Mechanical
The maximum mass of the payload
What is 2.72 kilograms (or 6 pounds)?
The amount of voltage supplied to the flight computer and scientific computer
What is 5 Volts?
The amateur radio frequency for transmitting and receiving LoRa signals
What is 915 MHz?
The system which prevents the payload from landing in a designated red zone
What is the geofence system?
The minimum altitude Pegasus shall reach
What is 20,000 meters?
The maximum wind conditions pegasus shall withstand
What is 6 hours?
The amateur radio frequency for transmitting APRS signal
What is 144.39 MHz?
The amount of additional storage available on the scientific computer
What is 5 gygabytes?
The maximum total flight duration
What is 4 hours?
The radius of the parachute
What is 1.8 meters (6 feet)?
The minimum temperature of operation
What is -51°C?
The period between positional data transmission
What is 60 seconds?
The time it takes to sever balloon from payload after the conditions for cutdown are met
What is 10 seconds?
The maximum altitude Pegasus shall reach
What is 30,000 m?
The mechanism which automatically deploys at the beginning of the descent sequence, and ensures the payload survives the force of impact
What is a parachute?
The computer which powers a camera, external temperature probe, and space for additional sensors
What is the scientific computer?
The four required positional data transmitted by Pegasus
What is latitude, longitude, altitude, and current velocity?
The minimum period between images taken
What is one minute?
The duration of audible detectability after landing
What is two hours?
The maximum terminal velocity during descent
What is 8 meters/second?
The computer which powers the communications system and cutdown system
What is the flight computer?
The minimum horizontal range of wireless data transmission
What is 200 meters?
The two conditions for cutdown
What is an ascent time of 2 hours or balloon on the border of a red zone?
The average descent speed
What is 4-8 meters/second?