Portland State Aerospace Society

The Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) is a student and industry group at Portland State University in Oregon, whose vision is to do the engineering required to put a nano-satellite into orbit on an actively guided amateur rocket. This involves work on:
 * reusable modular airframes
 * solid rocket motor construction (N and O)
 * hybrid LOX/paraffin motor prototypes
 * amplified 802.11 telemetry
 * construction of cylindrical patch antennas and helical directional antennas
 * distributed systems design, using a Linux flight computer and ARM sensory nodes
 * GPL-GPS, custom GPS firmware with integrated intertial measurement

The group has been in existence since 1998, and we are currently rebuilding our rocket after a crash in August 2005.

External link

 * http://psas.pdx.edu