2011 Symposium Presentations

All times are PST

Friday 4 Nov 2011

1:00 PM Introduction
1:10 PM Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO “Frequency Allocation for Government-funded CubeSats:NSF Paves the Way”
1:40 PM Nick Pugh, K5QXJ “How to Light the Candle”
2:10 PM Michael Safyan, KJ6MVL “NASA Ames PhoneSat”
2:40 PM David Palmer, KB5WIA “A Satellite-Portable Backpacking Trip to Rare California Grid Square CM79
3:00 PM Break
3:10 PM Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV “SA AMSAT CuveSat Project ‘KLETSKous’ “
3:40 PM Bob Davis, KF4KSS “Orbital Elements and Magnetic Tumble in Excel”
4:00 PM Alexander J Harvilchuck, N3NP “2010-2011 AMSAT NextGen Program Satellite Report”
4:30 PM Jan King, VK4GEY/W3GEY “Australis-OSCAR-5
5:00 PM Adjourn

Saturday 5 Nov 2011

8:00 AM Introduction
8:10 AM Lou McFadin, W5DID “Fabrication, Integration and Testing of ARISSat-1”
8:30 AM Gould Smith, WA4SXM “ARISSat-1 in Flight”
9:00 AM Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW/5 “Decoding Satellite Telemetry form ARISSat-1”
9:20 AM Steven Bible, N7HPR “ARISSat-1 Operational Survey”
9:50 AM Break
10:00 AM Gould Smith, WA4SXM “ARISSat-1 Post Mortem”
10:30 AM Tony Monteiro, AA2TX “Space Radiation and Fox Program”
10:50 AM Barry Baines, WD4ASW “The Importance of Educational Outreach for AMSAT”
11:20 AM Tony Monteiro, AA2TX “AMSAT Fox-1 Systems Overview”
12:00 AM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Bob Davis, KF4KSS “Fox 1 Mechanical Design”
1:30 PM Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV “Turning University CubeSats into amateur radio satellites”
2:00 PM Bob Davis, KF4KSS “Fox 1 Thermal Design”
2:30 PM Sawson Taheri, KG6NUB “OSCAR Zero from a Satellite Operator's Perspective”
3:00 PM Break
3:20 PM AMSAT Annual Meeting
5:00 PM Adjourn

Updated: 27 Oct, 11