Welcome to the Aerospace Educator Workshop Saturday, March 8,
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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
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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
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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