MANTRA 2000 SIL Team

Scientific Instrumentation Limited (SIL) of Saskatoon runs the Vanscoy balloon launch facility and is the launch partner for MANTRA 2000.

SIL Payload Support Team

• Dale Sommerfeldt - Project Manager
• Werner Ostwald - Electrical Design
• Kevin Nordstrom - Software Design
• Lorenzo Auriti - Mechanical Design
• Debra Janzen - Mechanical Design
• Derek Kuzma - Payload Subsystem Manufacture and Test
• John Butcher - Payload Subsystem Manufacture and Test
• Saskatoon Machine Works - Payload Subsystem Manufacture and Test

SIL Launch Support Team

• Dale Sommerfeldt - Balloon Safety/MET
• Werner Ostwald - Flight Electronics
• Kevin Nordstrom - Telemetry Station
• John Butcher - Telemetry Station/Backscatter Support
• Jack Dersch - Launch Director
• Larry Cooper - Launch Support
• Sean Cooper - Launch Support
• Sheldon Sommerfeldt - Launch Support
• Derek Kuzma - Launch Support
• Lorenzo Auriti - Launch Support
• Karen Hill - Launch Support
• Dan Smith - Launch Support
• Aaron Ullberg (MSC) - Launch Support

Maintained by: Kimberly Strong
Last updated: 3 December 2008