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Mike McGrath |
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Tuesday, 1 April 2014
1345 - 1405
Challenges to Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit |
is the Engineering Director at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ((LASP), and a Professor Adjunct for spacecraft design in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His experience in design for space includes sensor systems for NASA’s sounding rocket, SPARTAN 201, Earth-orbiting, and planetary programs to Mercury, Saturn, and Pluto. He led spacecraft system designs for the Solar Mesosphere Explorer and the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer programs, and most recently was the project manager for NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) Small Explorer (SMEX) Mission. |
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Abstract |
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The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder has a 65 year history of science exploration in space -- dating back to the earliest NASA planetary missions. The LASP science and technical divisions develop and operate spaceflight instrumentation focused on planetary, Earth, solar and space physics. LASP is currently in the design/development phase of a pathfinder program for a LEO constellation of spacecraft focused on weather related observations using GPS and GPS occultation to aid predictive capabilities. This talk will describe the pathfinder project, will review the work in process, and include discussion of technical, financial, and programmatic challenges realized in developing a low-cost LEO spacecraft constellation.
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