UHCC Project Imua Payload: PrIME

         RockSat-X 2016

Honolulu—Kapi‘olani—Kaua‘i—Windward Community College

                      Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium

 

Project Imua Mission 2 involved the development of a small payload named PrIME ("Project Imua Multiple Experiment") that carried a sublimation rocket that was deployed at apogee and a neutron-gamma ray detector, along with video cameras and IMU detectors. This Mission participated in RockSat-X 2016. PrIME was launched into space on a sub-orbital trajectory from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in August 2016. Despite the successful launch, the payload was lost in the Altantic recovery area.

The following NASA video gives a summary of Mission 2's preparation and launch at Wallops Flight Facility (click link to view video):

Past the Atmosphere—Success, Failure & Rocket Science

 

 

Virtual Reality 360 Views of Payload

      1.  PrIME with ScubeR attached    — 360 VR video clip

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

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

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

 

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Payload specs:

      Dimension of Housing: approximately 10.75" x 11" x 4.5"

      Weight with baseplate: 15.1 lbs

      Material: aluminum 6061, teflon and lead ballast

Instruments:

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

        Dimensions: 19.5 cm long by 4 cm in diameter; Weight: 247.4 g with naphthalene propellant

     •  Mobius Video and Still Cameras (HonCC)

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

     •  Thermocouple (KapCC)

     •  Neutron-Gamma Ray Detector (KauCC)

Name: PrIME

     •  acronym for "Project Imua Multiple Experiment”

  PrIME Overhead View

 

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last updated 2-10-22