The dream of reaching near space
Story from 1990s: Around the 1990s, my parents moved to a rented house in the center of our home town Rajapalayam. Thats when I first met our landlord Mr.Rajalingam Raja who was
Near Space
RaLiSat-1 Base station system design
For my high altitude balloon project, I am designing a portable base station system to recieve the transmission from the payload. Hardware: The base station is a Raspberry Pi 3B+ based system with
RaLiSat-1 design challenges - Payload internal temperature
As we know, the higher you reach in altitude, the lower the temperature and pressure is. At around 25 kms which is my target for this project, the temperature is -56°C. This
RaLiSat-1 Payload system design
To start with, I had basic goals for designing the payload system. Including basic sensors necessary for the tracking, camera to capture the beauty and the design to sustain the system at harsh
GPS chip for the near-space mission
The GPS chip, I ordered has just arrived and am starting the work by tomorrow. I chose a SIRF III based custom built GPS chip from Inventek. The reason behind my choice are