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Near Space for Hams 2016
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Topics
• Where is Near Space• Conditions in Near Space• Reaching Near Space• Tracking Near Spacecraft• Scenes From a Near Space Mission• 2016 Events• For More Information
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Where is Near Space?
• Controlled Airspace (ICAO)• Outer Space (FAI)
Near Space is between Class A Air Space (60,000 ft) and Outer Space (328,000 ft)
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This is what awesome looks like
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The Near Spacecraft
• Weight: 12 Lb• Height: 30 - 50 ft• Climb Rate: > 1,000 ft/min• Max Altitude: > 100,000 ft
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Tracking
• Onboard: GPS/TNC/Transmitter• On Ground: APRS
• IGates Allow Unlicensed Students to Track
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A Near Space Mission
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A Near Space Mission
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A Near Space Mission
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A Near Space Mission
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A Near Space Mission
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2016 Events
• School Launches• Great Plains Super Launch• iSTEM – Teaching Teachers• Third Man Records – First Record Played
in Near Space• Explorer Scouts Launch (Idaho OpenLabs)• Multispectral Imaging• Quadcopter Testing
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Cascade High School and the Treasure Valley Math and Science
Center
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GPSL 2016Pecan Plantation, TX
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Paper Airplane Launch at iSTEM
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Quadcopter Test of a BalloonSat at iSTEM
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Rachel and the TMR Phonograph Player
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OpenLabs Near Space Recovery
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Smoke from 28,000 feet
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LWIR and Vis: 13k feet
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LWIR and Vis: 42k feet
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Quadcopter Digipeater
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Quadcopter Imaging
LWIR NIR
Visible NUV (+NIR)
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More Information
• NearSys.com• Youtube.com/NearSys• NearSys.blogspot.com• Twitter.com/NearSys