CWU NASA Student Rocket Launch
Budget and Schedule
Schedule
Schedule for the remaining Fall quarter
October 4, 2022
Proposal is accepted to compete in the NASA Student Rocket Launch
October 26,
2022
Preliminary Design Review due to NASA. The PDR must be completed and sent to NASA by this day. This is an early design/overview of the entire project for NASA to overlook and give feedback.
November 16,
2022
At this point, all drawings and analyses of the payload should be completed.
November 28,
2022
Final Presentation for the fall quarter.
December 5,
2022
Proposal due as final for Senior Project I.
January 9,
2023
CDR due to NASA
February 18,
2023
First Flight Test
March 6,
2023
FRR Due to NASA
March 18 or April 1,
2023
Second Flight Test
Huntsville Launch
April 15,
2023
April 29,
2023
After launch evaluation due (PLAR)
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Combined above
Budget
Most of the payload budget will be put towards parts such as a raspberry pi, motors, and camera. The other costly things would be labor of manufacturing parts and any material required for manufacturing or the building of the payload (such as epoxy). Below is a table of the approximate spending's for the entire year. The payload team have spent approximately $220 as of the end of Fall quarter. The payload team have spent approximately $50 more during the Winter quarter.
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