tethered balloon
August 2018 -January 2019
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The high altitude balloon team was formed in the month of April 2019 at The Vimana, with a vision of launching a series of free float balloons carrying distinguished payloads.
We took the first step to gain experience and to demonstrate the team’s capabilities by launching a Tethered balloon
The primary payload included some of the fundamental sensors to measure Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, light intensity, and it reached an altitude of about 100 m from the ground
A basic GPS module was used to build a reliable tracking system for low altitudes.
The secondary payload comprised of 2 colored smoke bombs - Saffron and Green, the colors on the Indian National Flag.
GOALS
This project aimed at measuring the the variation of temperature, pressure and humidity upto 100 m altitudes
Also this project was intended to gain the first experience of a balloon launch!
BENEFITS
The retrieval of the payload is easier compared to a free float balloon
and there is not much damage is caused to the payload components
Meet The Team
Project Members
Shreyas Rao
Sachin s
Sai Amogh
Electronics and Communications
Engineer
Electronics and Communications
Engineer
Electrical and Electronics
Engineer
Chathura G
Aerospace Engineer
Dhanush S
Electronics and Communications
Engineer
Kushal S L
Project Ideator
Director of The Vimana
Komala Chenna
Project Manager
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