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Conference Overview
Delivering on the Dream. For any project, for any mission, it is a long road of many phases to get to the culmination – the operations phase. Spaceflight Operations is where the mission team really delivers on the dream. The successes or failures, the achievements and oversights of all of the earlier phases become apparent during operations. The SpaceOps Conference is the chance for your mission or project to share your dreams and deliveries with the community. And this is your chance to bring the ideas, innovations, and experiences, both exhilarating and painful, from other professionals, back to your home turf to benefit your program. We in the SpaceOps community believe that with an enthusiastically communicating operations community, we all become stronger – and mankind’s dream to utilize and explore space becomes a reality.
Who?
Space Operations professionals and innovators from around the globe will be bringing their accomplishments, plans and innovations to share with their peers.
What?
We need the best ideas, the brightest teams, the most creative innovations and the most insightful experiences to be presented to the broadest community of space operations professionals.
When?
Conference Dates: 25-30 April 2010
Where?
The Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Home to your host, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
Why?
You can advance your mission, your organization and your own expertise only if you stay connected with the Space Operations community.
How?
To fully participate, click on "submit a paper" (upper right). To simply attend, stay tuned to this website for registration details as they become available. Also, you can sign up for the SpaceOps update by clicking here, and you will be notified when registration is open.
Technical Program
The 2010 Conference will bring together space operators from around the world to discuss the current status of and future direction of space operations. For 2010, we are introducing two new tracks to our already successful track disciplines, in keeping with the theme Delivering on the Dream.
- Mission Design and Mission Management
- Mission Execution: Plan, Train, and Fly
- Data and Communications Systems and Facilities Supporting Operations
- Cross Support, Interoperability, Standards
- Launch Operations NEW FOR 2010!
- Commercial Space Operations NEW FOR 2010!
New Focus Areas for SpaceOps
Launch Operations – Since the Marshall Space Flight Center is the propulsion design center for NASA, he operations teams are focusing on the impact of launch system design on operations. We are bringing our experiences and plans to the forum, and we encourage experienced launch operations professionals from around the globe to share their expertise as well.
Commercial Space Operations – The Space Operations industry has traditionally been dominated by government agencies, but we now see the expanding base of commercial companies involved in spaceflight, some with operational unmanned spacecraft, some with aspirations of routine manned spaceflight operations. We encourage these companies to share with us how they operate with the new commercial environment, and how they plan to deliver on their dreams.
ePosters – NEW!
The 2010 SpaceOps organizing committee is soliciting sponsor support for unique electronic poster sessions (ePosters) to be featured at the 2010 conference. If we successfully locate sponsorship for the needed displays, then we can have a truly unique and innovative electronic poster session. Besides the obvious benefit to animated graphical and video presentations, this will lend a unique capability for software demonstrations. If you have a topic to communicate that would especially benefit from such a capability, this may be your best session venue. However, note--electronic audio cannot be used in the ePoster area. Interested in submitting an ePoster? Please read further details in the guidance for submitting abstracts.
Additional Publication Opportunity
The SpaceOps committee also plans to produce a book in cooperation with the AIAA's Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics series, entitled "Space Operations: Exploration, Scientific Utilization & Technology Development." This book will be compiled from a specially selected set of SpaceOps 2010 conference papers, that have been updated and enhanced by the authors, in collaboration with the SpaceOps editorial board, with a planned release in early 2011. As a contributing author in the conference, this may be an opportunity for you to get your message in an additional, highly respected publication. As an attendee, you may see the most valuable topics in the conference expanded further for your benefit.
About SpaceOps
The International Committee on Technical Interchange for Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems (also known as the SpaceOps Committee) is a spacecraft operations oriented international association consisting of representatives from the major space-faring institutions of the world. SpaceOps was founded ito foster continuous technical interchange on all aspects of space mission operations and ground data systems, and to promote and maintain an international community of space operations experts.
In 1990, the SpaceOps Committee created the SpaceOps Conference as a technical forum for the space operations community that addresses state-of-the art operations principles, methods, and tools. The biannual event attracts engineers, technologists, scientists, managers, and experts from space agencies, industry, and academia. The scope is intended to cover all spacefl ight missions, including human and robotic, near Earth and deep space. The SpaceOps 2010 Conference Organizing Committee is staffed by representatives from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and AIAA. The SpaceOps 2010 Conference Technical Program Committee (TPC) is staffed by volunteers from the agencies and industry partners of the SpaceOps Committee. The SpaceOps Committee is made up of leading space agencies with partners and associates from industry and academia who continuously help promote and maintain an international community of space operations experts.
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