Datalogger MSR145 in use for a Space Project in Costa Rica

  MSR145: The universal data logger

The Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space, ACAE, is a group made of students, professionals and enthusiast members that want to foster the aerospace technology in Central America. This group, with the help of Project Aether and Ad Astra Rocket Company Costa Rica, has made three helium filled balloon launches that are designed to reach an altitude of 30 km, this is three times the altitude of a commercial airplane, getting close to the boundary of space. The payloads are composed of an aluminum structure which supports a HD camera that records continuous video, a GPS that is used to follow the trajectory of the balloon and recover the payload when it lands and a temperature datalogger.

For the fourth launch, the ACAE wants to include cutting edge technology sensors that will allow them to gather pressure (altitude), temperature, humidity, acceleration and light measurements in a single, reliable and light device, instead of having a datalogger for each variable as they did in the past. For this reason, a MSR145 Datalogger, 900mAh, equipped with internal 3-axis-acceleration sensor, external temperature sensor, external humidity sensor and external pressure sensor will be used.


Technical report of the 3rd launch (Spanish)

A short video of the 3rd launch as well as the progress for the 4th launch can be followed at:
http://www.acae-ca.org/proyectos/index.html


The Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space, ACAE, is a group made of students, professionals and enthusiast members that want to foster the aerospace technology in Central America. This group, with the help of Project Aether and Ad Astra Rocket Company Costa Rica, has made three helium filled balloon launches that are designed to reach an altitude of 30 km, this is three times the altitude of a commercial airplane, getting close to the boundary of space. The payloads are composed of an aluminum structure which supports a HD camera that records continuous video, a GPS that is used to follow the trajectory of the balloon and recover the payload when it lands and a temperature datalogger.

For the fourth launch, the ACAE wants to include cutting edge technology sensors that will allow them to gather pressure (altitude), temperature, humidity, acceleration and light measurements in a single, reliable and light device, instead of having a datalogger for each variable as they did in the past. For this reason, a MSR145 Datalogger, 900mAh, equipped with internal 3-axis-acceleration sensor, external temperature sensor, external humidity sensor and external pressure sensor will be used.


Technical report of the 3rd launch (Spanish)

A short video of the 3rd launch as well as the progress for the 4th launch can be followed at:
http://www.acae-ca.org/proyectos/index.html

 

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El. engineer Sergio Cortes and his team doing the helium filling of the meteorological balloon. The lift force is critical and it has to be measured using a weighting scale. If the lift is too small, the balloon will ascend slowly and the wind can carry the experiment all the way to the sea. Ready to fly! The balloon is connected to the payload by a 15 meter rope, this will decrease the oscillation of the payload and the video will be more steady. After a brief countdown, the experiment is being launched. Aerial view of the Invenio University in Guanacaste Costa Rica. The fish-eye lens curves the horizon but has a wide angle that captures the beauty of the landscape. Close to 25km aerial view of the Costa Rican Arenal Lake and Volcano at the left, the Chira Island and Nicoya Gulf at the right. The clouds were left behind and the sky turned black.