UHCC Project Imua Payload: PrIMEAT

RockSat-X 2017

Honolulu—Windward Community College

Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium

 

Project Imua Mission 2 involved the development of a small payload named PrIMEAT ("Project Imua Multiple Experiment Attemtpt Two") that carried an improved sublimation rocket that was deployed at apogee along with video cameras and IMU detectors. This Mission participated in RockSat-X 2017. PrIMEAT was successfully launched into space on a sub-orbital trajectory from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in August 2017.

Virtual Reality 360 Views of Payload

      1.  PrIMEAT with ScubeR attached    — 360 VR video clip

      2.  PrIMEAT after ScubeR is released — 360 VR video clip

      3.  ScubeR (horizontal orientation) — 360 VR video clip

      4.  ScubeR (vertical orientation)    — 360 VR video clip

 

Video: Past the Atmosphere—Success, Failure & Rocket Science

        video of RockSat-X 2016's prep and launch of PrIME at Wallops Flight Facility (Aug 2016)

        NOTE: PrIMEAT is a modified and enhanced replacement of PrIME which was lost during RockSat-X's recovery in Aug 2016.

 

Payload specs:

      Dimension of Housing: approximately 10.75" x 11" x 5.0"

      Weight with baseplate: 15.1 lbs

      Material: aluminum 6061 and lead ballast

Instruments:

     •  ScubeR — sublimation rocket (WinCC) with nosecose Hammerhead cameras (KauCC)

        Dimensions: 19.5 cm long by 4 cm in diameter; Weight: ~250 g with naphthalene propellant

     •  Mobius Video and Still Cameras (HonCC)

     •  IMU [9-axis motion detector with pressure device] (HonCC)

 

Name: PrIMEAT

     •  acronym for "Project Imua Multiple Experiment Attempt Two”

     •  pronounced "primate"

                              PrIMEAT with ScubeR (top view)

  PrIMEAT with ScubeR Top

                              PrIMEAT without ScubeR (top view)

PrIMEAT with ScubeR

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last updated 2-10-22