Brodie Friesen 🧊𓅃
@brodiefriesen.xyz
Vehement antifascist, space enthusiast and builder of funky little spacecraft. Proud Canadian living in Alberta- vive le Canada 🇨🇦
I have Pekins and Emdens and if the Emdens heard somebody calling them a duck they’d probably break their knees
September 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I have Pekins and Emdens and if the Emdens heard somebody calling them a duck they’d probably break their knees
All electronic components remain functional and with a new shell the CanSat could be reflown. Pretty impressive for a partially deployed chute from 1000m.
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
All electronic components remain functional and with a new shell the CanSat could be reflown. Pretty impressive for a partially deployed chute from 1000m.
Another revelation was that we built no way to safely shut down the auxiliary computer- the Milk-V Duo would’ve corrupted the image directory as it did any way we tried to turn it off.
Secondary mission was demonstrating the Milk-V Duo for usage in high-g environments, which did not occur.
Secondary mission was demonstrating the Milk-V Duo for usage in high-g environments, which did not occur.
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Another revelation was that we built no way to safely shut down the auxiliary computer- the Milk-V Duo would’ve corrupted the image directory as it did any way we tried to turn it off.
Secondary mission was demonstrating the Milk-V Duo for usage in high-g environments, which did not occur.
Secondary mission was demonstrating the Milk-V Duo for usage in high-g environments, which did not occur.
All in all it was a good test flight… hopefully the launch campaign will not use double deckers next year. We believe that had we not liberated a battery on deployment, our flight states would’ve autonomously deployed the chute and carried out primary mission data collection successfully.
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
All in all it was a good test flight… hopefully the launch campaign will not use double deckers next year. We believe that had we not liberated a battery on deployment, our flight states would’ve autonomously deployed the chute and carried out primary mission data collection successfully.
We believe we were involved in that mess, swinging wildly and striking either the other sat or the carrier rocket at least once. This split our fuselage and allowed a battery to eject. All components came down together, incredibly. The comanifest on the double decker lost their chute.
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We believe we were involved in that mess, swinging wildly and striking either the other sat or the carrier rocket at least once. This split our fuselage and allowed a battery to eject. All components came down together, incredibly. The comanifest on the double decker lost their chute.
The analysis shows that the cause of the power loss was a battery retention issue caused by collision with another object during deployment. We flew on a novel “double decker” which put our can right in front of another one, which was found to have tangled with the carrier rocket shock line.
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The analysis shows that the cause of the power loss was a battery retention issue caused by collision with another object during deployment. We flew on a novel “double decker” which put our can right in front of another one, which was found to have tangled with the carrier rocket shock line.
The kicker solenoid was still stowed, so at no point did we hit state 3 despite multiple attempts to manually issue the state change command from the ground. Thankfully, aero forces ripped the chute from the parachute bulkhead and it unfurled without issue. Descent rate appears to have been good
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The kicker solenoid was still stowed, so at no point did we hit state 3 despite multiple attempts to manually issue the state change command from the ground. Thankfully, aero forces ripped the chute from the parachute bulkhead and it unfurled without issue. Descent rate appears to have been good
No data was transmitted or stored during the flight, but the image files and subsequent flight state analysis show that the can likely switched from state 0 to state 1, and state 1 to state 2. Our acceleration thresholds and state change logic worked.
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
No data was transmitted or stored during the flight, but the image files and subsequent flight state analysis show that the can likely switched from state 0 to state 1, and state 1 to state 2. Our acceleration thresholds and state change logic worked.
40-odd babies coming out in ≈3 weeks??? Hold the line
April 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
40-odd babies coming out in ≈3 weeks??? Hold the line
April 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM