NASA Suborbital Flight Communication and Fire Box

Project Description

Suborbital Flight Communication and Battery Fire Containment Unit for Re-entry Vehicles — Communicating with satellites returning from orbit is an expensive task due to the need for specialized equipment and systems. In order to reduce this cost, our team is developing electronics hardware and software libraries to leverage the existing Iridium satellite network to stream data from a returning cube satellite. We are also developing a firebox capable of housing batteries to power these devices that will keep flames contained in the event of catastrophic battery failure.

Team: Team FIRE

Members

Michael Atkinson, Computer Science
Koffi Anderson, Computer Science/Electrical Engr.
Brandon Foss, Computer Science
Collin Heist, Electrical Engr.
Shelby Linafelter, Electrical Engr.
Lennin Rodriguez, Computer Science
MacKenzie Sexton, Mechanical Engr.
Sesily Stewart, Materials Science Engr.

Sponsor

Avery Brock, NASA Ames Research Center
Marcus Murbach, NASA Ames Research Center

Faculty Advisor

Feng Li, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering