Launch Timeline
- August 8, 2005 - Low Altitude Dry Test
- Mark Ia Vehicle
- F40 Aerotech Motor
- Successful Launch and Recovery
- August 8, 2005 - Low Altitude Partial Payload Test
- Mark Ia Vehicle
- G75 Aerotech Motor
- ATV Video Downlink and Colour CMOS Imager
- Partial Failure Due to Payload Retention System
- Partial Failure Due to Loss of Bus Power
- July 22, 2006 - Low Altitude Rev. A Payload Test
- Mark Ib Vehicle
- Single Grain Cesaroni PRO38 Motor
- ATV Video Downlink and Colour CMOS Imager
- GPS Ground Tracking System
- Onboard CPU and Data Storage
- Barometric Pressure Sensing Payload
- 1200 bit/s Radio Telemetry Downlink
- Fall 2006 - Low Altitude Rev B. Payload Test
- Mark Ic Vehicle
- ATV Video Downlink a Colour CMOS Imager
- GPS Ground Tracking System
- Pyro Driven Recovery
- Higher Performance CPU
- Full 6 DOF IMU
- Dual-Twin Axis +/- 300 deg/sec Solid State Gyro's (one redundant axis)
- Triple Axis +/- 6G Accelerometer
- High +/- 40G Accelerometer
- Real Time Attitude and Position Determination algorithms onboard
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