Well we thought of that a bit. Next flight we are going to program the AGU
(what flies the parachute) with a collision avoidance table and the elevation
map for the area as well.
We landed a tad harder than desired because the elevation was a couple meters
higher where it did land. Winds were quite high so it just couldn’t make it
all the way to the intended landing point.
Still the damage was only a crack in the boat-tail, we are analyzing the gnc
right now, it was definitely working against a high wind and we need to crank
up some of the gains, but we finally had great gps and our ACS in rate control
worked great transitioning from high rate to low rate. All the payloads made
it back fine and we are set to go again once we have the tweaks in.
Russ
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Anthony Cesaroni
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2019 1:45 PM
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AR] Re: EXOS launch
Next time I talk to Russel, I’ll have to thank him for not landing on my roof.
Kudos.
Anthony J. Cesaroni
President/CEO
Cesaroni Technology/Cesaroni Aerospace
<http://www.cesaronitech.com/> http://www.cesaronitech.com/
(941) 360-3100 x101 Sarasota
(905) 887-2370 x222 Toronto
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf
Of Henry Vanderbilt
Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2019 1:03 PM
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AR] Re: EXOS launch
And, down, not at all far from the launch site, and apparently quite gently.
Congrats to everyone at Exos on what looks like a good test flight!
On 3/2/2019 11:01 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Chute and vehicle body starting to be separately visible, nearing ground? Low
cloud layers in background, so nearing ground.
On 3/2/2019 10:56 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
And the rocket's in sight again, on cam but too blurry to tell much. 'The
chute just deployed" heard. GPS tracking steerable chute apparently working to
steer back toward the planned recovery point. (Band width to back-country NM
apparently a problem, their feed is down to under 200 kbps now, not much vid
detail.) Still descending.
On 3/2/2019 10:48 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Checklist continues, cam now on swivel (presumably for tracking), and lit and
off... Looking good so far.
On 3/2/2019 10:46 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
t-2 min, vehicle pressurized. Pad very bare.
On 3/2/2019 10:45 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Looks like they're done with vehicle prep - they're moving the support truck
away. T-5 minutes. And a "go for launch" poll underway.... All "go".
On 3/2/2019 10:39 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
T-17 minutes, they just announced. (Yes, the youtube feed is back up.)
They also announced something interesting, which is (I paraphrase) that they
regard this suborbital vehicle as an excellent low-cost way of building team
skills for a future orbital vehicle. So Exos has further ambitions!
On 3/2/2019 10:32 AM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Running a bit late. As best I can tell from the checklist call-and-response in
the feed, they've finished fuel-fill and are working on LOX fill. Launch
relatively soon thereafter, I'd guess.
Henry
On 3/2/2019 8:38 AM, Jesse Hanson wrote:
Here's the live link for the launch.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be ;
<https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=1gRuXIGNn6s> &v=1gRuXIGNn6s
Can also visit the EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies page on Facebook for
updates.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 10:10 Robert Steinke <robert.steinke@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:robert.steinke@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Does anyone know if EXOS is webcasting or live blogging their launch today?