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- Chronological structure
- Contingency checklists
- "Breakout" procedures when possible – single sheets for tasks like Pad cameras, pad setup, away team. Allows distribution of tasks
Intended changes for Hermes III:
- Better packing lists.
- Clearer organization by subteam - which exact tools are which? make sure tools aren't doubled
- Easy way to add/remove things to packing list
- Serialize boxes for prelaunch / flight - log which tools are in which box
- Clearer enforcement of packing for transit so we don't lose items and/or become disorganized during transit
- Add specific sets of flight spares for small parts
- Go-nogo poll
- Faster/clearer who to ask for each go/nogo
- Multiple boxes for each item – several opportunities
- Easy way to log attempts (misfires are likely)
- Altimeter state at launch
- Temp/wind speed/direction at launch
- Tie roles in more distinctly throughout Launch Ops
- Make quality/consistency integration checklists better across subteams
- Pad cameras were very difficult on launch day:
- Lack of training
- Lack of knowledge of which cameras were available and exact placement of each type of camera
- No documentation of aluminum foil shades/sunshields for cameras
- Roles not enforced strongly from the beginning
- We did a verbal walkthrough of the rocket prior to launch – might be nice to have
- Data recovery was not well-enforced. We took a lot of checkout photos but it's not clear how many of them made it back
Added 9/24:
- Pre-transit driver checklists
- One car ran out of gas on the way to the launch site, risking safety and delaying launch
- Prevent with list of things.
- Gas, food, water, list of riders (or # of riders), list of rocket components
- PRE-PRINT and give to drivers
- Maybe have matrix of rocket component / tool boxes (serialized earlier) to car number.
- Structural change idea:
- Minimize "launch ops" parts to the pad preparations in parallel with final integration onsite and the "pad setup" portion
- Pad setup == pad camera setup, rocket vertical
- Prelaunch == arm avionics, turn on cameras, arm propulsion
- Launch == go/nogo & contingencies
Structural changes to achieve above items:
- Table of contents
- Better packing lists
- Spreadsheet for transit tracking
- By box & list of missing items
- Single master sheet on cloud --> sharable and traceable
- Assign spreadsheet manager(s) for launch and enforce that they do their job
- Color-coding tape & boxes by subteam to enforce accountability (with general category)
- Each tool or item has a designated spot
- "Master Key" all tools and all boxes
- Add specific sets of flight spares for small parts
- If a part is <$50? (Jakob&Julia?) or single point failure? get 2x
- Link boxes to cars for launch site transit
- Or a column for "vehicle" – FedEx or Jakob's car or On Foot... how does it get from A -> B (if applicable)
- Pre-transit checklists
- Print checklist with food, water, fuel, cash for tolls, small first-aid kit... etc (common across cars)
- Open area to write down which rocket parts/boxes go in cars
- Spreadsheet for transit tracking
- Go-nogo
- Full page of GO-NOGO that is very clear to see
- Is a checklist with checkboxes to fill and roles to call GO-NOGO for certain fields
- Multiple copies of this page in large print
- Launch attempt number: __ is a field
- New Fields:
- Altimeter state at launch
- number of satellite
- Temp/wind speed/direction at launch
- Time & date
- Some way to connect launch attempt with video files
- Altimeter startup time
- Camera startup time
- Liftoff time (seconds)
- Altimeter state at launch
- Tie roles in more distinctly throughout Launch
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- Ops – Andrew
- Train people for their roles at rehearsals
- Define windows of "useful roles" vs "free hands"
- MUST BE DONE BY: XYZ? i.e. Julia calls FAA
- Ask Jakob & Julia
- Make quality/consistency integration checklists better across subteamssubteams – Assign to teamleads, Andrew & Jamie verify
- ENFORCING CHECKOUT PHOTOS
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- Assign a role for that & have a "Master Key" of checkout photos needed for flight
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- Checkout photos are GO-NOGO criteria
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- AVI: More detail on programming of altimeters on the integration checklist
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- Prop & Struc: Torque spec on bolts, Torque stripe all bolts
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- Keep checkout photos in bold
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- Get rid of ambiguity (e.g. what does "Secure" mean? Pull test? Wobble test? ??)
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- Pad Cameras - changes to Launch Ops
- Identify Pad Cameras & order them (How much money do we have to do this???)
- ID each camera and show where it should be placed
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- Enforce roles & train for roles
- Add in Camera setup if necessary
- Add in "take photo of camera running with your phone"
- Identify when pad cameras should be turned on and someone from the Pad should signal when that time is
- After altimeter & onboard camera startup complete
- Add in verbal walkthrough of integration checklists?
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- Data Recovery
- Checkout photos - see above
- File management scheme: What do you name your files and where do they go so they can be found
- Expand post-launch checklist - add in roles for all subsystems
- Enforce roles!! Launch is not done until this is completed
- In the Event of...
- Premature loss of control in flight, etc... proceed to ballistic recovery
- Medical Emergency
- Rocket otherwise becomes dangerous?
- Go over failure modes at the launch site before flight – add to preflight on-site meeting / safety review thing (in a Kahoot?)
- Preflight Sims
- Split into RasAero & Recovery Sims
- Signatures for each one
- Upload to file, filename?
- List Mission Critical items – USE INTEGRATION CHECKLISTS
- Which things do we NEED to fly? e.g. 3 cameras vs all 5 or otherwise
- Which things can we leave out?
- How To: use Transit spreadsheet - Jamie
- Appendix with link & instructions
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- Avionics
- Add in tables for Away team & Launch Line to review GO-NOGO parameters
- Choose GONOGO parameters - voltage limits, GPS Lock, Data Logging for Telemega
- Choose GO-NOGO parameters - Pyxida sensors - flight critical and science critical and not critical
- Define acceptable flight scenarios
- > 2 hours in window remaining, do all science-critical items
- < 2 hours in window remaining, only do flight-critical items so we can fly at all
- Replace "on loading to launch rail" to have Launch Line verify table completion
- Add in tables for Away team & Launch Line to review GO-NOGO parameters
- KEEP:
- Single-page breakouts where possible
- Contingency 1-pagers
- Signatures required
- Categorize by date
Misc. TODO:
- Ask Jakob & Julia questions from this sheet
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- - Andrew
- Make Transit spreadsheet structure for packing lists but DO NOT FILL IN ANY ITEMS - Jamie
- Get teamleads to start working on their packing lists after structure is made
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- - Jamie
- Pad Cameras
- Consult Charlie & Sam on cheap, easy, reliable pad cameras?
- Get $$$ for pad cameras
- Order pad cameras
- Practice at rehearsal
- Order colored tape and sharpies if necessary
- Bring Launch Ops 3.0 to teamleads 11/19 - Jamie
- Pack and Serialize boxes - Andrew, Jamie, and 2-3 others (Pre-rehearsal)
Away Team Logistics:
Team of 8-10 people in mountains: 35°26'10.4"N 117°48'56.4"W
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Required Equipment:
- Fixed-direction antenna – can be borrowed
- Telephoto lens (95.2" parallax - likely 400mm-600mm needed) – need to be rented (~$100)
- Power bank/generator – need to be rented (available at Home Depot)
- Binoculars
- Emergency radio
- Survival supplies (food, water, shelter, first aid, etc.) -> for cold weather
- Vehicles – off-road capability likely needed
Action Items:
- Contact FAR and BLM (760-384-5400) re. feasibility/permits
- Update Launch Ops accordingly
- Order hard drives for data recovery
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- Single-page breakouts where possible
- Contingency 1-pagers
- Signatures required
- Categorize by date
Added 9/24:
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- One car ran out of gas on the way to the launch site, risking safety and delaying launch
- Prevent with list of things.
- Gas, food, water, list of riders (or # of riders), list of rocket components
- PRE-PRINT and give to drivers
- Maybe have matrix of rocket component / tool boxes (serialized earlier) to car number.
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