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2023 NASA SmallSat LEARN In-Person Forum Archive

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October 11, 2023

  • 7:30 AM – Registration/Check-In
  • 8:30 AM – Welcome to NASA’s Langley Research Center
    Senior Langley Leadership
  • 8:35 AM – Logistics
    Chris Edwards
  • 8:45 AM – LEARN Introduction and Year in Review
    Florence Tan
  • 9:05 AM – Announcements
    Bruce Yost
  • 9:15 AM – Landscape of SmallSat Technology Gaps
    Justin Treptow-Miller
  • 9:45 AM – Break
  • 10:00 AM – SMD Heliophysics and Astrophysics SmallSat Portfolio Lessons Learned
    Tom Johnson
  • 10:30 AM – Lessons Learned Panel Discussion with Principal Investigators, Project Managers and Systems Engineers
    Moderator: 
    Catherine Venturini
    Panelists:
    Brian Fleming (SPRITE) (PI)
    Steven C. Reising (TEMPEST-D) (PI)
    Jordan Karburn (Pandora) (PM)
    Luis Loures (SPORT) (PM)
    Cate Heneghan (JPL-Sunrise) (SE)
    Alan Rhodes (ACS3) (SE)
  • 12:00 PM – Lunch & Networking
    Ally Olney
    LaRC SmallSat Lightning Talks:
    • SHIELDS-1 – Larry Thomsen
    • ATHENA – Kory Priestley​
    • ACS3 – Keats Wilkie
  • 1:30 PM – Launch Opportunity Landscape
    Alicia Mendoza-Hill
  • 2:00 PM – Constellation Reliability Study
    Jim Dempsey
  • 2:30 PM – Break/Networking
    Ally Olney
  • 3:30 PM – Commercial Ground Communication Landscape
    Marie Piasecki
  • 4:00 PM – Open Forum
    Moderator – Florence Tan

October 12, 2023​

  • 8:30-9:30 AM
  • 9:30 AM
    • Room 112 & 113 (9:30-11:30 AM)
      Navigating the NASA Procedural Requirements Checklist: General Guidance and Specific Information on Key NPRs
      • 7120.5 Class D vs. 7120.8 – Tom Johnson
      • Cybersecurity/Encryption – Rey Anzaldua
      • ODAR – Matthew Forsbacka
      • RF Licensing – Lynna McGrath 
      • ESPA RUG – Alicia Mendoza-Hill
    • Room 114 & 115 (9:30-10:30 AM)
      Using 3D Printing for SmallSats and Other Low(er) Cost Missions
      Andrew Glendening
    • Main Entrance Reid Building (9:30-11:30 AM)
      Tour 1 – LaRC SmallSat Capability Tour
      Dave MacDonnell
      • Environmental Test Range (ETR B1299)
      • Integration and Test Facilities (B1250)
      • Measurement Systems Laboratory (B2104)
      • Mission Operations Center (B2102)
  • 10:30-11:30 AM
    • Room 114 & 115
      Technology Gaps Workshop
      Moderator: Luis Santos
  • 11:30 – Lunch & Networking
    LaRC SMALLSAT LIGHTNING TALKS
    • ARCSTONE – Constantine Lukashin​
    • SAGE IV – Charles Hill​
    • GPX-2 – Kurt Woodham​
    • LaRC Capabilities – Nathanael Miller
  • 1:00 PM
  • 2:00 PM
    • Auditorium
      Radiation and Parts Selection
      Mike Campola, Larry Thomsen
    • Main Entrance Reid Building
      Tour 2 – NASA Langley Research Center Aeronautics, Exploration and Science
      • Structures and Materials (B1148)
      • 14×22 Wind Tunnel (B1212)
        • “Subsonic”
      • 30 Inch Mach 10 (B1251)
        • “Hypersonic”
      • 777 Research Aircraft (B1244)
  • 3:30 PM
    • Auditorium
      Event Conclusion
      Florence Tan

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