Mechanical
Electrical
Communications
Software
Launch, Flight, and Recovery
100

The maximum mass of the payload

What is 2.72 kilograms (or 6 pounds)?

100

The amount of voltage supplied to the flight computer and scientific computer

What is 5 Volts?

100

The amateur radio frequency for transmitting and receiving LoRa signals

What is 915 MHz?

100

The system which prevents the payload from landing in a designated red zone

What is the geofence system?

100

The minimum altitude Pegasus shall reach

What is 20,000 meters?

200

The maximum wind conditions pegasus shall withstand

What is 60 meters/second?
200
The required duration to power all electrical subsystems

What is 6 hours?

200

The amateur radio frequency for transmitting APRS signal

What is 144.39 MHz?

200

The amount of additional storage available on the scientific computer

What is 5 gygabytes?

200

The maximum total flight duration

What is 4 hours?

300

The radius of the parachute

What is 1.8 meters (6 feet)?

300

The minimum temperature of operation

What is -51°C?

300

The period between positional data transmission

What is 60 seconds?

300

The time it takes to sever balloon from payload after the conditions for cutdown are met

What is 10 seconds?

300

The maximum altitude Pegasus shall reach

What is 30,000 m?

400

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?

400

The computer which powers a camera, external temperature probe, and space for additional sensors

What is the scientific computer?

400

The four required positional data transmitted by Pegasus

What is latitude, longitude, altitude, and current velocity?

400

The minimum period between images taken

What is one minute?

400

The duration of audible detectability after landing

What is two hours?

500

The maximum terminal velocity during descent

What is 8 meters/second?

500

The computer which powers the communications system and cutdown system

What is the flight computer?

500

The minimum horizontal range of wireless data transmission

What is 200 meters?

500

The two conditions for cutdown

What is an ascent time of 2 hours or balloon on the border of a red zone?

500

The average descent speed

What is 4-8 meters/second?