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Preliminary Design Report

Oakton High
School
Legacy II
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Presentation Outline
System Overview
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Rocket Design
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Payload Design
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Payload Electronics
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Software
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Ground Station
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Testing
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Flight ………………………………………………….……………………………………………………
Operations 54
Program Schedule
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Program Budget
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Summary
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System Overview
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Team Organization

Sai Landon

Captain Safety Officer

Advait Allison Troy

Rocket Design Lead Business Payload Lead

Suyog Berk Harsh Dhruv

Design Media Software Electronics

Jonathan Divya Shalomi Vaasu

Recovery Propulsion Finance Power

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Mission Summary

The mission is to design, construct, and fly a sounding rocket with an

electronic payload using a commercial motor to a specified altitude, which
will be recovered safely. The data collected from the payload will be used to
study the effects of different approximation techniques and rocket
conditions on the accuracy of altitude calculations, the project will also be
used to promote Oakton High School’s Rocketry Club educational outreach
program.
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Mission Success Criteria

• Stability of 2+ calipers
• Successful deployment of both parachutes
Rocket Requirements
• Successful recovery
• Relaunched within in 2 hours of recovery

• Correct operation electronics bay

Payload Requirements • Successful downlink of telemetry data
• Successful recovery of the payload

• Real time telemetry

Ground Station Requirements
• Portable
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Rocket Design
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Design of Rocket
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Design of Rocket: Nose Cone

Design of Rocket: Forward Parachute 10

Compartment
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Design of Rocket: Electronics Bay

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Design of Rocket: Booster Section

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Design of Rocket

Primary Motor(J415W) Secondary Motor (J401FJ-

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Length 84.875” 84.875”

Mass 5875.19g 5588.29 g

Center of Gravity from Nose Cone 54.59” 53.37”

Center of Pressure from Nose Cone 62.85” 62.85”

Stability Margin 2.12 2.43

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Design of Rocket

Sweep Length 1.4” Tip Cord 2.625”

2.24”
Semi-Span 3.7”
x3 Fins Area: 13.4 in²
Sweep Angle 21°

Root Cord 4.625”

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Rocket Materials

⅛" Baltic Birch

Plastic
Rail Button

Bluetube

Wood Glue, 30 minute Epoxy and JB Weld

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Altimeter Trade
Perfect flite Eggtimer Missile Works RRC2+
MAWD Quark Downloadable flight curves

Cost $--.-- $20 $44.95

Size (l*w) 3"x.9" 1.8"x.75" 2.28"x.925" Readily Available

Weight 20 g 16.9 g 10g

Notes Already have two Must be Include 85db

assembled buzzer
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Main Parachute Trade

FRUITY CHUTES 48" IRIS ULTRA TOP FLIGHT 84"
Descent Rate: 17 ft/s

Cost $147.28 $71.95 Cheaper

Size 48" 84"

Weight 340g ---g

Readily Available
Shape Toroid Hexagonal

Material Rip-stop Nylon Rip-Stop Nylon

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Drogue Parachute Trade

Fruity Chutes Top Flight 18" Aerocon Systems 18"
12" Elliptical 1 Nylon Parachutes

Readily available

Cost $10.18 $9.79 $6.00

Size 24” 24” 30” 18” parachute

Weight 23.9 g 16.9 g -

Shape Elliptical Hexagonal Hexagonal Descent time: 70s

Material Rip-Stop Nylon Rip-Stop Nylon Rip-Stop Nylon

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Parachute Protection Trade

EJECTION BAFFLE NOMEX BLANKET
Takes up less space

Cost $--.-- $13.44 Lighter

Size 3.9" Diameter 24x24

Weight 2.36” x 0.63” x 0.48” 1.1” x 0.68” x 0.31” Less fabrication required

Notes Must be built on our own If blanket is too small,

parachutes may burn
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Rocket Recovery Electronics

Drogue Parachute Charge Wells

will contain 1.7 grams of
blackpowder

Main Parachute Charg Wells will

contain 1.6 grams of blackpowder

Recovery systems will be

independent of eachother,
having separate altimeters,
circuitry, powersources,
charge wells, and switches
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Rocket Recovery Harness

¼ inch thick Kevlar Cord which can hold 1.5k lbs

¼ 20 Eyebolts with be screwed onto

~20 feet of Kevlar cord on main and drogue
parachutes
Swivels that can hold 100 lbs so parachute
doesn’t “deflate”
the nose cone and electronic bay
bulkheads and a U bolt attached on
the forward booster centering rings

Quick links will connect the shock cords to the

Eyebolts and U Bolt
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Rocket Motor Selection

Primary Motor

J415W
(Aerotech)

7.20:1 Thrust-
Weight Ratio

Total Impulse:
1201.3 N s
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Rocket Motor Selection

Secondary Motor

J401FJ (Aerotech)

7.70:1 Thrust-Weight Ratio

Total Impulse: 1115.4 N s

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Payload Design
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Payload Electronics Overview

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Payload Altitude Sensor Trade

BMP388 MPL3115A2
More Precise

Identical Specifications

Cost $7.95 $9.95

Minimal Weight
Weight 1.2 g 1.2 g

Dimensions 0.9” x 0.7” 0.7” x 0.8” Small Form Factor

Pressure 50-115 kPa (up to 10Km 50-110 kPa (up to 10Km

sensing range altitude) altitude) ±1°C Temp. Accuracy
Altitude 8 Pa / 2ft 1.5 Pa / 1ft
Resolution
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Payload Accelerometer Sensor Trade

MPU-6050 ADXL335 MPU-9250
Similar Precision

Handle Max Acceleration

Less Pins
Cost $10.18 $14.95 $8.25

Power 3.8mA 350 micro Amperes 4mA Desirable Form Factor

usage

G-Range Up to +-16g +-3g Up to +-16g Simplicity

Other 3 axis gryo N/A 3 axis gryo + 3 axis

Features magnetometer
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Payload GPS Sensor Trade

ADAFRUIT ULTIMATE
GPS BREAKOUT SL869 Expensive

Similar Velocity Accuracy

Cost $39.95 $23.16 Similar Altitude Accuracy

Weight 8.5 g 6g
Dimensions 1” X 1.35” 1” x 1.4” Higher update rate

Position 6ft 5ft

Accuracy Mounted Sideways

Power 20mA 42mA

Consumption In-Built Patch Antenna

Update Rate 1 – 10 Hz 1-10 Hz

Max Velocity 1600 ft/s 1500 ft/s
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Payload Radio Trade and Selection

T3 GPS TRACKING SYSTEM DIGI XBEE-PRO 900HP
Superior Range

Expensive
Cost $154.95 $39.00

Wireless 900 MHZ 900 MHz

Frequency
More Power Consumption
Dimensions 1” X 2.075” 1” X 1.3”

Throughput N/A 200 Kbps

Outdoor Range up to 2 miles up to 9 miles Antenna Options

Power Usage 70 mA 215 mA

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Selection

Budget Friendly
LITHIUM PHOSPHATE LITHIUM ION

Rechargeable

Energy Density 90-120 Wh/Kg 150-200 Wh/Kg

Voltage 2-3.65V 2.7-4.2V Desirable Form Factor
Rechargeable Yes Yes
Form Factor Large Small
Battery Clips
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Software
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Payload Software Design

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Payload Software States

1 second 0-3 hours 1 – 10 minutes ~1 minute ~1 minute 5 – 20 minutes

Power Up Stand By Pre Launch Launch Landing Recovery

• Power On • Checks for • All systems • Telemetry • Transmission • Rocket is

pre–launch turned on transmission ends when recovered
• Proceeds signal every starts landing is
directly into 15 seconds detected
standby • Data is
mode recorded
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Telemetry Transmission

• 30 times per second the

processor will compile data
from each sensor and send
it to the ground station
Identifying Opcode Sensor Data
• The data will also be
duplicated on an SD card A one byte unique The data from each
within the payload in case number sensor

of a transmission error
• On the other side, the
ground station will display
the data.
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Software Development Plan

1. Displaying Test Telemetry

Development Data
Sequence 2. Reading Sensors
3. Transmitting Telemetry
Troy Neubauer

Scrum & Test STM32 Cube IDE and

Development Development
Driven Microsoft Visual Studio
Team Environments
Development for writing the software

Harshvardhan
Sahay
1. Line by Line Debugging
Prototyping 2. Breadboarding
3. Custom Simulations
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Ground Station
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Portable Ground Station Design

Portable
Laptop
Radio
Receiver Process
Softwar or
e
Storag
e

Radio
Transmitter
USB
Dongle
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Ground Station Antenna Trade and Selection

SparkFun XBee Explorer

Dongle

Same Radio/Antenna as
Payload

Radio mounts on USB Dongle

Portable (USB Cable)

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Ground Station Software

Prototype

Custom C++ OpenGL application for

displaying data in real time

Telemetry data saved on the

ground station in addition to the
payload's SD card

Communication with the

payload through the radio

Real time plotting

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Safety
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Safety

• Safety Plan
• All member will have passed Fairfax County Safety Tests
• Safety Practices
• General safety briefing before construction phase begins
• Hazard Mitigation
• Flight Checklist
• Will follow proposed Launch Checklist
• Changes will be made through subscale launch
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Testing
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Payload Testing

• Confirm start up of
Sensors • Attempt Radio
Test: Battery • Fly Payload in Rocket
both STM32s Transmission • Confirm Software is
• Individual Sensor • Confirm Data • Measure battery life
functional
Testing Transmits with all components
• Breadboarding running
• Confirm data displays • Measure battery life
in optimized mode
Power Up Test: Radio Test: Payload
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Flight Operations
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Flight Operations

Payload Preparations Payload

Rocket Payload
integration at the launch arming
preparation Preparation
into rocket pad process
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Program Schedule
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Program Schedule
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Summary
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Summary

DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ISSUES WAYS FORWARD

• Software prototype being • Attaining 2030 ft with a • Lack of communication • Encourage

developed to fast track 900g rocket. between payload and communication among
the completion of • Functioning ground rocket design teams groups to achieve
payload section. station software • Conflicting meeting optimal results
• Allocate plenty of time prototype schedules to discuss • Complete tasks a week
for testing and changes if • Meeting mass and cost progress before given deadline
necessary. budgets