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CSTART Organization

Basics

• Informal overview of operations
• Mission statement
• Social contract
• Design Philosophy
• History
• Friends of CSTART
• Promotional Materials
• CSTART image gallery

Membership

• Becoming a member of CSTART
• How to be a helpful member of CSTART
• Members

Programs

• CloudLab Program
• Chimera Program
• COSMoS Program

Resources

• Spaceflight glossary
• Recommended reading
• CSTART Technical Report System
• CSTART Software Library
• CSTART Google Code project
• Other Software
• International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR 2009)

Formalities

• CSTART Bylaws
• CSTART Project Lifecycle
• CSTART Project Management Process
• CSTART Engineering Process

CSTART Sites

• CSTART Main site
• CSTART Forum
• CSTART Wiki
• CSTART on Facebook
• CSTART on Twitter
• CSTART on Youtube

CloudLab Program

Overview

The CloudLab Program is focused on the design and construction of a family of reliable high altitude balloon vehicles capable of carrying payloads to the "near space" environment and permitting easy recovery of these payloads after a non-destructive descent back to Earth

Chimera Program

Overview

The Chimera Program is focused on the design and construction of a family of safe and reliable hybrid rocket vehicles of increasing capability, ranging from suborbital flight to orbital insertion

Projects:

• Chimera 1, aka OHKLA (Open Hybrid Karman Line Attempt)

COSMoS Program

Overview

The COSMoS Program is focused on design and construction of a family of picosatellites and nanosatellites based on the CubeSat 1U, 2U and 3U specifications.

Picture of the Day

Initial concept render of a general purpose lander. The flat deck on top allows various payloads to be handled including a seat for manned missions. For descent only mission profiles the payload to the lunar surface can be increased over sample return missions.

Check out the CSTART image gallery for more pictures.