21 Teams compete in the Contest of rocket Payload Indonesia

Yogyakarta -as many as 21 teams from 23 teams from various colleges se Indonesia today contest the charge Rocket Indonesia (Komunrindo) 2011 on the coast of Pandansimo, Bantul, Yogyakarta Province. 23 teams that expressed escaped verification by a team of the jury was entitled to following the launch of a rocket on the coast of Pandansimo.

However at the time of the test launch, two teams i.e. team rocket who resigned. Both teams suffered damage to radio frequency (rs) as a result of fire in the process of integration. At the time of the test is done, thousands of citizens launch successive watched from a distance on the edge of the beach. Spectators could only watch from a radius of 500 meters from the point of the location of the launch.

"There are 11 teams that qualified, 14 teams qualify for the functional test on the first Saturday session yesterday and 9 teams qualify functional on session retry. 23 teams took part in a test launch, entitled "the Chairman of the Committee Komurindo 2011, Agfianto told reporters at the beach Pandansimo, Sun (26/6/2011).

According to him, the competition took on the theme "Attitude Monitoring and Surveillance", i.e. a competition to get a wake-up design yields champion rocket payload (payload) that is able to return or to predetermined targets (homming), after being detached and separated from the rocket launcher series RUM70-100-LPN. "The rocket's solid propellant fueled and can achieve high flying 2 kilometres," he said.

He said the charge that the functional test passes can follow the launch. The charge will be diluncuran be integrated with the rocket. "Before the race Committee did a test launch, dimensions and test the functionality of the payload and the race," he said.

Agfianto said the test launch of a rocket every participant is given the chance the rocket launches. As for the workings of the release process like rocket plane space. While in space, conducting rocket and payload separation, the motor part. Both fly diangkasa with a parachute. When the payload is given a number of space missions to take your data and images.

In the first 12 seconds of data takes an accelerometer. Then start a second 12-72 takes the image data. Data and images retrieved from the result snapshots photo camera featuring data transmission. Then the result is sent to earth the next received with your computer.

"The Data is subsequently processed into image/graphics to be presented tomorrow," he said.

He added the rocket charge competition was organized by the National Space and Aviation Agency (LAPAN) with Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Directorate General of higher education,
The Air Force Academy (AAU) and the Government of Bantul Regency. The competition was held in order to welcome the National Technology day Revival was followed about 43 College se-Indonesia.

Meanwhile team manager Gama-Sat 1 and Gama-Sat 2 from UGM, Rahmaningrum claimed the second relief Fitri rockets team could slide, although the UGM Gama-Sat 2 can't do separation (separation) between the rocket's payload (payload) with motor.

"We also do not yet know the result, is able to record images and data or not. It will also determine the time of the assessment results presentation also will determine the winner, "said Fitri.

According to him, each year the competition was always with rocket different themes and number of participants increased to 40s of universities and the private sector. Getting started creating paylod already done since the end of January 2011. Functional test has also been done as much as two times and obtained the desired result.

Rocket payload built by tim UGM cost approximately USD 10 million, with a diameter of 100 mm, height 200 mm and weighs a maximum of 1,000 grams. As for the motor is used with the current specification with small dimensions.

"We can't go home Payload, earlier landed in the sea and are carried by currents. Means Rp 10 million floating, but not why may the result was good and was later able to bring home a winner, "pungkas Fitri.

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