TAFT M.S. ELECTRONICS

A.P.R.S. Tracker

• Design and build the tracker’s hardware• Write Software that give the tracker its “brains”• Add features to tracker like an LCD display• Design TAFT-Tracker for use on H.A.B.

A.P.R.S. Tracker

High Altitude Ballooning

•Build equipment to track balloon (Taft-Track)•Design balloon payload•Track balloon and gather telemetry using A.P.R.S.•Recover balloon and payload•Examine digital pictures of near-space

Amateur Radio

• Talk to other students in the U.S. and around the world• Transmit and receive TV images• Send text messages using space satellites• No age limits for licensing !

A.R.I.S.S.

•Talk to Astronauts onboard the International Space Station

•Collect data from sensors on board the I.S.S.

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