1. Camera Payload Design & Intent Annual Arizona Space Grant Consortium ASCEND! Gemma Thomas Pima Community College Mentor: Mike Sampogna Pima Community College April 9th, 2011

2. Introduction / Overview
Three Venom Snake Eye Cameras
 Full motion, real time video and audio
Goal: Correlate flight events to temperature,
pressure, altitude, and acceleration data
Top
Bottom
Side
3 venom snake eye cameras
All cameras positioned and wired in
Image from side view camera
Camera payload post-flight at landing location

3. Structure and Construction
Foam board
Metal tape
Wire mesh
Camera holders
Space blanket insulation
Safety wire attached to lamp rod
Thermochron buttons
Empty payload, shimmed camera holders
Completed, taped payload
Thermochron button attached
Thermochron button
Cameras wired into payload
Side view of payload; lamp rod installed
Labeled cameras in their jackets

4. Environmental Testing
Thermal testing:
Monitored via thermocouples for minutes
Correlated temperature measurements to video
Motion testing to determine:
Factors hindering visibility
Cropping
Thermal testing; inside of the cold box including dry ice
Thermal testing set up
Outside of cold box. Test in progress

5. Testing Results Determined: durability of the cameras
total video time possible
Invented insulation jackets
Cut holes for camera lenses
Camera lens looking through the finished lens hole
Completed camera jackets
Camera payload; shims and lamp rod installed

6. Flight Temperature/Time Data
Elapsed video time in minutes:
Bottom camera: 54:39
Top camera:  49:26
Side camera: 55:40
Cameras stopped functioning at:
Outside
Inside
Bottom
-26 ˚C
-16.5 ˚C
Top
-40 ˚C
Side
-22.5 ˚C
-13 ˚C
(0 = 8 minutes before launch)

7. Conclusions and Results
Fall 2010, PCC Flight 6, ANSR-59
Cameras potentially failed due to:
lack of memory
lack of insulation
exposure to wind
Fall 2010, PCC Flight 6, ANSR-59 Payload
Spring 2011, PCC Flight 7, ANSR-60
Total max run time at normal conditions: 80 minutes
Best time in thermal testing: 77 minutes
Best time in actual flight: 55 minutes, 40 seconds
Spring 2011, PCC Flight 7, ANSR-60 Payload

8. Future Plans Concerns: Solutions: If we use same cameras:
Recording time too short
 Internal heat insufficient 
 Solutions:
Heat? 
Use different cameras
with longer recording time
If we use same cameras:
Better insulation techniques
Easier access to turn on cameras
in order to reduce time recorded on ground
Spring 2011, PCC Flight 7, ANSR-60 Launch

9. Thank you! I would like to thank the following: Dr. Denise Meeks
Mike Sampogna
Pima Community College ASCEND! Team
Jack Crabtree and ANSR
NASA Arizona Space Grant Consortium 
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