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The British Amateur Space / Rocket Programme


The AspireSpace Sounding Rocket Vehicle (ASRV) Programme

ASRV Payloads

A standard payload module has been designed for the ASRV following on from the experience gained with the ADV-1, Subroc and ASPIRE I rockets. The payload module plugs into the avionics and telemetry module. The avionics and telemetry system includes a number of sensors and test instrumentation. Those sensors which are responsive to external stimuli have a small opening in the side of the rocket, with which to undertake sampling. In the case of the airspeed sensor, a pitot tube is connected to the sensor and mounted through the centre of the nosecone.

The ASRV rockets carry an onboard miniature colour CCD video camera payload with real-time telemetry, as with the ADV-1 and Subroc rockets.

A payload has been designed and built for the ASRV rockets by the University of Kent at Canterbury.


ASRV Avionics

The ASRV rockets currently carry a 8032-based flight computer to provide control of onboard systems and handling digital telemetry data from the onboard sensors. The flight computer is connected to an advanced experimental telemetry system using direct FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) modulation of the RF carrier. An error-correcting packet type protocol is used for data transfer. The telemetry data is transmitted to the ground station by a VHF radio link.

The system is designed to telemeter data from the following sensors during various ASRV flights :



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