1. Team SST Launch Readiness Review
Fall 2010 LRR
Team SST Launch Readiness Review
Vlad Soukhovei, John Marcantonio, Kara Bongiovanni, Eric James, Sean Rivera, Daniel Flora
11/02/10

2. Mission Overview
Ascend to 30 km, collecting data regarding temperature, air density, sound
Compare air density to sound to confirm expected relationship
Compare amounts of Carbon dioxide with sound data
Hypothesis: air density goes down=frequency increases, amplitude decreases
Large amounts of carbon dioxide result in new recorded frequencies
Why? Use sound as means of detecting gas

3. Design

20. Predictions
-As air density decreases due to altitude, frequency of sound will increase
-As air density decreases, amplitude will decrease
-Pitch will decrease with an increase in carbon dioxide percentage in ambient air

21. Biggest Worries/Concerns
BalloonSat is overweight
Difficulty extracting sound data due to outside noise
Identifying a correlation between carbon dioxide levels and sound data

22. Core Requirements Requirement Result
BalloonSat internal temperature shall remain above -10 degrees Celcius
Confirmed by cold test
BalloonSat shall not exceed 850 grams
BalloonSat is currently overweight (app. 940 g)
Budget shall not exceed $300.00
Budget is currently at $283.97
Materials/Components (HOBO, foam core, temp probes, flight string/tube, camera, scientific experiment, flag,heater)
All necessary components are accounted for