MXL Strato Flight

09/20/2016

Hey UMich students, do you want to play a major role in humanity's journey to Mars? Then you should attend the SpaceX info session TUESDAY EVENING to learn more about this adventure, network with SpaceX'ers, submit your resume, and eat pizza!

Details:
Food? COTTAGE INN PIZZA!
When: Tuesday, 9/20 at 5:00 PM
Where: 1200 EECS
Why: Learn how you can be a part of the journey to Mars, and network with SpaceX’ers

04/25/2015

Congrats to the team for a successful flight to ~90,000ft and recovery today!

04/24/2015

Keep your eyes open for a Strato balloon launch tomorrow morning! Exact location is still to be determined. But you can follow the flight from home by going to aprs.fi in your browser, and entering our call sign: KF6RFX-2 or KF6RFX-3. Flight time should be around 10am or so. We'll be flying a full satellite-style attitude determination sensor suite as part of the worldwide Global Space Balloon Challenge (https://www.balloonchallenge.org/)

02/09/2015

Congratulations to the Student Space Systems Fabrication Lab's MitTEE project and Michigan Exploration Laboratory (MXL)'s TBEx team for being chosen by NASA to fly CubeSats in the near future!

Fourteen small satellites from 12 states will fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

02/02/2015

Here is the flight summary with the details and results from our January 24 launch!

01/28/2015

Our Saturday balloon launch tested our "Scooby" tracker and a timed cutdown at 80,000 feet. A flight summary will follow shortly. In the meantime, enjoy more photos from the event!

01/28/2015

Photo of the Strato team recovering the payload from Saturday's launch!

12/29/2014

Here's an impromptu tech demo. The more elaborate data collection system that will be integrated to this stabilization system flew recently. One eye to the sun.

07/25/2014

On Tuesday Strato partnered with U of M Students for the Exploration and Development of Space branch and went to Ovid-Elsie high school to reach out to local middle and elementary students there. Special thanks to past MXL sponsor HiRose Electric!

07/03/2014

Work is progressing on Strato's actively pointing flight vehicle. Circuit boards being ordered, control laws implemented, sensor data collected, attitude being determined, stay tuned for a milestone flight at the end of a July.