1. CubeSat De-Orbit Team First Status Report Team Members: Todd Estep Juan Parducci Kimberly Scheider Nathan Schwinn Dylan Blackshear Trevor McCarthy Gregory Lemmer

2. http://talkingelectronics.com/proje cts/Nitinol/Nitinol-1.html De-Orbit Device Air Brake Shape Memory Alloy  Generous donation by Memry Corp  Will be fabricating Nitinol frame ourselves  Annealing material in 500 degree oven

3. De-Orbit Device Air Brake Sublimating Compound  Initial meeting with Dr. Kenneth Brown  Predicted sun exposure and pressures at determined altitudes Benzoic Acid

4. De-Orbit Device Air Brake Retrofit Vacuum Chamber Investigated Folding Techniques for circular balloon

5. De-Orbit Device Structural Contacted NASA on various sounding rocket options (RockSat-X and RockSat-C) Gathered design requirements for deployable structure (size constraints and forces) for sounding rocket flights Researched various deployment system options

6. De-Orbit Device Structural ● Currently in the process of communicating with Cal Poly about SOCEM device. ● Design on deployment system will begin in the upcoming days.

7. http://www.cosmiac.org/cubeflow- training.html De-Orbit Device Electrical Electrical team is using the CubeFlow hardware and software systems in order to establish an active communication and data feed connection between the CubeSat and main computer Team proved successful in establishing an active connection between the two devices during an initial test  Difficulty with Temperature Sensor Working on certification for CubeFlow Space Dynamics Laboratory Electrical Engineers initially recruited have left us 