Semester Schedule

Week 4
  • Break into Payload Teams
  • Start Leadership Search
Week 5
  • Leadership Placement
  • ImagineRIT Overview
  • Expect-Project Milestones, Payload Leaders, Use Cases, See Project Sheets
  • Agenda
    • ImagineRIT
    • Leadership Search Results
    • Payload Expectations
    • Swag Survey Results
    • Talk about social events during week 6 or 7
    • Break into group work with payload teams
Week 6,8,10
  • MSD/HAB/ADCS/ETC Project Updates (5-10 Minutes about whats going on with these groups)
  • Small Workshop/Lectures
Week 7,9
  • Payload Updates (10-15 minutes about what they're doing, what they need, what's next)
Week 11
  • ImagineRIT
Week 12
  • Begin yearly closeout

Outcomes of Payload Design

So in order to help us secure funding, more advisory help and better group support and growth, we need to have a satellite in mind. The product of 104 will be at a great technology state and the payloads we've been outlining can do the same.
We seem to love competition as this group, so the race this semester is this: who ever has a better put together and more technologically capable payload by Imagine RIT presents in the field house! Our goal is a tabletop demonstrator that integrates with the devkit and impresses people.
Our long term goals coming out of this semester is to be prepared for the CSLI and ULA Launch Opportunities and better ask for funding and development support

ImagineRIT Design:


Field House:
  • HAB I
  • DevKit
  • CubeSat Flight Frame
  • Best Looking/Most Engaging/Most Complete Payload Concept
  • Give Away HABS (From Helen's idea of tiny payloads on inflatable balloons)
SPEX Hall, In College of Science
  • Telescopes
  • Payloads
  • HAB
  • Senior Design Projects

Leadership search:

Right now, we have something that works, so we'll phase it in. We'll find the leads for HR, EDU, Outreach and Development, as well as the Director and Deputy Director.
With the way HAB and astrotracking is handled, all of the payload project groups or independent work groups will need to find a leader within their own group (we're thinking of beta testing the review rather than voting process). As for Director and Deputy Director, the search will start next week for my replacements!
Leadership Semester Goals:
  • Director
    • Support transition into new organizational structure
    • Develop long term plan for 1U Cubesat/18 Month goal
    • Assist with club conversion
  • Deputy Director
    • Ensure ImagineRIT success and payload success by end of semester
    • Promote documentation and Wiki use for project experiences, so CSLI is easier to develop for
    • Ensure 1 HAB Flight, 2 Payload Explorations, and CMG/ADCS development by ImagineRIT
    • Ensure that projects have necessary staffing support 
  • EDU
    • Host 2-3 Workshops during the semester with faculty or student members
    • Maintain and operate the facebook page and website
    • Build knowledge base
  • Outreach
    • Operate ImagineRIT
    • Perform on campus HR/Outreach to attract new students to help with projects
    • Maintain and operate the facebook page and website
  • HR
    • Characterize current educational, demographic, and interest demographics of RIT SPEX
    • Attract 20% new students through posters, info sessions, bake sales
    • Collect Resumes
  • Development
    • Secure 1-2 Funding Sources
    • Secure 1-2 In Kind Donation Sources\
  • Payload Exploration Project Manager
    • Bring project payloads to TRL 3/4
    • Develop BOM, team, milestone chart
    • Hold accountable to milestone chart and ImagineRIT delivery
    • Document process, developments and information relevant to project
    • Ensure there is sufficient staff with qualifications necessary for success