1. Attitude Determination & Control of a Balloonsat
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Attitude Determination & Control of a Balloonsat

2. Team Members Project Manager Assistant Project Manager
Benjamin Anderson
Assistant Project Manager
Patrick Deskin
Electrical Subsystem Lead
Brigette Cochran
Team Member
Chad Reinart
Previous Team Members
Ankit Jain
Austin Leonard
Loren Williams
Juan Ma
Matthew Rines
Michael Blaire

3. Overview Current Goal of Project Spring 2014 Fall 2014 Spring 2015
Future Plans

4. Final Goal Design 3-Axis Attitude Determination & Control (ADC) System
More stability of payload throughout flight
Test platform for future projects
Cubesat ADC potential
Stabilize video and image capture
Focus on any point

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6. Structure Design

7. Structure Design

8. Components

9. Components

10. ADC

11. ADC

12. Difficulties

13. Difficulties

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15. Structure Design

16. Structure Design

17. Components

18. Components

19. ADC

20. ADC

21. Difficulties

22. Difficulties

23. Attitude Determination & Control of a Balloonsat
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24. Structure Design

25. Structure Design

26. Components

27. Components

28. ADC

29. ADC

30. Difficulties

31. Difficulties