On Thursday we welcomed Simon Mawn, Dieter Bischoff and Julia Grünhage from ZARM in our office to show them the current state of the preparations of our experiment.
We talked about mechanical drawings and the manufacturing of the components’ housings. There was a demonstration of the ground station and how we plan to operate the experiment. Furthermore we presented the electrical components we designed ourselves.

CDR Discussion
photo by REXUS/BEXUS Programme

At Thursday 25th June and Friday 26th June the Critical Design Review (CDR) took place.

This time the review focused on our mechanical design and our progress with the onboard software. After a presentation to give the Review Panel an overview of the current state there was another discussion of details with the REXUS/BEXUS experts.

Another topic on Thursday was an Interface discussion. All european teams that will place their experiments on REXUS 20 met to talk about the features of the rocket. They also considered whether the experiments could affect each other when they are all mounted on the rocket.

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at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen , from 9th to 13th February 2015

The first milestone of our project was the Student Training Week. At the DLR Campus at Oberpfaffenhofen we met the REXUS / BEXUS teams from all over Europe.
Together we attended several lectures about the aspects of REXUS / BEXUS experiments. They were given by experts from the different institutes that are part of the programme.
Furthermore we had our Preliminary Design Review.

LTR: Florian Kunzi, Liviu Stamat, Bastian Klein, Moritz Aicher, Jonas Ehnle, Dominik Wagner, Elke Heidmann

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at DLR Bonn, 1st and 2nd December 2014

At the Selection Workshop in Bonn all German teams that applied for the REXUS/BEXUS programme presented their experiments to experts of DLR, ZARM, MORABA and SSC.
At these two days the experts got an overview of the experiments and their technical setup as after the Selection Workshop they decide which experiments will take part in the REXUS/BEXUS programme.

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