from it's natural resonant freq. to the design freq. of 2.422 GHz via exacto blade
- 2003-11-02
- 2003-11-04
- 2003-11-10 - Successfully tuned the 1.575 GHz and 1.277 GHz antennas in the PSU microwave lab... then we went nuts and turned the GPS antenna into a WiFi then 3 GHz antenna. Fun!
- 2003-11-10 - Made 1.277 and 1.575 GHz flat patch antennas to test (build pictures)
- 2003-11-11
- 2003-11-15
- 2003-11-18
- 2003-11-19 - v3 CPA meeting
- 2003-11-21 - Andrew sucks (foam)
- 2003-11-23 - One more v2 CPA test with VNA; smush testing, etc
- 2003-11-30
- 2003-12-02 - General Meeting: updates, integration issues, scheduling
- 2003-12-09 - Field trip to NW EMC in Hillsboro to test CPA propagation
- 2003-12-13 - Suck on foam with the VNA, remeasure the slot antennas, measure the reference dipoles Teflon test?
- 2003-12-21
- 2003-12-30 - Magnetometers
- 2003-12-31
- 2004-01-20 - Look at to-do lists and discuss link budget
- 2004-01-25
- 2004-01-31
- 2004-02-01 - Chat with Professor Jim Binkley about 802.11b and Linux drivers
- 2004-02-03 - v3 CPA design
- 2004-02-06 - Built two more v2 CPAs (Wifi, GPS) to test the "altitude effects dielectric thickness" hypothesis
- 2004-02-09 - Test of a v2 CPA constructed at sea level
- 2004-02-12 - Measurement of foam density
- 2004-02-15
- 2004-02-19 - v3 patch antennna design: Next steps and new mechanical design
- 2004-03-24
- 2004-04-17
- 2004-05-01
- 2004-05-02
- 2004-05-15
- 2004-05-26
- 2004-05-30 - Critical path scheduling and APS
- 2004-05-31
- 2004-06-06 - PSAS booth at PDXBOT.04
- 2004-06-07 - Trip to Timberline lodge to build the last of the V2 CPAs & measurement at PSU microwave lab
- 2004-06-09 - APS (Avionics Power System) design: Li Ion battery charger choice
- 2004-06-09 - Foam density revisited
- 2004-06-12
- 2004-06-21 - Road Trip to Mojave, California for launch of Space Ship One
- 2004-06-26
- 2004-06-27 - Conference call with Glen Gardner re: sounding rockets
- 2004-06-30
- 2004-07-10
- 2004-07-17 - PSAS display and workshop at OMSI's "Space Day"
- 2004-07-18
- 2004-07-20
- 2004-07-22 - VNA test of solid UHMW PE "v2b" CPAs
- 2004-07-27 - v3 patch antenna discussion with airframe and avionics team
- 2004-08-08
- 2004-08-18 - VNA test of "v3" CPAs
- 2004-08-28 - General Meeting and integration workshop at Brian's house
- 2004-09-11 - Black Rock Desert work party and dust bath
- 2004-10-09
- 2004-10-10 - Comm system thoughts: End-to-end equipment lists, thoughts on testing
- 2004-10-11 - LV2 Communications Systems test results
- 2004-10-13
- 2004-10-21
- 2004-10-23
- 2004-10-27
- 2004-10-30
- 20094-11-02 - LV2 Avionics Module complete!! With pictures!
- 2004-11-03 - General Meeting: updates, integration issues, launch schedule
- 2004-11-08 - VNA test of LV2 CPAs and ground equipment
- 2004-11-13
- 2004-11-17
- 2004-11-27
- 2004-11-29 - PSAS Advisor wins NASA SBIR Grant on Vehicle Health Management
- 2004-12-07
- 2004-12-11
- 2004-12-12 - System Integration and Test Day
- 2004-12-15
- 2004-12-22
- 2004-12-27 - ATV test: success across 4.7 mi through the Columbia gorge
- 2005-01-05 - PSAS Advisor wins IBM Scholars Program "Linux on POWER" Innovation Grant
- 2005-02-05 - Attempted Launch of LV2 in Millican, Oregon
- 2005-02-09 - General Meeting: Launch (almost!) debrief, spaceshipone movie
- 2005-02-25 - System Test Day at Reed College
- 2005-03-09 - Fun with a spectrum analyzer: communication team field day at Maxim Semiconductor
- 2005-03-14 - GPS, ATV & 2m oh my: Tim and Andrew freeze their asses off testing 2 GPS boards
- 2005-03-16
- 2005-03-22 - GPS redux: We measure the absolute signal in on the GPS antenna from the ATV system
- 2005-03-23
- 2005-04-02
- 2005-04-16
- 2005-05-01
- 2005-05-26 - GPS redux 2: trying a LNA with two added saw filters
- 2005-05-29 - GPS redux 3: SAW filters, GPS/ATV, 2m
- 2005-06-04
- 2005-06-18
- 2005-06-21 - GPS redux 4: test of retuned 2m & GPS: success!
- 2005-07-03 - System Test at Gabriel Park
- 2005-07-06 - General Meeting: Planned integration test at Gabriel Park (7/9).
- 2005-07-09 - System Test at Gabriel Park
- 2005-07-23
- 2005-08-03 - General Meeting: launch logistics for 8/20 launch
- 2005-08-06 - System Test at Portland International Raceway
- 2005-08-13 - System Test at Gabriel Park
- 2005-08-18
- 2005-08-20 - A spectacular flight of LV2, but with an unhappy ending
- 2005-09-01 - General Meeting: Post-mortem analysis of LV2's wreckage
- 2005-10-03
- 2005-10-04
- 2005-10-06 - General Meeting: what do we do next?
- 2005-10-12
- 2005-10-25 - Discussion of avionics architecture and PPC flight computer
- 2005-11-10 - Status report for IBM
- 2005-11-30 - More avionics architecture, PPC flight computer, and CAN vs USB discussions
- 2005-12-06 - First meeting of the capstone team: Introductions, USB vs. CAN, and EagleCAD
- 2005-12-13 - Capstone Team: Milestones, meeting with Faust, deliverables, some technical stuff
- 2005-12-16 - Capstone Team: Official meeting with faculty advisor, Mark Faust
- 2005-12-20 - Capstone Team: Goals of PSAS and how they relate to the capstone project
- 2006-01-04 - Capstone Team: USB discussion and schedule planning
- 2006-01-13
- 2006-01-18
- 2006-01-20
- 2006-01-27
- 2006-02-01
- 2006-02-03
- 2006-02-06
- 2006-02-08 - Airframe meeting at general meeting.
- 2006-02-08-student-club
- 2006-02-09
- 2006-02-15 - EAGLE CAD Workshop
- 2006-02-18
- 2006-02-22
- 2006-02-24
- 2006-03-01
- 2006-03-07
- 2006-04-11
- 2006-04-26
- 2006-05-07
- 2006-07-26 - O'Reilly Open Source Convention exhibit
- 2006-08-02
- 2006-08-23
- 2006-08-30
- 2006-09-06 - Notes up until this point
- 2006-09-06-software
- 2006-10-17 - PSAS Booth at The Digital Avionics System Conference (DASC) 2006
- 2006-11-08
- 2006-11-15
- 2006-12-16 - "To orbit on a budget" at the Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA
- 2007-01-03 - Where are we, where are we going
- 2007-01-31 - Intro. and General Meeting
- 2007-02-04 - Test of the Nose Separation Ring System (SRS)
- 2007-03-07 - Beginning to hand out projects for AV2c...
- 2007-03-14 - Recovery Node discussion
- 2007-03-28
- 2007-04-01 - Dan prototypes the new recovery system, again.
- 2007-04-11 - Bruce gives a presentation on RTOSs for the LPC2148
- 2007-04-25 - Re-baselining LV2b
- 2007-05-02 - "Reflections of a Paleoaerodynamicist", Dr. John McMasters
- 2007-06-17 - PSAS End-Of-Year/Dad's Day Picnic/Rocket Launch!
- 2007-08-08 - General meeting; ikiwiki demo session
- 2007-08-29 - Go/No go decision for the BRD 2007 launch
- 2007-09-26 - Fire test of MJG Technologies J-Tek igniter
- 2007-10-10 - Screaming Circuits donates rapid electronic assembly services (with Vanguard article)
- 2008-01-09 - General team meeting
- 2008-01-30 - Discussing LV2c's telemetry system
- 2008-04-09 - Ad Hoc comm team meeting on communication system frequencies
- 2008-04-21 - Dr. Myron Kayton presents '100 Years of Inertial Navigation'
- 2008-06-09 - Looking for a 802.11a wireless adapter
- 2008-06-25 - Christmas arrives early!
- 2008-07-02 - Avionics planning
- 2008-07-02 - Standalone ATV System discussion and design start
- 2008-07-09 - Video overlay and LV2 scale model!
- 2008-07-09 - Standalone ATV System Discussion and Continued Planning
- 2008-07-16 - PLUG meeting talk, Airframe planning meeting, and spin table handoff
- 2008-07-23 - New avionics folks, nosecone mold finished, OSCON
- 2008-08-06 - Nosecone built! With Pics!
- 2008-08-13 - Switched launch dates, airframe update, and avionics update.
- 2008-09-01 - More planning on CPAs for LV2c
- 2008-10-01 - No go on 'Rocktober', student club stuff, meeting days.
- 2009-01-13 - Agenda for upcoming meeting
- 2009-01-15 - The Universal Rocket Bus
- 2009-01-23 - PSAS at Engineering Discovery Showcase
- 2009-02-17 - EAGLE CAD Workshop
- 2009-03-15 - Test of parachutes in the atrium of the PSU EB
- 2009-03-22 - Parachute deployment test in Tigard
- 2009-03-29 - Line cutter assembly and testing.
- 2009-04-05 - Drop test of recovery system.
- 2009-04-19 - Drop test of recovery system, with a tad bit more success.
- 2009-04-21 - Launch decision, todos, and timeline
- 2009-05-03 - Integration and Test Day Part 1/2
- 2009-05-12 - Pre-launch logistics meeting
- 2009-05-20 - Pre-launch prep: putting the recovery system together.
- 2009-05-31 - Successful launch of LV2.3 in Brothers, Oregon
- 2009-06-09 - Next steps! And 802.11a adapters?
- 2009-06-16 - Roll stability random discussion notes
- 2009-07-21 - Avionics mounting structure
- 2009-07-29 - Preliminary channels, Trackmaster 3k and LTC/LC comms
- 2009-09-22 - So far a 'Go' for BRD launch, registration info, etc.
- 2009-10-02 - Black Rock Desert launch **SCRUBBED**
- 2010-05-23 - Planned launch of LV2.3 **scrubbed** due to weather.
- 2010-05-23 launch sops
- 2010-05-25 - Thoughts on characterization of the UHMW PE for v4 CPAs
- 2010-06-27 - **Successful launch of LV2.3** in Brothers, Oregon.
- 2010-10-17 - Launch logistics for launch of LV2.3 with roll control in Brothers, Oregon.
- 2010-10-17 - **Successful launch** of LV2.3 with roll control in Brothers, Oregon.
- 2010-12-14 - Propulsion Meeting Minutes
- 2011-02-15 - PSAS gets SolidWorks 2011
- 2011-02-18 - Engineering Discovery Showcase
- 2011-02-22 - Re-lauch of general team meetings!
- 2011-03-02 - Team meeting
- 2011-03-29 - Lecture on soldering, FC to Node5 GFE USB Communication
- 2011-04-30 - PSAS in the Oregonian
- 2011-05-03 - Picking a Launch Date
- 2011-05-03 - Firmware structure discussion
- 2011-05-15 - Build of node5 prototyping boards
- 2011-05-31 - Next Launch: July 31, 2011
- 2011-06-10 - Restart v4 CPA work