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Issue 18: Contributors
Don Flournoy
SunSat Design Competition 2015-2016 Second Place Winner – Team Pathway to Power : Wireless Power Transfer
Javier Tandazo, Ethan Wong, Curtis Waggoner, John Guggenheim, and Alexander Carter
SunSat Design Competition 2015-2016 First Place Winner – Team Space Transport: Power Satellites Beamed Energy Bootstrapping
Keith Henson and Anna Nesterova
SunSat Design Competition 2014-2015 Third Place Winner – Team Martian: Space Solar Power Test Bed
Jeremy Straub, Tristan Plante, Benjamin Kading, Alex Holland, Landon Klein, and Jordan Forbord
SunSat Design Competition 2014-2015 Second Place Winner – Team SunFlower: Thermal Power Satellite
Keith Henson, Steve Nixon, Kris Holland, and Anna Nesterova
SunSat Design Competition 2014-2015 First Place Winner – Team CAST: Multi-Rotary Joints SPS
Xinbin Hou, Meng Li, Lili Niu, Lu Zhou, Ying Chen, Zhengai Cheng, and Haipeng Ji
SunSat Design Competition 2013-2014 Third Place Winner – Team University of North Dakota: Nano SSP Satellite
Corey Bergsrud, Robert Bernaciak, Ben Kading, John McClure, Jeremy Straub, Subin Shahukhal, and Karl Williams
SunSat Design Competition 2013-2014 Second Place Winner – Team Solar Maximum LLC: Sun-Synchronous Orbits
Danny R. Jones and Anna Nesterova
SunSat Design Competition 2013-2014 First Place Winner – Team Rajiv Gandhi University: HelioAstra
Akhil Raj Kumar Kalapala and Krishna Bhavana Sivaraju
Issue 16: Contributors
Don Flournoy and Ralph Nansen
Prize for Peace (Video) Section One: Global Warming
Jonathan Mann
Why Not Space Solar Power?
Don Flournoy
Sky’s No Limit: Space-Based Solar Power, The Next Major Step in The Indo-US Strategic Partnership
Peter A. Garretson
China Walks the US-India Space Solar Power Dream
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Rahul Prakash
The Spaceplane Equation
Raghavan Gopalaswami
Space Solar Power Via Prizes
Al Globus
Vision for Producing Fresh Water Using Space Power
W. Kent Tobiska
Legal Challenges Facing Solar Power Satellites
Kiantar Betancourt
Legal Issues for Space Based Solar Power
Mark I. Wallach
Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit
Keith Lofstrom
Issue 17: Contributors
Don Flournoy
Solar Power Satellite Development: Advances in Modularity and Mechanical Systems
W. Keith Belvin, John T. Dorsey, and Judith J. Watson
From Uranium Enrichment to Renewable Energy: Conversion of the US-DOE’s Former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) in Piketon, Ohio, into a Clean Energy Production Facility Within a Decade
Don Flournoy, Shmuel Roth, and Mohammad Ala-Uddin
A US-India Power Exchange Towards a Space Power Grid
Brendan Dessanti, Nicholas Picon, Carlos Rios, Shaan Shah, and Narayanan Komerath
Deploying Sunsats
Philip K. Chapman
Space Solar Power Aids Space Settlement
Gaurav Kumar, Deepak Talwar, HarmanJot Singh Walia, Mahiyal B. Singh, Kaenat Seth, Ishaan Mehta, and Navdeep Singh Makkar
Space Solar Rectifying Antenna On Earth
Corey Bergsrud, Timothy Dito, Matthew Anderson, Matthew Clausing, and Chase Freidig
From Uranium Enrichment To Renewable Energy
Harold Bon, Solomon Brown, Michael Cisneros, Kent Engel, Tyler Goldberg, Matt Kissel, Alexa Krivoniak, Brandon Lutz, Zach Reese, Amanda Roberts, Colin Stonerook, Zoe Zeszut, and Anthony Zoccola
SUNSATS: The Next Generation Of COMSATS
Don Flournoy
Space Solar Power with SunSynchronous Orbits
Michael Blohm, Alan Guy, Kyle Perkins, Adam Roades, and Samantha Williams
Why Has SPS R&D Received So Little Funding?
Karen Cramer Shea
Solar Sails: Towards An Early Profitable PowerSat
Jake Coggiano, John Dees, Ryan Heitkemper, and Lauren Valko
Costs, Organization, and Roadmap for SSP
Peter J. Schubert
Space Solar Power for Agriculture
Max Alvarez, Alex Wiseman, Alex Welsh, Rashmi Sharma, Adedayo Ogundimu, and Brian Woods
Space Solar vs Base Load Ground Solar and Wind Power
John K. Strickland Jr.
Millimeter Wave Space Power Grid
Brendan Dessanti, Nicholas Picon, Carlos Rios, and Shaan Shah
Solar Power Satellites Research in China
Ji Gao, Xinbin Hou, and Li Wang
Space Solar Power for Seawater Desalination
Michael Blohm, Kristen Ohlemeier, Kyle Perkins, Adam Roades, and Matthew Wulker
Sustaining India's Economic Growth
Raghavan Gopalaswami
Space Solar Power for Disaster Relief
Kristin Brumley, Huyen Nguyen, Erik Alexeff, Nadiah Mukhiar, Dyah Hening, and Steve Buchanan
Energy Costs Eliminated By Satellite System
Joleroy Gauger
Wireless Transfer of Power: Proposal for A Five-Nation Demonstration by 2020
Brendan Dessanti, Narayanan Komerath, and Don Flournoy
Global Warming in Perspective Understanding Climate Change in a World of Contradictory Information
John K. Strickland Jr.
Multi-Nation WPT Demonstration Experiments
Max Alvarez, Harold Bon, Jason Butler, Jimmy Clark, Kent Engle, Ben Felix, Tyler Goldberg, Colin Mercer, Shelby Roades, Zoe Seszut, Michael Stephens, Jiexiong Zhang, Anthony Zoccola, Chinar Patel, Ben Leon, Scott Bennet, Roger Lascorz, Oscar Pierre, Somil Shah, Rahim Panjawani, Nicole Dowling, and Natasha Barbely
Sunbeams from Space Mirrors Feeding Solar Farms on the Ground at Dusk and Dawn
Tyler Goldberg, Zoe Zeszut, Steve Larkin, Colin Mercer, Shelby Roades, Jimmy Clark, Anthony Zoccola, and Logan Hayes
Issue 16: From the Guest Editor
Ralph Nansen
Creative Visualization of Space Solar Power
Steve Bonahoom, Stephen Buchannan, Garrett Clem, Connie Nemec, Jacqueline Deavenport, S. Phanuthep, Victor Sherrick, Jason Showalter, Jessica Staub, Michael Stephens, Douglas Trein, David Young, and Joey Zhang
Profile of Zhang Yan
Mary Frost
Profile of Barbara Warren
Mary Frost
Profile of Dianne J. VanBeber
Mary Frost
Profile of Diane Tryneski
Mary Frost
Profile of Marjorie Rhodes Townsend
Mary Frost
Profile of Synette Tom
Mary Frost
Profile of Leslie Taylor
Mary Frost
Profile of Bambi Taskarelli
Mary Frost
Profile of Nicole P. Stott
Mary Frost
Profile of Andy Steinem
Mary Frost
Profile of Pascale Sourisse
Mary Frost
Profile of Marcia Smith
Mary Frost
Profile of Gwynne Shotwell
Mary Frost
Profile of Kay Sears
Mary Frost
Profile of Jacqueline Schenkel
Mary Frost
Profile of Farah Suhanah Ahmad Sarji
Mary Frost
Profile of Walda Roseman
Mary Frost
Profile of Josyln Read
Mary Frost
Profile of Veena Rawat
Mary Frost
Profile of Radhika Ramachandran
Mary Frost
Profile of Marilyn Quagliotti
Mary Frost
Profile of Nongluck Phinainitisart
Mary Frost
Profile of Jane Petro
Mary Frost
Profile of Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Mary Frost
Profile of Rhonda Parson
Mary Frost
Profile of Christina Paape
Mary Frost
Profile of Bridget Neville
Mary Frost
Profile of Olwen Morgan
Mary Frost
Profile of Eileen McGowan
Mary Frost
Profile of Susan K. Mashiko
Mary Frost
Profile of Dolores Martos
Mary Frost
Profile of Joan T. Mancuso
Mary Frost
Profile of Andrea Maléter
Mary Frost
Profile of Joanne Maguire
Mary Frost
Profile of Penelope Longbottom
Mary Frost
Profile of Betsy Tillman Kulick
Mary Frost
Profile of Christine A. King
Mary Frost
Profile of Barbara Jaffe
Mary Frost
Profile of Susan J. Irwin
Mary Frost
Profile of Britt Carina Horncastle
Mary Frost
Profile of Polly Rash Hollis
Mary Frost
Profile of Ellen D. Hoff
Mary Frost
Profile of Dawn Harms
Mary Frost
Profile of Carmen González-Sanfeliu
Mary Frost
Profile of Eilene Galloway
Mary Frost
Profile of Mary Frost
Mary Frost
Profile of Celeste Volz Ford
Mary Frost
Profile of Mary Ann Elliot
Mary Frost
Profile of Christine Ehrenbard
Mary Frost
Profile of Yvette Dominguez
Mary Frost
Profile of Sabrina Cubbon
Mary Frost
Profile of Catherine Chang
Mary Frost
Profile of Angie Bukley
Mary Frost
Profile of Michelle Bryan
Mary Frost
Profile of Yvonne Brill
Mary Frost
Profile of Leslie Blaker
Mary Frost
Profile of Sharri Berg
Mary Frost
Profile of Julie Bannerman
Mary Frost
Profile of Wanda M. Austin
Mary Frost
Profile of Anita Antenucci
Mary Frost
Profile of Audrey Allison
Mary Frost
Issue 15: From the Guest Editor
Mary Frost
Increasing the Predictive Capability of Mapping Technologies for Healthcare in Disaster Management
Simon O.M. Adebola
Remote Sensing and Human Health: New Sensors and New Opportunities
Louisa R. Beck, Bradley M. Lobitz, and Byron L. Wood
Use of Google Earth™ to Strengthen Public Health Capacity and Facilitate Management of Vector-Borne Diseases in Resource-Poor Environments
Saul Lozano-Fuentes
Opportunities And Challenges of E-Health and Telemedicine Via Satelite
C. Dario, A. Dunbar, F. Feliciani, M. Garcia-Barbero, S. Giovannetti, G. Graschew, A. Güell, A. Horsch, M. Jenssen, L. Kleinebreil, R. Latifi, M. M. Lleo, P. Mancini, M. T.J. Mohr, P. Ortiz García, S. Pedersen, J. M. Pérez-Sastre, and A. Rey
Satellite Imagery in the Study and Forecast of Malaria
David J. Rogers, Sarah E. Randolph, Robert W. Snow, and Simon I. Hay
Adoption of Telemedicine in Scottish Remote and Rural General Practices: A Qualitative Study
Gerry King, Helen Richards, and David Godden
A Review of Telemedicine in China
Zhelong Wang and Hong Gu
An Internet-Based Telemedicine System in Nigeria
Olumide Sunday Adewale
A Review of ICT Systems for HIV/AIDS and Anti-Retroviral Treatment Management in South Africa
Tove Sørensen, Ulrike Rivett, and Jill Fortuin
Re-Inventing Health Care Training In The Developing World: The Case For Satellite Applications In Rural Environments
Krishnan Haridasan, Srinivasan Rangarajan, and Gregory Pirio
Telemedicine Systems and Telecommunications
Brett Harnett
Telehealth Policy: Looking for Global Complementarity
Richard E. Scott, M. Faruq U. Chowdhury, and Sunil Varghese
Satellite Services for Disaster Management and Security Applications
Otto Koudelka and Peter Schrotter
Issue 14: From the Guest Editor
Rafael Obregon
Sponsors: Reach to Space Conference on Space Commercialization: A Celebration of 50 Years in Space
D. Flournoy
(Session 8) Panel (Part Two): The Future of Commercial Space: Regulation and Policy Challenges Relating to Licensing and Export Control Workforce Issues
Andrea Maleter and D. Flournoy
(Session 7) Questions and Answers: Case Studies in Commercial Space and Their Future Applications
Tara Giunta and Susan Irwin
(Session 7) Case Study: Orbital Sciences Corporation: From Startup to Billion Dollar Company
Carl Marchetto
(Session 7) WildBlue Communications
David Brown
(Session 7) WorldSpace Satellite Radio
Tedros Lemma
(Session 7) Introduction: Case Studies in Commercial Space and Their Future Applications
Tara Giunta and Susan Irwin
(Session 6) Panel Questions and Answers: The Satellite Industry: What's Worked, What Hasn't, and Why?
David Bross and James Vedda
(Session 6) Panel: The Satellite Industry: What's Worked, What Hasn't, and Why?
David Bross and James Vedda
(Session 4) Questions and Answers with the Presenters
Del Smith, Jones Day, and Leonard David
(Session 4) Space Commercialization in the Next Decade - Economic Risk or Opportunity
Steven L. Apfel
(Session 4) Introduction: Space Commercialization in the Decade Ahead: Economic Risk or Opportunity?
Del Smith, Jones Day, and Leonard David
(Session 3) Questions and Answers with the Presenters
Robert Bell and David Cavossa
(Session 3) Discussion: Critical Success Factors in Commercial Space Applications: Satellite Communications and Communication Networks
Robert Bell and David Cavossa
(Session 3) Mobile Satellite Ventures
John Mattingly
(Session 3) Commercial Satellite Business
Edward Horowitz
(Session 3) Intelsat
Phillip L. Spector
(Session 3) Introduction: Critical Success Factors in Commercial Space Applications: Satellite Communications and Communication Networks
Robert Bell and David Cavossa
(Session 2) Questions and Answers with the Presenters
Joseph N. Pelton and Douglas Heydon
(Session 2) International Space Safety Foundation (ISSF) Vision for Voluntary Space Safety Standards Development
Stephen Newman
(Session 2) [The Biggest Problem with Space Flight]
Greg Maryniak
(Session 2) Competing Visions - A Brief Historical Review and the Challenges of Tomorrow
Courtney Stadd
Conference Program
D. Flournoy
Issue 12: Contributors
Don Flournoy
USDLA: An Instructional Media Selection Guide For Distance Learning
Jolly T. Holden and Philip Westfall
U.S. Government Education and Training Network
Philip Westfall
Distance Education via Satellite: An Early Case Study of the Indonesian Distance Education Satellite System
Willard D. Shaw
Distance Education Projects in Kyrgyzstan
Aida Aidakyeva
Telesecundaria of Mexico
Jose Calderoni
WorldSpace Satellite Radio
S. Rangarajan
IPSTAR and Education in Thailand
Taksin Uppalakom
Satellite-based Distance Education in India
Sanjay Jasola and Ramesh Sharma
Access to Education in Africa via Satellite
Hala Ibrahim
The Challenges of Distance Education
Abdul Waheed Khan
Issue 11: Contributors
Don Flournoy
Video Course 4: Space Remote Sensing Systems: Lecture 4: Active Radar Remote Sensing Systems
Scott Madry
Video Course 4: Space Remote Sensing Systems: Lecture 3: High Resolution and Advanced Systems
Scott Madry
Video Course 4: Space Remote Sensing Systems: Lecture 2: Current and Future Remote Sensing Systems
Scott Madry
Video Course 4: Space Remote Sensing Systems: Lecture 1: Introduction to Space Remote Sensing
Scott Madry
Video Course 2: Fixed Satellite Systems: Lecture 3: Regulatory Shifts, Trade Constraints, Frequency Allocations and New Business Trends
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 2: Fixed Satellite Systems: Lecture 2: Evolution of FSS Networks - Technology Trends, Ground Antennas and TTC&M
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 2: Fixed Satellite Systems: Lecture 1: Objectives, Key Definitions and Systems Growth
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 1: Basics of Satellite Communications: Lecture 5: Ground Segment and Practical Aspects of Satcom
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 1: Basics of Satellite Communications: Lecture 4: Modulation, Multiplexing and Link Budgets
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 1: Basics of Satellite Communications: Lecture 3: Components of Communication Satellites
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 1: Basics of Satellite Communications: Lecture 2: Frequency Allocations, Spectrum and Key Terms
Joseph N. Pelton
Video Course 1: Basics of Satellite Communications: Lecture 1: Services, History, and Orbits
Joseph N. Pelton
Airborne Emergency Communications Node Technical Approaches (Panel 7: Panel 7: UAV/HAPS)
Chris Hawkins
Emergency Response Team (ERT) (Panel 6: Development of New IT and Communications Systems)
Matt Foosaner
Wireless Solutions for Emergency Response (Panel 6: Development of New IT and Communications Systems)
Mathew Taylor
Software Defined Radio for Public Safety (Panel 6: Development of New IT and Communications Systems)
Fred Frantz
Approaches to Interoperability Standardization (Panel 5: State and Local Emergency Needs)
Tim Schoechle
Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN) (Panel 5: State and Local Emergency Needs)
Edward Plaugher
Satellite Communications Systems and Emergency Communications (Panel 4: Satellite Systems)
Joseph Bravman
MSV Background (Panel 4: Satellite Systems)
Austin Comerton
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Panel 3: Key Infrastructure)
William Belote
Katrina Experiences and Solutions for Power and Communications (Panel 2: Technology Solutions)
Dennis Wingo
Global Emergency Communications: The Near-Term Challenge (Panel 2: Technology Solutions)
Eric Novotny
White Paper on Emergency Communications
Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute
Issue 10: From the Guest Editors
Joseph Pelton and Neil Helm
Issue 9: Contributors
D. Flournoy and Randall Johnson
New U.S. GPS Policy From a European Perspective
Martin U. Ripple and Alexis Vidal
GPS & Galileo: Prospects for Building the Next Generation of Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Glen Gibbons Jr.
Space Based Real-Time Kinematic GPS for National Geodetic Survey Texas Height Modernization
S. D. Lyle and D. M. Mulcare
Receiver Performance for an Enhanced DGPS Data Channel
Gregory Johnson, Michael Kuhn, Peter F. Swaszek, Richard Hartnett, and Per Enge
Sea Surface Wave Information Using GPS Sea Reflected Signal - Wave Height
Shigeyuki Okuda, Yasuo Arai, and Nobuyoshi Kouguchi
EGNOS Terrestrial Regional Augmentation Networks Based on AIS for River Information Services
M. Jandrisits, J. C. de Mateo, and G. Abwerzger
Geosynchronous Satellite Use of GPS
Jennifer L. Ruiz and Charles H. Frey
Sensing Ocean, Ice and Land Reflected Signalsfrom Space: Results from the UK-DMC GPS Reflectometry Experiment
Scott Gleason, Mounir Adjrad, and Martin Unwin
Galileo in Maritime Applications
Stig Erik Christiansen, John Klepsvik, Michael Fairbanks, Alan Grant, Nick Ward, and Marko Jandrisits
Implementation of a Positioning and Telemetry Buoy to Determine Chart Datum for Hydrographic Survey Applications
Elliot N. Arroyo-Suarez, Deborah L. Mabey, Vic Hsiao, and Reo Phillips
Range-Extended Post-Processing Kinematic (PPK) in a Marine Environment
Marcelo Santos, Felipe Nievinski, Karen Cove, Robert Kingdon, and Dave Wells
The GIANT Project
Luis Chocano, Javier Pérez, and Miguel Aguilera
Helicopter Ship Board Landing System
Tom Ford, Mark Hardesty, and Mike Bobye
Space Communication and Aviation Navigation: The United States Moves towards Performance-Based Navigation
Hank Cabler and Jeff Williams
Navigation Errors Introduced By Ground Vehicle Dynamics
William Travis and David M. Bevly
Intelligent In-Vehicle Device Based on ARM-Linux Techniques
Xiaoqing Yue, Qishan Zhang, and Qing Chang
Deflection Monitoring of the Forth Road Bridge by GPS
Gethin Wyn Roberts, Chris Brown, and Xiaolin Meng
The Possibility of Precise Positioning in the Urban Area
Nobuaki Kubo, Ryosuke Shibasaki, and Akio Yasuda
NAVIO - A Navigation Service for Pedestrains
Günther Retscher and Michael Thienelt
Using GLONASS in Combined GNSS Receivers: Current Status
Alexei E. Zinoviev
The Implementation of a Public-Private Partnership for Galileo: Comparison of Galileo and Skynet 5 with Other Projects
Xavier Bertran and Alexis Vidal
Polar Air Traffic Control
Israel Greenfeld and Ron Sicker
Next Generation Differential GPS Architecture
A. Cleveland, D. Wolfe, M. Parsons, B. Remondi, K. Ferguson, and M. Albright
Operating EGNOS
Ashley W. Lyon, Jon Westbrook, and Umberto Guida
The Role of the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) in GNSS Protection and Regulation
Kirsten Musgrove
Issue 9: From the Guest Editors
Paul Bobrowski and Qishan Zhang
Issue 8: Contributors
Sukarno Abdulrachman
The Launch of PALAPA (video)
Sukarno Abdulrachman
Sudah waktunya menggunakan Ku-Band di Indonesia
Prima Setiyanto Widodo
It is time to use the Ku-band in Indonesia
Prima Setiyanto Widodo
Development of an Indonesian Micro Satellite
Rakhim Yuba
Industri VSAT Di Indonesia, Dan Peranan CSM Saat Ini Dan Di Masa Depan
Gregorius Parlindungan Hutahaean
Indonesia's VSAT Industry and Role of CSM Today and in the Future
Gregorius Parlindungan Hutahaean
Bagaimana Membuat Indonesia Terhubung: Melayani Yang Belum Terlayani
Chrisma Albandjar and Hilman A. Rasyid
Connecting Indonesia: Serving the Unserved
Chrisma Albandjar and Hilman A. Rasyid
Distance Education via Satellite: An Early Case Study of the Indonesian Distance Education Satellite System
Willard D. Shaw
Perjalanan TELKOM Dalam Mengoperasikan Satelit Komunikasi Untuk Melayani Kepulauan Indonesia
Tonda Priyanto
Historical Overview: The Journey of TelKom in Operating Communications Satellites to Serve the Indonesian Archipelago
Tonda Priyanto
Berani Menghadapi Tantangan Teknologi Satelit: Terobosan Nasional Dan Peran Indonesia Di Forum-Forum Internasional
Arnold Djiwatampu
Historical Overview: Braving the Challenge of Satellite Technologies: National Breakthroughs and Indonesia's Role in International Forums
Arnold Djiwatampu
Historical Overview: Planning and Development of Indonesia's Domestic Communications Satellite System PALAPA
Marwah Ibrahim
Issue 8: From the Guest Editor
Sukarno Abdulrachman
Issue 7: Contributors
David Hartshorn and Martin Jarrold
Future Solutions: Access to ICT: A Tale of Three Briefings
David Hartshorn
Future Solutions: Universal Access
David Hartshorn
Regulatory Reform: Strengthening Access to Information & Communications Technologies: Guidelines to Facilitate Policy & Regulation for Satellite Services
Global VSAT Forum
Regulatory Reform: In the Land of the 'Coffeenet'
Martin Jarrold
Regulatory Reform: WANTED: A bridge for Africa's digital divide APPLY: Pretty much anywhere in Africa QUOTE REFERENCE: VSAT
Martin Jarrold
Regulatory Reform: Asia's Great Step Forward
David Hartshorn
Overview: A+B+C = VSAT
Martin Jarrold
Overview: The View From 22,300 Miles High
David Hartshorn
Overview: Politics and Technology Converge: Case Studies on the Effects of Regulatory Reform on VSAT Adoption in Developing Countries
Emmanuel Adugu, Kwasi Boateng, D. Flournoy, Eric Gavua, Wencelous Kaswoswe, and Miao Zhang
Overview: Pipelines of the Skies
Errol Olivier
Issue 7: From the Guest Editors
David Hartshorn and Martin Jarrold
Issue 5: Contributors
Bruce Elbert
Bridging the Digital Divide: Towards a New Paradigm
Virgil Labrador
Bridge Over Troubled Skies: Satellite Broadband and the Digital Divide
Phillip L. Spector
The Digital Divide… Teach A Man To Fish!
Vince Waterson
Strengthening Access to Communications Policy & Regulatory Guidelines for Satellite Services
David Hartshorn
Technological Issues: The Citizen Initiated Performance Assessment (CIPA) Initiative through Wireless Technology
William Stowe
Technological Issues: Closing the Digital Divide Through Resource Allocation Techniques
Avi Barda, Zvi Ner, and Shaul Laufer
Social and Cultural Issues: The impact of Digital Divide on Development and How Satellite Addresses This Problem
Robin Gambu Wani Latio
Social and Cultural Issues: The Digital Divide in the Gobi Desert: Spatiality, the National Identity Collapse, and a Language Gap
Undrahbuyan Basaanjav
Social and Cultural Issues: Information and Communication Technology Policy in Mongolia
Lkhagvasuren Ariunaa
Current Development: Domestic Satellites Make Indonesia a Model of Telecommunications Development
Saleh Gunawan
Satellite Security and Performance in an Era of Dual Use
Joseph N. Pelton
Current Development: SOIASIA Project: A New and Effective Distance Learning Environment for Internet Developing Area Utilizing the Satellite Link
Shoko Mikawa and Jun Takei
International Guidelines for the Preservation of Space as a Unique Resource
Phillip D. Anz-Meador
Current Development: How One Faith-Based Organization Uses Satellite Technology to Bridge the Digital Divide
Jeffrey B. Roberts
Overview: Satellite Signal Security: Copyright Protection Korean DBS Content and Transaction Security
Don Flournoy
Overview: The Increasing Threat to Satellite Communications
Sean Patrick Bain
Issue 5: From the Guest Editor
Bruce Elbert
Issue 6: From the Guest Editor
Kathleen Sweet
Issue 4: Contributors
W.M. (Mac) Evans
Nimiq Launch Video
Paul Bush
Anik F1 Launch Video
Paul Bush
Anik A Launch Video
Jack Rigley
Welcoming notes by the Guest Editor (video, French)
W.M. (Mac) Evans
Welcoming notes by the Guest Editor (video, English)
W.M. (Mac) Evans
The Role of Partnerships Government/Industry/International
W.M. (Mac) Evans
Market Analysis
W.M. (Mac) Evans
Industry Capabilities and Services
W.M. (Mac) Evans
Canada: Innovation and Inclusion in the Network Age
Michael Binder
eCanada = eQuality of Life; Fast Forward to Canadian Prosperity
Laurier J. Boisvert
CRC Perspective
Gerry Turcotte
SatCom Today in Canada: Significant Research: Broadband Satellite Communications List of CITR related Publications (1998-2003)
W.M. (Mac) Evans
SatCom Today in Canada: Significant Research: Evolution of Portable Ka-band Terminals at CRC
Pierre Tardif
SatCom Today in Canada: Canadian Space Agency
Virendra Jha
Historical Development: MSAT Program
Jack Rigley
Historical Development: Hermes Satellite
Jack Rigley
Historical Development: Anik A Series
Jack Rigley
Historical Development: The Alouette Program
Jack Rigley
Historical Development: Preface
Paul Bush
The Memoirs of a Retooled Geoscientist or How I Came to Know and Love Remote Sensing
Nicholas M. Short
Multispectral Imagery And Higher Level Products Available From The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center, U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center
Paula F. Smit, Calli B. Jenkerson, and Bhaskar Ramachandran
Astronaut-Acquired Photography of Earth: Its History and Continued Applicability in Quantitative Analyses
Jennifer Gebelein
Managing Protein in Spring Wheat with Aerial and Satellite Imagery
Dennis L. Wright Jr., Glen Ritchie, V. Philip Rasmussen, R. Douglas Ramsey, and Doran Baker
Web-based Remote Sensing Applications and Java Tools for Environmental Monitoring
M. H. Tsou, L. Guo, and D. Stow
A GIS/GPS Approach For The Abondoned Mine Inventory Of The Monongahela National Forest Using Space Borne And Aerial Images For Basemap Selection
John R. Ferguson II, James O. Brumfield, and Joseph Langdon
Hierarchical Image Segmentation
James Tilton
Scientific Visualization Production for the Media
Gregory Shirah
Multi-Sensor Image Registration, Fusion and Dimension Reduction
Jacqueline Le Moigne
Commodity Computing Clusters at Goddard Space Flight Center
John E. Dorband, Josephine Palencia, and Udaya Ranawake
Earth Satellite Direct Broadcast and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Patrick Coronado
Knowledge Base Data Mining and Machine Learning in a Parallel Computing Environment
William J. Campbell and Samir Chettri
Spectrometry and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Urban Road Infrastructure
Martin Herold, Margaret E. Gardner, Val Noronha, and Dar A. Roberts
Introduction to Hyperspectral Image Analysis
Peg Shippert
OhioView: A Case Study in Progress
James K. Lein
Introduction to Remote Sensing: Online Resources
Hugh Bloemer and Dale Quattrochi
Introduction to Remote Sensing: Remote Sensing Satellites
Hugh Bloemer and Dale Quattrochi
Introduction to Remote Sensing: AmericaView Consortium
Hugh Bloemer and Dale Quattrochi
Introduction to Remote Sensing: Science for Society
Ronald J. Birk and Tsengdar Lee
A Remote Sensing Tutorial
Nicholas M. Short
Issue 3: From the Guest Editors
Hugh Bloemer and Dale Quattrochi
ACTS Shut Down: April 28, 2004
Frank Gargione
Edward Ashford
Edward Ashford
Jeffrey Grant
Jeffrey Grant
Edward Fitzpatrick
Edward Fitzpatrick
Tom Brackey
Tom Brackey
Joseph Rothenberg
Joseph Rothenberg
Gerald Barna
Gerald Barna
Telemedicine: An Application in Search of Users
B. Khandheria
Optimization of ATM and Legacy LAN for High Speed Satellite Communications
W. Schmidt, J. Tri, M. Mitchell, S. Levens, M. Wondrow, L. Huie, R. Martin, B. Gilbert, and B. Khandheria
Advanced Shipboard Communications Demonstrations with ACTS
Roy A. Axford, T. C. Jedrey, and M. Rupar
A Ka-Band High Data Rate Shipboard Satellite Terminal
M. Rupar, David Beering, and D. Hoder
Remotes from 45,000 feet
J. Rivera
Satellites and the Internet as a "Passport to Knowledge", a New Model of Teaching and Learning
Geoffrey Haines-Stiles
Mobile Experiments using ACTS
Frank Gargione, B. Abbe, M.J. Agan, T. C. Jedrey, and P. Sohn
Satellite Delivery of Wideband Services by ACTS
D. Hoder and M. Zernic
Gigabit Satellite Network for NASA's Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (ACTS): Features, Capabilities, and Operations
M. Bergamo and D. Hoder
ACTS 118x Final Report High-Speed TCP Interoperability Testing
W. Ivancic, M. Zernic, D. Hoder, D. Brooks, David Beering, and A. Welch
A History of the Improvement of Internet Protocols Over Satellites using ACTS
M. Allman, S. Ostermann, and H. Kruse
Satellite/Terrestrial Networks for Oil Exploration
David Beering
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Adaptive Rain Fade Compensation Protocol Performance
C. B. Cox and T. A. Coney
Baseband Processor Hardware for Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (ACTS)
Larry Brown and Richard Moat
NASA ACTS Satellite: A Disaster Recovery Test
H. Kruse and D. Flournoy
Survey of Advanced Applications Over ACTS
Robert Bauer and Paul McMasters
Summary Report on Key ACTS Experiments
Ronald J. Schertler
Propagation Effects Handbook for Satellite Systems Design
Louis J. Ippolito
Ka-Band System and Propagation Effects on System Performance
Roberto J. Acosta and Sandra Johnson
Comparison of Multiple Rain Attenuation Models with Three Years of Ka Band Propagation Data Concurrently Taken at Eight Different Locations
Glenn S. Feldhake and Lynn Ailes-Sengers
Rain Attenuation Model Comparison and Validation
Charles E. Mayer and Bradley E. Jaeger
Ka-Band Propagation Modeling for Fixed Satellite Applications
Asoka Dissanayake
A Prediction Model that Combines Rain Attenuation and Other Propagation Impairments Along Earth-Satellite Paths
Asoka Dissanayake, Jeremy Allnutt, and Fatim Haidara
ACTS Propagation Experiment: Experiment Design, Calibration, and Data Preparation and Archival
Robert K. Crane, Xuhe Wang, D. B. Westenhaver, and Wolfhard J. Vogel
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS): Design and On-Orbit Performance Measurements
Frank Gargione, R. Acosta, T. Coney, and R. Krawczyk
Historical Development: ACTS Technology
Richard Gedney, Ron Schertler, and Frank Gargione
Historical Development: ACTS Program Formulation
Richard Gedney, Ron Schertler, and Frank Gargione
Issue 2: From the Guest Editor
Frank Gargione
White Paper Report: Needs in Space Education for the 21st Century—Research, Higher Education, Training and Public Policy
Randall Johnson, Joseph Pelton, Henry Hertzfeld, Don Flournoy, and Hussein J. Hussein
From the Industry: Yasunori Matogawa, Ph.D., Professor of Space Communications at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Yasunori Matogawa
From the Industry: Seon Jong Chung, Korean Satellite and Space Technology Association
Seon Jong Chung
Where To Go With Space Education?
Bruce Elbert
Model Curricula: Umea University
Carol Norberg
Issue 1: From the Guest Editor
Randall Johnson