ARLISS 2002
The Rocket Launch for Can Do Students
Welcome to "A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites" (ARLISS)

These pages are part of an informal information exchange between the ARLISS group and CanSat designers-builders at educational institutions including: Stanford University, Arizona State University, the University of Tokyo, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kyushu University, California State University - Hayward, San Luis Obispo High School, Nihon University, Kennedy Middle School, Leland High School, Wilcox High School and St. Andrews Science Club. 

Files for the ARLISS 2000 launch:

 

Pages for ARLISS 2001 and 2002 have not yet been posted. Documents above pertain to the July, 2000 launch.

 

AeroTech Consumer Aerospace 
supplies ARLISS launches with solid composite fuel.

Other sponsors include G-Wiz Flight Computers, Vaughn Brothers Rocketry, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Japan Space Forum, Mitsubishi, Telcot, Motorola, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Nasa Space Grant, Idealab and Dr. Rocket. 

New:    Everyone planning to attend the ARLISS launch should
download Instructions2001.pdf

New:    If you want to put a payload into earth orbit, visit the new CubeSat site:
http://ssdl.stanford.edu/cube sat/

New:    The ARLISS 2002 launch is a set for August 2-4 this year in the Black Rock Desert.

New:     Detailed design drawing of the rocket airframe. PDF format (104k) or DXF (748k).

New:     G-Wiz Flight Computer Manual verified for 2001 flight season.

New:     Fliers page for ARLISS rocketeers

ARLISS - PROJECT SUMMARY:

The ARLISS Project is a collaborative effort between students and faculty at Stanford University Space Systems Development Program and other educational institutions, and high power rocketry enthusiasts in Northern California, to build, launch, test and recover prototype satellites, miniaturized to fit inside a soft drink can (hence "CanSats") in preparation for an Earth orbit or Mars orbit space launch. 

ARLISS and the CanSat project challenge innovative students to get hands-on experience in the life-cycle (one year or less) of a space project. Each CanSat team will design and build one or more satellites, and travel to the launch site in Black Rock, Nevada to supervise preparation, launch, telemetry download and safe recovery of their experiments and data. 

The ARLISS rocketry group provides launch vehicles, each capable of lofting and safely deploying three CanSats under parachute at an altitude of 12,000' AGL, affording each CanSat a "hang time" in the air of about 15 minutes for experiments, simulating a horizon-to-horizon low orbit pass. 

If you have any questions about the CanSat project and ARLISS please contact the Prof. Robert Twiggs or any of the participants referred to in this web site. 


A view of the flight line at Black Rock Desert,Nevada