Archimedes Balloon Project

VP49 Team Birkel Captain Griebel Bayler

Deployment ParabolicFlight VP49

Packaging Test

Inflation Test in Olympia Hall, Munich

Subsonic Tow Test

Artists Concept of Mars Entry

P5A Satellite Back

P5A Satellite Front

ARCHIMEDES Separation from P5A

ARCHIMEDES Inflated

ARCHIMEDES Transportation Systems (Car, Forklift, Box and Rocket)

REGINA Balloon Integration

Archimedes Balloon Project web Site — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2008-02-24 19:47

Official Web site of the Archimedes Balloon Project (the link provided is to the English version, in which a portion of the web site is available; the whole site is primarily in German).

Overview of ARCHIMEDES Project — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2007-09-15 17:07

Archimedes is a small interplanetary space probe currently slated for launch to planet Mars in 2009. The probe is designed as a helium balloon ten metres in diameter. The onboard suite of scientific instruments is primarily geared towards the analysis of the atmospheric conditions on Mars. The device follows a payload proposal by the German Mars Society for a ride on AMSAT’s P5-A Mars orbiter.

Official Archimedes Poster — by Alex Kirk — last modified 2007-09-15 17:07

Overview of the Archimedes project in an A4-size poster.

The MIRIAM Sounding Rocket Flight Test of Archimedes — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2007-12-21 10:24

Overall status report and Validation Test of the MSD Mars Balloon Probe ARCHIMEDES

Support Project Archimedes — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2008-02-24 19:54

Archimedes, a technically advanced scientific project, does require significant funding. Your support would be much appreciated by the German Mars Society (Mars Society Deutschland e.V.), in order to help them continue research and development. This link leads to their donations page.

ARCHIMEDES MIRAM Atmospheric Sounding Probe Launch (Kiruna, North Sweden, from 2008-10-21 08:00 to 2008-10-21 16:00) — by Jean Lagarde

 

German Mars Society Performs Flight System Commissioning Tests on MIRIAM — by Alex Kirk — last modified 2008-09-29 08:37

After receiving the proper trajectory file from MORABA and finding that no flight sequence modifications are necessary for successful operation, we proceeded with flight system commissioning tests. We tested failure modes and nominal missions. Despite a successful commissioning earlier this week, two potentially hazardous problems resulting from software upgrades were discovered and fixed.