flight-data

HAS BEEN MIGRATED TO https://uofi.box.com/s/4tiz5087w0k0o5c8q6ztsot6nda5cbi3

Past Flights

20211030 -- Endurance, TARS mk2
20220507 -- Intrepid I, TARS mk3
20220623 -- Intrepid II, TARS mk3
20221029 -- Intrepid III, Test Flight 1, TARS mk3.1
20230305 -- Intrepid III, Test Flight 2, TARS mk4
20230507 -- Stargazer I, COTS
20230621 -- Intrepid III, Competition Launch, TARS mk4

Flight Data Decommissioning

DURING ROCKET RECOVERY

• Take pictures of ALL components immediately after being recovered. Verify status of all igniters & E-matches AFTER verifying that energetics are disabled.
• Ensure all altimeters are present and functioning

AFTER RETURNING TO CAMPUS

• Download all SD card data to local machine (If applicable)
• Download all COTS altimeter data to local machine
  • Plug in altimeters to device with AltOS
  • Connect the 2 SWITCH ports with a jumper.
  • Connect a compatible battery to the altimeter
  • After successful beep sequence, open AltOS.
  • Press Save Flight Data
  • Select the appropriate altimeter
  • Then download everything.
  • Press Export Data
  • Export all .eeprom files to .csv
• Retrieve all photos from post-recovery.
• Create a directory with the format yyyymmdd
• Save ALL SD card data and COTS Altimeter data to new directory
• Create a subdirectory named photos
• Upload all post-recovery photos to the photos subdirectory
• Upload the entire yyyymmdd directory to https://github.com/ISSUIUC/flight-data/tree/master on a new branch
• Edit this file to add a link to the directory and the name of the rocket from the launch to the Past Flights section

File meanings:

• Data
  • flight_computer - Data retrieved from the rocket. (SRAD)
    
  • ground_station - Data transmited from the rocket and logged by the ground station (SRAD)
    
  • telemetrum - Data retrieved from telemetrum flight recordings. (Not data logged by Telemetrum transmissions) (COTS)
    
  • stratologger - Data retrieved from the Stratologger flight recordings. (COTS)
    
• Code
  • parse_data.cpp - Parse data from a .dat to a .csv file.
  • reformat_data.cpp - Organize data to simplify data headers and reduce clutter.