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Welcome to the Aerospace Educator Workshop Saturday, March 8, 2014 1

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Agenda 9:00 am - Welcome Mike Lucht & Mike Mackowski 9:15 am Wind Tunnel and Aerodynamics Dennis Barbeau & M. Mackowski 10:15 am Basics of Rocketry Brian Katz 11:00 am How Satellites Work M. Mackowski 11:45 am - Challenger Center - Kim Merrill 12:00 Orbital Factory Tour (two parallel groups) 2

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Introduction to Orbital Sciences 3 Leading Developer and Manufacturer of Small- and Medium-Class Space Systems 30-Year Record of Reliable, Rapid and Affordable Development and Production Serving Customers in Commercial, National Security and Civil Government Markets About 1,050 Satellites and Launch Vehicles Built or Under Contract for Customers 214 Satellites and Space Systems 174 Space and Strategic Launch Vehicles 661 Target Vehicles and Sounding Rockets 3,600 Employees and 1.6 Million Square Feet of State-of-the-Art Facilities

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Dulles, Virginia Headquarters and Satellite Development and Production 1,600 Employees Chandler, Arizona Launch Vehicle Development and Production 1,350 Employees Gilbert, Arizona Satellite Development and Production 300 Employees Greenbelt, Maryland Space Technical Services 350 Employees State-of-the-Art R&D and Production Facilities 4

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Satellite and Space Systems Experience Commercial Satellites GEO Communications LEO Communications LEO Imaging Mission Record 76 Launches Since 1982 97% Mission Success Production Backlog 6 Units in Backlog Science & Exploration Spacecraft LEO Earth & Space Science ISS Cargo Logistics Deep-Space Exploration Mission Record 30 Launches Since 1982 96% Mission Success Production Backlog 13 Units in Backlog National Security Satellites LEO Missions GEO Missions Mission Record 39 Launches Since 1982 97% Mission Success Production Backlog 6 Units in Backlog 1,000 Satellite-Years of Experience 80 Satellites in Current Operations 5

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Launch Systems Experience Space Launch Vehicles Small Payloads (Up to 2 Tons) Medium Payloads (3 to 7 Tons) Special Purpose Vehicles Mission Record 73 Launches Since 1982 93% Mission Success Production Backlog 1 Unit Delivered 14 Units in Backlog Strategic Launch Vehicles Interceptor Vehicles Global Strike Vehicles ICBM/IRBM-Class Targets Mission Record 23 Launches Since 1982 100% Mission Success Production Backlog 42 Units Delivered 24 Units in Backlog Target Vehicles Short-Range Targets Medium/Intermediate Targets Special Purpose Vehicles Mission Record 169 Launches Since 1982 95% Mission Success Production Backlog 28 Units Delivered 46 Units in Backlog 107 Major Launches With 97% Success in Last 10 Years 6

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Landsat 8 On February 11, 2013, Landsat 8 was launched into a polar orbit from California. This spacecraft was built in Gilbert, AZ for NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center and the US Geological Survey. Mission: Operational Continuation of the Landsat Series; Moderate Resolution, Multi-spectral Land Imaging in the Visible, Near Infrared, and Thermal Infrared Payload: Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) 7 Current programs: ICESat-2, Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2, Iridium NEXT

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Introduction to AIAA AIAA = American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The AIAA is a nonprofit engineering society, whose mission is to address the professional needs and interests of the past, current, and future aerospace workforce and to advance the state of aerospace science, engineering, technology, operations, and policy to benefit our global society. There are more than 31,000 professional members in its 65 sections and 5,500 student members in 145 student branches plus 56 domestic and international corporate members. 8

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Phoenix Section of AIAA The Phoenix Section has about 300 professional members distributed among the many aerospace firms in the Phoenix area. We represent engineers employed at such companies as Honeywell, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Orbital, and General Dynamics. We also have academic representation via over 100 regular and student members at Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We have regular monthly dinner meetings and occasional field trips and special events for our members. We participate in public policy activities (Congressional Visit Days) and similar events. 9

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Educator Associates The AIAA has a free membership class for K-12 educators called Educator Associates. We have over 100 such members in our Phoenix Section. This class includes an electronic version of the monthly magazine, access to news on national and local aerospace topics, and a network of engineers in the aerospace industry. Student members and Educator Associates are welcome to attend all of our events, generally at a reduced price. Sign up at www.aiaa.org (see handouts)www.aiaa.org 10

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Pre-College Outreach The Phoenix Sections goal in the K-12 STEM outreach area is to promote an interest in science and engineering among our young people. We support aerospace-themed events at various local venues and work with organizations like the Arizona Science and Technology Festival as well as individual schools and teachers. Our members are working engineers and can arrange to visit your classroom to talk about careers or topics in aviation and space. We have established a website with information on Phoenix-area aerospace STEM topics at http://stem-az.org.http://stem-az.org 11