Spacebridge: The Next Generation

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before. Discussions: Discord Project Thread To be included in Spacebridge-related announcements go to #bot-commands and type /rank Spacing Guild. EVENTS: We have weekly meetings Sunday at 5pm-7/8ish. (Meetup page) Spacebridge interest list Launch and field trip announcements will be made during the weekly meeting as well as the #announcement channel on discord.

NBRL-001: Infinite Improbability Dive

Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of Tracy, California.

Launch Type:

Unmanned Free Balloon

Launch Objectives:

Pre-launch:

• Track and recover NWS radiosonde using SDR ground station
• Repurpose RS41 radiosonde to transmit telemetry on amateur radio band via APRS
• Identify appropriate launch location
• Plan safe and recoverable flight trajectory
• Communicate with FAA to issue NOTAM

Launch:

• Integrate payload and balloon subsystems
• Safely fill and handle balloon
• Launch!

Post-launch:

• Receive radio signal from radiosonde
• Track balloon position using telemetry data
• Recover payload