Advanced Aerostat Project
Last updated: 3/6/2020
Description
Our main mission is to have fun and learn by building things ourselves! Our current
focus is on latex weather balloons where we are working on a cheap reusable long term balloon system
designed to reduce the cost of near space research. We are doing this by building a system to achieve a
balance between the lifting force and the gravitational force on the balloon at a specific altitude
autonomously. This is the first step in a long term plan to create a ultra-long term launch platform
reusable that will outperform the current options available to scientists. We build most of our systems
from scratch with a hands on prototype driven approach with a diverse group of majors. We also have our own website that can be found at: http://www.aerostatumn.org/
General Focus Areas
Programming C
Circuit board design
Telemetrics
Process Design
Notice
This project is currently on hiatus or has been archived. For more information about this project, talk to any officer or contact us at tesla@umn.edu
