Spectrometer We began testing by establishing a baseline result within our laboratory where the spectrometer was constructed. These tests were conducted without a filter with both overhead lights and in complete darkness. Furthermore, we tested the spectrometer with lights of known spectra. The results established a relationship between the pixels on a spectrometer, which are […]

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This morning we rolled out of bed around 4 am to get to Wallops Island for the launch.  After watching a beautiful sunrise we were able to watch an ever more beautiful launch which, thankfully, occurred right on time at 5:30 AM. After the beach we headed back to the building in which we gave […]

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This morning, we got onto base dressed to impress for our presentation to our peers.  We shared our project aspects and the goals we had for our research.  Both RockSat-C and RockSat-X teams presented their payloads.  Afterwards, there was an award ceremony to recognize people from NASA who had helped the Rocksat/RockOn programs for the […]

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Today, we were done integrating our rocket, so we had a vacation day.  We went to the Wallops Island Visitor’s Center.  We learned more about the history of the island and sounding rockets. A group of us went to the beach.   After everyone met up at the hotel, and we all went to Steamers […]

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