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American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Operations and Support Technical

Committee (SOSTC) Overview

Dr. Trevor Sorensen - AIAA SOSTC Chair

American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

For more than 65 years, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and its predecessors, has been the principal society of the aerospace engineer and scientist. Officially formed in 1963 through a merger of the American Rocket Society (ARS) and the Institute of Aerospace Sciences (IAS), the purpose was, and still is, "to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronautics and astronautics, and to promote the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits.”

Today, with more than 31,000 members, AIAA is the world's largest professional society devoted to the progress of engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. The Institute continues to be the principal voice, information resource, and publisher for aerospace engineers, scientists, managers, policymakers, students, and educators. Also, many prominent corporations and governments worldwide rely on AIAA as a stimulator of professional accomplishment in all areas related to aerospace.

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AIAA Technical Committees

The AIAA Technical Committees develop and administer the technical programs of AIAA. Through the Technical Activities Committee (TAC), its Technical Groups, and its Technical Committees, the Institute conducts 20 to 25 national technical conferences each year. Other principal products of TAC and TC efforts include technology assessment packages for the nontechnical public, handbooks, and technical position papers.

The SOSTC is part of the Technical Activities Committee’s Space and Missiles Group

Space Operations and Support Technical Committee (SOSTC)

• The SOSTC is concerned with all aspects of civil, military and commercial space operations and support– Direct and supporting operations– Systems and software affecting operations– Space operations and operational risk management

• The SOSTC addresses all types of space operations– Manned and unmanned space operations– Low earth-orbiting to deep space systems

• The SOSTC is involved with all phases of mission operations– Pre-launch and launch activities– Early mission commissioning activities– On-orbit, cruise and encounter activities– Post-landing activities– End-of-life operations

SOSTC (continued)

• The SOSTC addresses space related operational support activities– Training– Servicing– Mission planning– Flight dynamics– Telemetry transmission– Command and control– Data handling, processing, analysis, and storage.

• The SOSTC seeks to improve all these aspects of space operations by increasing the exchange of knowledge among those actively engaged in space operations, documenting the results, and making those results available to the broader space systems community.

SOSTC OrganizationThe SOSTC organizationally consists of four officers and

ten subcommittees.The officers are:• Chair - Trevor Sorensen (University of Kansas)• Vice Chair (Chair Elect) - Jeff Cardenas (USRA)• Secretary/Treasurer – Mike Mattis (Maxim Systems, Inc)• SpaceOps Liaison Officer – Trevor SorensenNote: First 3 officers are elected for 1-year terms, 4th officer is appointed for 2-yr term

The subcommittees are: ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICAL1. Membership and Awards 6. Best Practices2. Publications 7. Tools and Technologies3. Conferences 8. Standards4. Workshop 9. Advanced Concepts5. Education 10. Launch Operations

Membership and Awards

Chair - Dave Welch (Honeywell-TSI/Colorado University)

• Maintains membership records• Publishes Guidebook• Encourages AIAA Member Upgrades• Recruits new members and associate members with

attempt to maintain a good balance• Oversees AIAAs International Space Operations and

Support Award Process• Oversees SOSTCs Member Awards

Publications

Chair - Paul Douglas (ASRC Aerospace)

• Organize and prepare annual Space Operations report for AIAA’s Aerospace America magazine

• Assist with preparation of Position Papers• Maintain SOSTC Website

http://www.aiaa.org/tc/sos• Publish the SOSTC’s Electronic Magazine “The

Space Operations Communicator”http://www.aiaa.org/tc/sos/communicator.html

• Leads effort in getting new AIAA Space Ops Journal

http://www.aiaa.org/tc/sos/communicator.html







Conferences

Chair - Shirley Tseng (Infinite Global Infrastructures)

• Provides a forum for the presentation and review of space operations and support issues through local, national, and international technical symposia

• Includes the support of established AIAA conferences, when appropriate, in organizing technical sessions dealing with space operations and support

• Works with SpaceOps Liaison Officer to provide support to biennial Space Ops Symposia

Workshop

Chair - Bernie Schwartze (Maxim Systems, Inc)

• Plan for, promote, and hold an annual workshop to facilitate the exchange of ideas and the development of "products" that can lead to improving space operations or related topics of interest

• Develop topics, identify experienced track leaders, develop funding sources, execute the support logistics, and collect and distribute the results

EducationChair - Jeff Cardenas (USRA)

• Promotes SOSTC participation in Student Design Competitions– Member on Competition Committee of Annual Student NearSat

(CanSat) Competition – Provides topics and design specifications for student space design

competition and provides judges to competition• Promotes student participation and activities with SOSTC

events• Supports outreach activities to inform students about space

ops• Oversight of development and execution of Space Ops &

Support AIAA short courses for continuing education

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Topics Covered So Far: • Ground System Dev.• Training & Certification• Flight Dynamics• Launch & Early Ops• Off-line Spacecraft Performance

Assessment• Mission Operations System

Development & Test• Multi-Mission Satellite Ops• Process Improvement

Topics where help is needed:• BPs for Reducing Cost • Mission Planning & Scheduling• Risk Management• Operations Supervision & Mgmt• Ground system Maintenance• Data Transportation• Stored CMD Sequence generation

and Execution • Others you feel should be included

Please contact:Ray HarveyJHU/[email protected]

Benefits:• Meet members in Mission Ops

Community• Share Lessons Learned• Gain from Other’s Experience • Help shape future Mission Ops • They aren’t scrutinized as harshly

as Standards - because they are rules-of-thumb,

recommendations, etc...

Commitments:• Bi-weekly Dial-in Teleconferences • Lead a topic for development • Small amount of rewarding work

Tools and Technologies

Co-Chair - Bernie Schwartze (Maxim Systems, Inc)Co-Chair - Shirley Tseng (Infinite Global Infrastructures)

• Promotes awareness, expertise, and information exchange about space operations technology issues relevant to space systems

• Advocates effective integration of new technologies into space systems

Operations Standards

Chair - Steve Noneman (Marshall Space Flight Center)

• Identifies and advocates for future space operations and support standards

• Assists the AIAA Standards Technical Committee in the recommendation, preparation, review, adoption, release, and advocacy of standards and policies relevant to space operations and support

• Focuses on standards development efforts in areas that may have the greatest impact to future commercial, civil, scientific and military space missions

Advanced Concepts

Chair - Dave LaVallee (Applied Physics Laboratory)

• Addresses future concepts and directions in spacecraft and ground system design, development, and associated operations and their impact on current approaches

• Main areas of activity include:– Automation and Robotics– Constellation operations, navigation, and communications– Hibernation of spacecraft for long periods between

encounters and subsequent communications– Identification of space human factors in need of technical

development

Launch Operations

Chair – Jack Turner (Maxim Systems, Inc)

• Addresses emerging technologies and processes that have the potential to enhance and upgrade launch operations and support

• Main areas of activity include operations for:– Prelaunch– Launch– Post landing and recovery

Committee Meetings• Generally 3 meetings per year are scheduled

– Winter Meeting (January)– Spring Meeting/Workshop (April/May)– Fall Meeting (September/October)

• Normally coincide with other AIAA TC Meetings, Conferences, or Social Events– Lunch or dinner provided if in conjunction w/ AIAA conference

• Attempt to distribute meeting locations across the country to minimize travel requirements

• Meetings often include one or more of the following:– Facility tours or other side trips of interest (desirable to plan tours not

offered to the general public)– Group Dinner– Guest Speaker

Membership

The SOSTC members are actively engaged in space operations and its development, integration and management. The membership encompasses professionals from industry, NASA, the DoD, other government agencies, and universities, and represent both U.S. and international interests.

The nomination period for membership in the TCs opens August 1 each year and closes November 1. Nominations may be submitted at any time but may be held over at the discretion of the individual TC until the next nomination period.

Membership Requirements

• Approval of your sponsoring company or agency• AIAA Membership• Participation in 2 meetings per year (or 2 teleconferences

and 1 meeting)• Active participation in at least one subcommittee• Payment of $10 annual dues

Nomination Form available at:http://www.aiaa.org/about/index.hfm?abo=5

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