This section contains important project documents, such as student reports and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) progress reports, as well as project photos. The major reporting milestones are distributed across all three semesters of 16.83X. During the initial "conceive-design" phase of the project (16.83), reports are conceptual and more frequent. As the project proceeds through implementation (16.831) into operation (16.832), there are many more details to report.
Student Reports
| DATES | STUDENT REPORTS |
|---|---|
| 16.83, Spring 2002 | |
| February 2002 |
Product Concept Reports Requirements (PDF) Databasing (PDF) (Courtesy of Maggie Sullivan, Leah Soffer, and Oscar Murillo. Used with permission.) |
| March 2002 | TARR - Technical Analysis and Requirements Review (PDF) (Courtesy of Andre Bosch, Jesus Bolivar, Geeta Gupta, Oscar Murillo, Jennifer Underwood, Leah Soffer, Will Fournier, Stephanie Slowik, Erik Stockham, Maggie Sullivan, Amilio Aviles, Melanie Woo, Lindsey Wolf, Amy Schonsheck, Timothy Sutherland, and Darien Crane. Used with permission.) Requirements Document (PDF) |
| April 2002 |
Team Progress Reports Structures and Power (PDF) (Courtesy of Geeta Gupta, Amy Schonsheck, and Timothy Sutherland. Used with permission.) Electronics Formation Flight (PDF) (Courtesy of Oscar Murillo and Leah Soffer. Used with permission.) |
| May 2002 | PDR - Preliminary Design Review (PDF 1 of 2 - 1.1 MB) (PDF 2 of 2) (Courtesy of Andre Bosch, Jesus Bolivar, Geeta Gupta, Oscar Murillo, Jennifer Underwood, Leah Soffer, Will Fournier, Stephanie Slowik, Erik Stockham, Maggie Sullivan, Amilio Aviles, Melanie Woo, Lindsey Wolf, Amy Schonsheck, and Timothy Sutherland. Used with permission.) Design Document (PDF - 2.1 MB) |
| 16.831, Fall 2002 | |
| October 2002 | NAR - Non-Advocate Review (PDF) (Courtesy of Andre Bosch, Jesus Bolivar, Geeta Gupta, Oscar Murillo, Jennifer Underwood, Leah Soffer, Will Fournier, Stephanie Slowik, Erik Stockham, Maggie Sullivan, Amilio Aviles, Melanie Woo, Lindsey Wolf, Amy Schonsheck, and Timothy Sutherland. Used with permission.) |
| December 2002 | CDR - Critical Design Review (PDF - 1.6 MB) (Courtesy of Andre Bosch, Jesus Bolivar, Geeta Gupta, Oscar Murillo, Jennifer Underwood, Leah Soffer, Will Fournier, Stephanie Slowik, Erik Stockham, Maggie Sullivan, Amilio Aviles, Melanie Woo, Lindsey Wolf, Amy Schonsheck, Timothy Sutherland, and Darien Crane. Used with permission.) |
| 16.832, Spring 2003 | |
| March 2003 | AR - Acceptance Review |
| May 2003 |
Final Report Volume I: Operations Manual (PDF) Volume II: Design Appendix A: Control algorithm development (PDF) B: Software documentation (PDF) C: Avionics hardware design (PDF) D: Carriage design (PDF) E: Reaction wheel design (PDF) F: Coil and containment design and manufacture (PDF) G: Metrology system design (PDF) H: Structures and packaging (PDF) I: Code ( PDF) |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Progress Reports
Prof. Miller, a course instructor, sent regular progress updates to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), a course sponsor. Work on the project continued through Summer 2002. Some students in the course were hired as student researchers to advance the project during the summer, although no for-credit course was offered over this period.
| DATES | NRO PROGRESS REPORTS |
|---|---|
| 16.83, Spring 2002 | |
| April 2002 | (PDF) |
| May 2002 | (PDF) |
| Summer 2002 | |
| June 2002 | (PDF) |
| July 2002 | (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
| August 2002 | (PDF) |
| 16.831, Fall 2002 | |
| September 2002 | (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
| October 2002 | (PDF) |
| November 2002 | (PDF) |
| January 2003 | (PDF) |
| 16.832, Spring 2003 | |
| March 2003 | (PDF) |
| May 2003 | (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
Project Photos
A collection of photographs of the EMFF test bed under construction and in testing. (PDF)