My name is Douwe van Willigen and I am a member of the electronics team of DARE. Since the failed launch attempt of October 2014 we have been working hard on improving the systems in Stratos II+ to make all the systems as reliable as we can. One of the systems that we have improved a lot since last…
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With the redesign work of Stratos II+ nearly finished, the propulsion and capsule teams are working hard to prepare two upcoming test campaigns. Both teams will conduct their test at the facilities of TNO, the leading Dutch organization in the field of applied physics research. The capsule team will start the test phase with vibration…
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With only 15 days to go for the launch, the Stratos II team is getting both anxious and excited. This is the time for all the subsystems to integrate their subsystems. Throughout our journey we will keep you updated on all the activities and this article will be one of the many updates that will follow! Clampband System…
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On Sunday the 7th of September the Stratos II launch crew conducted a test of the entire actuation system of the Stratos II rocket. This ran through the important systems demonstrating that it can handle the oxidizer as expected. The test involved filling the rocket with the same equipment as it will be in Spain, and rehearsing and optimising…
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The dress rehearsal of the Stratos II launch took place on the 28th and 29th of August 2014 inside the Dreamhal Building of the TU Delft. During the rehearsal the electronics team, capsule team and the propulsion team assembled their systems. Moreover, the launch tower set-up and the mounting of the rocket were rehearsed and…
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Electronics Team One of the sub-teams within the Stratos II project is the electronics team. In the picture below you can see the most advanced device ever developed and built by the DARE electronics team, the Stratos II main electronics stack. This is what years of experience handed down by multiple members and new developments have lead…
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Last Tuesday a workshop on radio transmission and receiving took place, jointly organized by DARE and National Instruments. The workshop took place in the Korolev lab in the EWI building of the TU Delft. National Instruments is a worldwide leading company on the area of data acquisition and mechatronics. Measurement equipment developed by them…
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We are proud to announce that Stratos II has gotten the confirmation of its first official payload to be flown aboard of the rocket: the Hungarian institute for energy research will develop a small radiation measurement system to measure radiation levels in the higher layers of the atmosphere. The Stratos II team has been in contact…
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A feature of Stratos II that is new for DARE, is that Stratos II will contain up to 12 external payloads. Payloads itself are not entirely new, as DARE has had some external payloads previously, in the form of the CanSats for the CanSat launchers. CanSats are small can-sized “satellites” designed and built by high…
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