2009 Symposium Schedule

2009 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and Annual Meeting
AMSAT 40th Anniversary Celebration
October 9-11, 2009
Four Points Sheraton Hotel at BWI Airport
Baltimore, Maryland

Thursday October 8, 2009

8 am-noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Scott Room
Noon-1 pm AMSAT Board Lunch Break, Scott Room
1 pm-6 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Scott Room
6 pm-6:30 pm AMSAT Board Dinner Break, Scott Room
6:30 pm-9 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Scott Room
7 pm-9 pm Early Check-in for Pre-registered Attendees, Outside Crane A/B

Friday October 9, 2009

Morning
6:30-9 am LCROSS “Lunar Bash”, LCROSS spacecraft crashes into a South Pole Lunar Crater Crane A/B
8 am-11 am AMSAT Board Meeting, Scott Room
9 am Registration Opens Solarium Outside Crane A/B
9 am-noon Self-guided tours of Baltimore on your own
11 am-noon AMSAT Board Brunch Scott Room

Afternoon
1:30 pm Poster Session and Commercial Vendor Setup, Scott Room
1:00-1:10 AMSAT Symposium Kickoff, Presidents Welcome, Crane A/B
1:10-2:40 Paper Session 1, Crane A/B
1:10-1:40 Greg Jurrens - WD0ACD, Using a Software Defined Radio with Integrated VHF/UHF for Satellite Operations
1:40-2:10 Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Lessons Learned at LEO
2:10-2:40 Dr. Julie Thienel, Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, PSAT, A Low-cost Data Communications Satellite With Sun Pointing Attitude Control
2:40-3:00 Paper Session Break, Crane A/B

2-5 pm Poster Session Exhibit Open, Scott Room

3:00-5:00 Paper Session 2, Crane A/B
3:00-3:30 JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, AMSAT Eagle Geostationary Platform Educational Opportunities
3:30-4:00 David Jordan, AA4KN, High Altitude Balloon Launch from the Astronaut Memorial Foundation Center
4:00-4:30 Samudra Haque, "The potential of adapting AMSAT-NA Activities into lesson plans for U.S. K-12 Education"
4:30-5:00 Alex Harvilchuck, AMSAT NextGen Satellite Project

Evening
5-8 pm Informal Dinner on your own
8-9 pm 40th Anniversary Party (AMSAT Members), Chesapeake Ballroom  

 Saturday October 10, 2009

Morning

8 am-11:45 Poster Sessions Exhibit Open; Scott Room
8:00 am Registration Opens, Solarium Outside Crane A/B
8:00-8:10 AMSAT Symposium Welcome, Crane A/B

8:10-10:10 Paper Session 3, Crane A/B
8:10-8:40 Tom Clark, K3IO, AMSAT: We ARE Rocket Scientists
8:40-9:10 Gould Smith, WA4SXM, The Transformation of SuitSat-2 into ARISSat-1
9:10-9:40 Robert Davis, KF4KSS, Mechanical design of ARISSat-1
9:40-10:10 Anthony Monteiro, AA4TX, Software Radio Technology on ARISSat-1
10:10-10:30 Paper Session Break, Crane A/B

10:30-Noon Paper Session 3, Crane A/B
10:30-11:00 Bill Ress, N6GHZ, A Linear U/V Transponder for ARISSat-1
11:00-11:30 Jim Heck, G3WGM, FUNcube - AMSAT-UK's first satellite
11:30-12:00 Daniel Schultz, N8FGV, Hall Effect Thrusters for Amsat Satellite Missions, a Report from the International Electric Propulsion Conference

Lunch
Noon-1pm Lunch on own—Restaurant Buffet Special, Michener’s (Hotel Restaurant)

Afternoon

1-3:30 pm Poster Sessions, Scott Room
Note: Posters Must be Removed by 6 pm

1:00-3:30 Paper Session 4, Crane A/B
1:00-1:30 Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, SumbandilaSat
1:30-2:00 Keith Pugh, W5IU, Amateur Radio on the ISS
2:00-2:30 Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Amateur Radio Operations on Shuttle, Mir and ISS: Lessons Learned
2:30-3:00 Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AO-51 Status Year Five
3:00-3:30 Bill Ress, N6GHZ, KIWISat Update

3:40 pm-5 pm AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony, Crane A/B
Echolink simulcast

Evening Location: Crane A/B

6:00-7:00 pm Attitude Adjustment, Solarium outside Crane A/B
6:00-10:00 Cash Bar
7:00-10 pm Banquet, Keynote speaker—Martin Collins, National Air and Space Museum, prize drawing, Crane A/B

Sunday October 11, 2009

Morning
7-8:30 am Area Coordinators Breakfast, Chesapeake Ballroom
8-9 pm IARU International Satellite Forum, Crane A/B
8:30-noon ARISS Operations Team Meeting, Scott Room

9 am-noon Paper Session 5, Crane A/B
9:00-9:30 Keith Lofstrom, SERVER SKY Computation in Orbit
9:30-10:00 James A. DeYoung, N8OQ, AO-7’s Solar Array Power After 35 Years In Orbit
10:00-10:30 Martin Davidoff, K2UBC, Mayan Observations of Venus
10:30-11:00 Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, Radio Amateurs should get more involved in educational satellites
11:00-11:30 Bob Twiggs, KE6QMD, Cubesats

Afternoon
1-5 pm ARISS Operations Team Meeting, Scott Room

Updated: 04 Oct, 09