38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting

The 2020 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday, October 17th from 9:00am CDT – 5:00pm CDT / 14:00 UTC – 22:00 UTC. The YouTube replay and Symposium schedule are presented on this page.

AMSAT members can access the Symposium Proceedings on the AMSAT member portal.

Schedule

Time (CDT) Time (UTC) Presentation Title / Panelists
9:00am 14:00 Welcoming Remarks

Panelists: Clayton Coleman, W5PFG
9:15am 14:15 AMSAT GOLF-TEE System Overview and Development Status – Eric Skoog, K1TVV

Panelists: Eric Skoog, K1TVV, Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, Jerry Buxton, N0JY
9:45am 14:45 GOLF IHU Coordination – Burns Fisher, WB1FJ

Panelists: Eric Skoog, K1TVV, Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, Jerry Buxton, N0JY
10:15am 15:15 GOLF Downlink Coordination – Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA

Panelists: Eric Skoog, K1TVV, Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, Jerry Buxton, N0JY
10:45am 15:45 FUNcube Next – Phil Ashby, M6IPX, Graham Shirville, G3VZV

Panelists: Phil Ashby, M6IPX, Graham Shirville, G3VZV, Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG
11:15am 16:15 LunART (Luna Amateur Radio Transponder) – Peter Guezlow, DB2OS

Panelists: Peter Guelzow, DB2OS
11:45am 16:45 CatSat HF Experiment Overview – Mike Parker, KT7D, and Chris Walker, K7CKW

Panelists: Mike Parker, KT7D, Chris Walker, K7CKW
12:15pm 17:15 Neutron-1 CubeSat – University of Hawaii – Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory

Panelists: Miguel Nunes, Amber Imai-Hong, Lloyd French
12:45pm 17:45 Progress and Development of Open Source Electric Propulsion for Nanosats and Picosats – Michael Bretti, Applied Ion Systems

Panelists: Michael Bretti
1:15pm 18:15 AMSAT Education – Co-Host: Alan Johnston, KU2Y

  • AMSAT Education: CubeSatSim Project Update – Alan Johnston, KU2Y, and Pat Kilroy, N8PK
  • STEM Payload Board – David White, WD6DRI
  • Building the AMSAT CubeSatSim (By a Complete Novice) – Christine Mehner, MD, PhD, KO4EWG
  • ARISS Radio Pi  and the CubeSatSim Lite – Melissa Pore, KM4CZN
  • A Guide to the AMSAT CubeSatSim – Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Pat Kilroy, N8PK, Jim McLaughlin, KI6ZUM, and David White, WD6DRI

Panelists: Alan Johnston, KU2Y (Co-Host), Pat Kilroy, N8PK, David White, WD6DRI, Christine Mehner, MD, PhD, KO4EWG, Melissa Pore, KM4CZN, Jim McLaughlin, KI6ZUM
2:15pm 19:15 ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) / AREx (Amateur Radio Exploration) – Co-Host: Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

  • ARISS: 2020 Update – Dave Taylor, W8AAS
  • Next Generation Radio System – First Element Operations and Future System Plans – Kerry Banke, N6IZW
  • AREx/Lunar Gateway and Other Lunar Opportunities – Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

Panelists: Frank Bauer, KA3HDO (Co-Host), Dave Taylor, W8AAS, Chet Latawiec, VE3CFK, Kerry Banke, N6IZW, Lou McFadin, W5DID
3:15pm 20:15 AMSAT Engineering – Co-Host: Jerry Buxton, N0JY

  • Fox-1 Program Lessons Learned
  • GOLF Update

Panelists: Jerry Buxton, N0JY (Co-Host), Eric Skoog, K1TVV, Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, Ray Roberge, WA1CYB
4:15pm 21:15 AMSAT Annual General Meeting – Co-Host: Clayton Coleman, W5PFG

  • 2020 AMSAT Update
  • AMSAT Field Day Awards – Bruce Paige,  KK5DO

Panelists: Clayton Coleman, W5PFG (Co-Host), Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, Bruce Paige, KK5DO
5:00pm 22:00 Informal Zoom Session

Panelists: All interested attendees