(FOA)-NASA
- 2019 High-Altitude Student Platform Opportunity; December 14, 2018
Agency
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Description
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the NASA -
2019 High-Altitude Student Platform Opportunity. The High Altitude
Student Platform (HASP) was conceived to provide students with flight
opportunities that are intermediate between those available with small latex
sounding balloons and Earth orbiting satellites. HASP is a support vehicle,
based upon flight proven hardware and software designs that uses an 11 million
cubic foot, thin film polyethylene, helium filled balloon to carry multiple
student built payloads to altitudes of ~120,000 feet (~36km) for durations up to
20 hours. The platform is currently designed to support eight small payloads of
~3 kg weight and four large payloads of ~20 kg weight (i.e. 12 experiment
"seats"). A standard interface is provided for each student payload that
includes power, serial telemetry, discrete commands and analog output. HASP will
archive student payload data on-board as well as telemeter the stream to the
ground for real-time access.
Announcement
Number
2019-HASP
Closing
Date
December
14, 2018
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
T.
Gregory Guzik
225-578-8697