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Table of Contents
Space & Satellite Systems
Communications Payload Design - Satellite System Architecture
Mar 4-7, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Earth Station Design
Jan 6-9, 2014 • Fayetteville, North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Jun 9-12, 2014 • Colorado Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ground Systems Design & Operation
May 20-22, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging
Jun 10-12, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IP Networking Over Satellite
Jan 28-29, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Orbital & Launch Mechanics – Fundamentals
Apr 14-17, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SATCOM Technology & Networks
May 20-22, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Satellite Communications - An Essential Introduction
Feb 3-6, 2014 • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Apr 8-10, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Satellite Communications - Design & Engineering
Mar 4-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite Communications Systems - Advanced
Jan 21-23, 2014 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Satellite Laser Communications
Feb 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Apr 28-May 1, 2014 • Cleveland, Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design
Jan 27-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Apr 15-16, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Spacecraft Reliability, Quality Assurance, Integrations & Testing
Mar 13-14, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Space Systems Fundamentals
Jan 20-23, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Spacecraft Power Systems
Apr 8-9, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spacecraft Thermal Control
Feb 27-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Systems Engineering & Project Management
Agile Boot Camp / Agile Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Agile in the Government Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Agile Project Management Certification Workshop (PMI-ACP) . . 21
CSEP Preparation
Feb 10-11, 2014 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cost Estimating
Feb 25-26, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Effective Design Reviews
Systems Engineering - Requirements
Defense, Missiles, & Radar
AESA Airborne Radar Theory & Operations NEW!
May 12-15, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Combat Systems Engineering
Feb 25-27, 2014 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) Principles
Electronic Warfare - Advanced
Electronic Warfare - Overview
Feb 4-5, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
GPS Technology
Missile System Design
Modern Missile Analysis
Jan 20-23, 2014 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Feb 3-6, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Multi-Target Tracking & Multi-Sensor Data Fusion (MSDF)
Passive Emitter Geo-Location
Feb 11-13, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Principles of Modern Radar
May 12-15, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Propagation Effects for Radar & Communication Systems
Radar 101 / 201
Apr 15-16, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Radar Systems Design & Engineering
Jun 23-26, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rockets & Missiles - Fundamentals
Mar 4-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rocket Propulsion 101
Mar 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Software Defined Radio Engineering
Jan 21-23, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Apr 22-24, 2014 • Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Solid Rocket Motor Design & Applications
Synthetic Aperture Radar - Fundamentals
Feb 10-11, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
May 5-6, 2014 • Denver, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Synthetic Aperture Radar - Advanced
Feb 12-13, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
May 7-8, 2014 • Denver, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
Unmanned Air Vehicle Design
Feb 18-20, 2014 • Hampton, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Apr 22-24, 2014 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Unmanned Aircraft System Fundamentals
Cyber Security, Engineering & Communications
Cyber Warfare - Global Trends
Feb 11-13, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Apr 7-10, 2014 • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Digital Video Systems, Broadcast & Operations
Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility / Signal Integrity
Feb 11-13, 2014 • San Diego, California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Feb 18-20, 2014 • Orlando, Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
EMI / EMC in Military Systems
May 20-22, 2014 • Northern, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms: Fundamentals
Fiber Optic Communications
Kalman, H-Infinity, & Nonlinear Estimation
May 20-22, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
RF Engineering - Fundamentals
Mar 18-19, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Telecommunications System Reliability Engineering
Wireless Communications & Spread Spectrum Design
Acoustics & Sonar Engineering
Acoustics Fundamentals, Measurements & Applications
Feb 25-27, 2014 • San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Design, Operation, & Data Analysis of Side Scan Sonar Systems
Random Vibration & Shock Testing - Fundamentals
Feb 18-20, 2014 • Santa Barbara, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Apr 8-10, 2014 • Detroit, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
May 20-22, 2014 • Santa Clarita, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sonar Transducer Design - Fundamentals
Military Standard 810G
Jan 13-16, 2014 • Cape Canaveral, Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Feb 4-7, 2014 • Santa Clarita, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Topics for On-site Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Popular “On-site” Topics & Ways to Register . . . . . 64


Vol. 116 – 3

Communications Payload Design and Satellite System Architecture
March 4-7, 2014

Course Outline

Columbia, Maryland

1. Communications
Payloads
and
Service
Requirements. Bandwidth, coverage, services and
applications; RF link characteristics and appropriate use of link
budgets; bent pipe payloads using passive and active
components; specific demands for broadband data, IP over
satellite, mobile communications and service availability;
principles for using digital processing in system architecture,
and on-board processor examples at L band (non-GEO and
GEO) and Ka band.
2. Systems Engineering to Meet Service
Requirements. Transmission engineering of the satellite link
and payload (modulation and FEC, standards such as DVB-S2
and Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ATM and IP routing in
space); optimizing link and payload design through
consideration of traffic distribution and dynamics, link margin,
RF interference and frequency coordination requirements.
3. Bent-pipe Repeater Design. Example of a detailed
block and level diagram, design for low noise amplification,
down-conversion design, IMUX and band-pass filtering, group
delay and gain slope, AGC and linearizaton, power
amplification (SSPA and TWTA, linearization and parallel
combining), OMUX and design for high power/multipactor,
redundancy switching and reliability assessment.
4. Spacecraft Antenna Design and Performance. Fixed
reflector systems (offset parabola, Gregorian, Cassegrain)
feeds and feed systems, movable and reconfigurable
antennas; shaped reflectors; linear and circular polarization.
5. Communications Payload Performance Budgeting.
Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T), Saturation Flux
Density (SFD), and Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP);
repeater gain/loss budgeting; frequency stability and phase
noise; third-order intercept (3ICP), gain flatness, group delay;
non-linear phase shift (AM/PM); out of band rejection and
amplitude non-linearity (C3IM and NPR).
6. On-board Digital Processor Technology. A/D and D/A
conversion, digital signal processing for typical channels and
formats (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA); demodulation and
remodulation, multiplexing and packet switching; static and
dynamic beam forming; design requirements and service
impacts.
7. Multi-beam Antennas. Fixed multi-beam antennas
using multiple feeds, feed layout and isloation; phased array
approaches using reflectors and direct radiating arrays; onboard versus ground-based beamforming.
8. RF Interference and Spectrum Management
Considerations. Unraveling the FCC and ITU international
regulatory and coordination process; choosing frequency
bands that address service needs; development of regulatory
and frequency coordination strategy based on successful case
studies.
9. Ground Segment Selection and Optimization.
Overall architecture of the ground segment: satellite TT&C and
communications services; earth station and user terminal
capabilities and specifications (fixed and mobile); modems and
baseband systems; selection of appropriate antenna based on
link requirements and end-user/platform considerations.
10. Earth station and User Terminal Tradeoffs: RF
tradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T); network design for provision
of service (star, mesh and hybrid networks); portability and
mobility.
11. Performance and Capacity Assessment.
Determining capacity requirements in terms of bandwidth,
power and network operation; selection of the air interface
(multiple access, modulation and coding); interfaces with
satellite and ground segment; relationship to available
standards in current use and under development.
12. Advanced Concepts for Inter-satellite Links and
System Verification. Requirements for inter-satellite links in
communications and tracking applications. RF technology at
Ka and Q bands; optical laser innovations that are applied to
satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground links. Innovations in
verification of payload and ground segment performance and
operation; where and how to review sources of available
technology and software to evaluate subsystem and system
performance; guidelines for overseeing development and
evaluating alternate technologies and their sources.

$2045

(8:30am - 4:00pm)

"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."

Video!

www.aticourses.com/Communications_Payload_Design_etc.html

Summary

This four-day course provides communications and
satellite systems engineers and system architects with a
comprehensive and accurate approach for the
specification and detailed design of the communications
payload and its integration into a satellite system. Both
standard bent pipe repeaters and digital processors (on
board and ground-based) are studied in depth, and
optimized from the standpoint of maximizing throughput
and coverage (single footprint and multi-beam).
Applications in Fixed Satellite Service (C, X, Ku and Ka
bands) and Mobile Satellite Service (L and S bands) are
addressed as are the requirements of the associated
ground segment for satellite control and the provision of
services to end users. Discussion will address intersatellite links using millimeter wave RF and optical
technologies. The text, Satellite Communication – Third
Edition (Artech House, 2008) is included.

Instructor
Bruce R. Elbert (MSEE, MBA) is president of an
independent satellite communications
consulting firm. He is a recognized satellite
communications expert with 40 years of
experience in satellite communications
payload and systems engineering
beginning at COMSAT Laboratories and
including 25 years with Hughes Electronics
(now Boeing Satellite). He has contributed
to the design and construction of major
communications satellites, including Intelsat V, Inmarsat 4,
Galaxy, Thuraya, DIRECTV, Morelos (Mexico) and Palapa
A (Indonesia). Mr. Elbert led R&D in Ka band systems and
is a prominent expert in the application of millimeter wave
technology to commercial use. He has written eight books,
including: The Satellite Communication Applications
Handbook – Second Edition (Artech House, 2004), The
Satellite Communication Ground Segment and Earth
Station Handbook (Artech House, 2004), and Introduction
to Satellite Communication - Third Edition (Artech House,
2008), is included.

What You Will Learn

• How to transform system and service requirements into
payload specifications and design elements.
• What are the specific characteristics of payload
components, such as antennas, LNAs, microwave filters,
channel and power amplifiers, and power combiners.
• What space and ground architecture to employ when
evaluating on-board processing and multiple beam
antennas, and how these may be configured for optimum
end-to-end performance.
• How to understand the overall system architecture and the
capabilities of ground segment elements - hubs and remote
terminals - to integrate with the payload, constellation and
end-to-end system.
• From this course you will obtain the knowledge, skill and
ability to configure a communications payload based on its
service requirements and technical features. You will
understand the engineering processes and device
characteristics that determine how the payload is put
together and operates in a state - of - the - art
telecommunications system to meet user needs.
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Earth Station Design, Implementation, Operation and Maintenance
for Satellite Communications

January 6-9, 2014
Fayetteville, North Carolina

June 9-12, 2014
Colorado Springs, Colorado

$2045

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Video!

www.aticourses.com/earth_station_design.htm

Summary

This intensive four-day course is intended for satellite
communications engineers, earth station design
professionals, and operations and maintenance managers
and technical staff. The course provides a proven
approach to the design of modern earth stations, from the
system level down to the critical elements that determine
the performance and reliability of the facility. We address
the essential technical properties in the baseband and RF,
and delve deeply into the block diagram, budgets and
specification of earth stations and hubs. Also addressed
are practical approaches for the procurement and
implementation of the facility, as well as proper practices
for O&M and testing throughout the useful life. The overall
methodology assures that the earth station meets its
requirements in a cost effective and manageable manner.
Each student will receive a copy of Bruce R. Elbert’s text
The Satellite Communication Ground Segment and Earth
Station Engineering Handbook, Artech House, 2001.

Instructor

Bruce R. Elbert, (MSEE, MBA) is president of an
independent satellite communications
consulting firm. He is a recognized
satellite communications expert and
has been involved in the satellite and
telecommunications industries for over
40 years. He founded ATSI to assist
major private and public sector
organizations that develop and operate digital video
and broadband networks using satellite technologies
and services. During 25 years with Hughes
Electronics, he directed the design of several major
satellite projects, including Palapa A, Indonesia’s
original satellite system; the Galaxy follow-on system
(the largest and most successful satellite TV system in
the world); and the development of the first GEO
mobile satellite system capable of serving handheld
user terminals. Mr. Elbert was also ground segment
manager for the Hughes system, which included eight
teleports and 3 VSAT hubs. He served in the US Army
Signal Corps as a radio communications officer and
instructor. By considering the technical, business, and
operational aspects of satellite systems, Mr. Elbert has
contributed to the operational and economic success
of leading organizations in the field. He has written
seven books on telecommunications and IT, including
Introduction to Satellite Communication, Third Edition
(Artech House, 2008). The Satellite Communication
Applications Handbook, Second Edition (Artech
House, 2004); The Satellite Communication Ground
Segment and Earth Station Handbook (Artech House,
2001), the course text.

Course Outline
1. Ground Segment and Earth Station Technical
Aspects.
Evolution of satellite communication earth stations—
teleports and hubs • Earth station design philosophy for
performance and operational effectiveness • Engineering
principles • Propagation considerations • The isotropic
source, line of sight, antenna principles • Atmospheric
effects: troposphere (clear air and rain) and ionosphere
(Faraday and scintillation) • Rain effects and rainfall
regions • Use of the DAH and Crane rain models •
Modulation systems (QPSK, OQPSK, MSK, GMSK,
8PSK, 16 QAM, and 32 APSK) • Forward error correction
techniques (Viterbi, Reed-Solomon, Turbo, and LDPC
codes) • Transmission equation and its relationship to the
link budget • Radio frequency clearance and interference
consideration • RFI prediction techniques • Antenna
sidelobes (ITU-R Rec 732) • Interference criteria and
coordination • Site selection • RFI problem identification
and resolution.
2. Major Earth Station Engineering.
RF terminal design and optimization. Antennas for
major earth stations (fixed and tracking, LP and CP) •
Upconverter and HPA chain (SSPA, TWTA, and KPA) •
LNA/LNB and downconverter chain. Optimization of RF
terminal configuration and performance (redundancy,
power combining, and safety) • Baseband equipment
configuration and integration • Designing and verifying the
terrestrial interface • Station monitor and control • Facility
design and implementation • Prime power and UPS
systems. Developing environmental requirements (HVAC)
• Building design and construction • Grounding and
lightening control.
3. Hub Requirements and Supply.
Earth station uplink and downlink gain budgets • EIRP
budget • Uplink gain budget and equipment requirements
• G/T budget • Downlink gain budget • Ground segment
supply process • Equipment and system specifications •
Format of a Request for Information • Format of a Request
for Proposal • Proposal evaluations • Technical
comparison criteria • Operational requirements • Costbenefit and total cost of ownership.
4. Link Budget Analysis Related to the Earth
Station.
Standard ground rules for satellite link budgets •
Frequency band selection: L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka •
Satellite footprints (EIRP, G/T, and SFD) and transponder
plans • Transponder loading and optimum multi-carrier
backoff • How to assess transponder capacity • Maximize
throughput • Minimize receive dish size • Minimize
transmit power • Examples: DVB-S2 broadcast, digital
VSAT network with multi-carrier operation.
5. Earth Terminal Maintenance Requirements and
Procedures.
Outdoor systems • Antennas, mounts and waveguide •
Field of view • Shelter, power and safety • Indoor RF and
IF systems • Vendor requirements by subsystem • Failure
modes and routine testing.
6. VSAT
Basseband
Hub
Maintenance
Requirements and Procedures.
IF and modem equipment • Performance evaluation •
Test procedures • TDMA control equipment and software •
Hardware and computers • Network management system
• System software
7. Hub Procurement and Operation Case Study.
General requirements and life-cycle • Block diagram •
Functional division into elements for design and
procurement • System level specifications • Vendor
options • Supply specifications and other requirements •
RFP definition • Proposal evaluation • O&M planning


Vol. 116 – 5

Ground Systems Design and Operation
May 20-22, 2014
Columbia, Maryland
Summary
This three-day course provides a practical
introduction to all aspects of ground system design and
operation. Starting with basic communications
principles, an understanding is developed of ground
system architectures and system design issues. The
function of major ground system elements is explained,
leading to a discussion of day-to-day operations. The
course concludes with a discussion of current trends in
Ground System design and operations.
This course is intended for engineers, technical
managers, and scientists who are interested in
acquiring a working understanding of ground systems
as an introduction to the field or to help broaden their
overall understanding of space mission systems and
mission operations. It is also ideal for technical
professionals who need to use, manage, operate, or
purchase a ground system.

Instructor
Steve Gemeny is Director of Engineering for
Syntonics. Formerly Senior Member of
the Professional Staff at The Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory where he served as Ground
Station Lead for the TIMED mission to
explore Earth’s atmosphere and Lead
Ground System Engineer on the New
Horizons mission to explore Pluto by
2020. Prior to joining the Applied Physics Laboratory,
Mr. Gemeny held numerous engineering and technical
sales positions with Orbital Sciences Corporation,
Mobile TeleSystems Inc. and COMSAT Corporation
beginning in 1980. Mr. Gemeny is an experienced
professional in the field of Ground Station and Ground
System design in both the commercial world and on
NASA Science missions with a wealth of practical
knowledge spanning more than three decades. Mr.
Gemeny delivers his experiences and knowledge to his
students with an informative and entertaining
presentation style.

What You Will Learn
• The fundamentals of ground system design,
architecture and technology.
• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the spacecraft-toground communications link.
• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the design and
implementation of a ground system.
• The capabilities and limitations of the various
modulation types (FM, PSK, QPSK).
• The fundamentals of ranging and orbit determination
for orbit maintenance.
• Basic day-to-day operations practices and
procedures for typical ground systems.
• Current trends and recent experiences in cost and
schedule constrained operations.
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$1740

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline
1. The Link Budget. An introduction to
basic communications system principles and
theory; system losses, propagation effects,
Ground Station performance, and frequency
selection.
2. Ground System Architecture and
System Design. An overview of ground
system topology providing an introduction to
ground system elements and technologies.
3. Ground System Elements. An element
by element review of the major ground station
subsystems, explaining roles, parameters,
limitations, tradeoffs, and current technology.
4. Figure of Merit (G/T). An introduction to
the key parameter used to characterize
satellite ground station performance, bringing
all ground station elements together to form a
complete system.
5. Modulation Basics. An introduction to
modulation types, signal sets, analog and
digital modulation schemes, and modulator demodulator performance characteristics.
6. Ranging and Tracking. A discussion of
ranging and tracking for orbit determination.
7. Ground System Networks and
Standards. A survey of several ground system
networks and standards with a discussion of
applicability, advantages, disadvantages, and
alternatives.
8. Ground System Operations. A
discussion of day-to-day operations in a typical
ground system including planning and staffing,
spacecraft commanding, health and status
monitoring, data recovery, orbit determination,
and orbit maintenance.
9. Trends in Ground System Design. A
discussion of the impact of the current cost and
schedule constrained approach on Ground
System design and operation, including COTS
hardware and software systems, autonomy,
and unattended “lights out” operations.


Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging
June 10-12, 2014
Chantilly, Virginia

$1845

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Video!
www.aticourses.com/hyperspectral_imaging.htm

Taught by an internationally
recognized leader & expert
in spectral remote sensing!
Summary
This three-day class is designed for engineers,
scientists and other remote sensing professionals
who wish to become familiar with multispectral
and hyperspectral remote sensing technology.
Students in this course will learn the basic
physics of spectroscopy, the types of spectral
sensors currently used by government and
industry, and the types of data processing used
for various applications. Lectures will be
enhanced by computer demonstrations. After
taking this course, students should be able to
communicate and work productively with other
professionals in this field. Each student will
receive a complete set of notes and the textbook,
Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2nd edition,
by John R. Jensen.

Instructor
Dr. William Roper, P.E. holds PhD
Environmental Engineering, Mich. State
University and BS and MS in Engineering,
University of Wisconsin. He has served as a
Senior Executive (SES), US Army, President and
Founding Director Rivers of the World
Foundation,. His research interests include
remote sensing and geospatial applications,
sustainable
development,
environmental
assessment, water resource stewardship, and
infrastructure energy efficiency. Dr. Roper is the
author of four books, over 150 technical papers
and speaker at numerous national and
international forums.

Course Outline
1. Introduction to Multispectral and
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.
2. Sensor Types and Characterization.
Design tradeoffs. Data formats and systems.
3. Optical Properties For Remote
Sensing. Solar radiation. Atmospheric
transmittance, absorption and scattering.
4. Sensor Modeling and Evaluation.
Spatial, spectral, and radiometric resolution.
5. Multivariate Data Analysis. Scatterplots.
Impact of sensor performance on data
characteristics.
6. Assessment of unique signature
characteristics. Differentiation of water,
vegetation, soils and urban infrastructure.
7. Hyperspectral Data Analysis. Frequency
band selection and band combination assessment.
8. Matching sensor characteristics to
study objectives. Sensor matching to specific
application examples.
9. Classification of Remote Sensing Data.
Supervised and unsupervised classification;
Parametric and non-parametric classifiers.
10. Application Case Studies. Application
examples used to illustrate principles and show
in-the-field experience.

What You Will Learn
• The properties of remote sensing systems.
• How to match sensors to project applications.
• The limitations of passive optical remote
sensing systems and the alternative systems
that address these limitations.
• The types of processing used for classification
of image data.
• Evaluation methods for spatial, spectral,
temporal and radiometric resolution analysis.


Vol. 116 – 7

IP Networking Over Satellite
Performance and Efficiency

January 28-29, 2014
Columbia, Marylandl

$1150

(8:30am - 4:30pm)


Instructor
Burt H. Liebowitz is Principal Network Engineer at the
MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia,
specializing in the analysis of wireless
services. He has more than 30 years
experience in computer networking, the last
ten of which have focused on Internet-oversatellite services in demanding military and
commercial applications. He was President
of NetSat Express Inc., a leading provider of
such services. Before that he was Chief
Technical Officer for Loral Orion, responsible for Internetover-satellite access products. Mr. Liebowitz has authored
two books on distributed processing and numerous articles
on computing and communications systems. He has lectured
extensively on computer networking. He holds three patents
for a satellite-based data networking system. Mr. Liebowitz
has B.E.E. and M.S. in Mathematics degrees from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S.E.E. from
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

What You Will Learn
• IP protocols at the network, transport and application layers. Voice
over IP (VOIP).
• The impact of IP overheads and the off the shelf devices available to
reduce this impact: WAN optimizers, header compression, voice
and video compression, performance enhancement proxies, voice
multiplexers, caching, satellite-based IP multicasting.
• How to deploy Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms and use traffic
engineering to ensure maximum performance (fast response time,
low packet loss, low packet delay and jitter) over communication
links.
• How to use satellites as essential elements in mission critical data
networks.
• How to understand and overcome the impact of propagation delay
and bit errors on throughput and response time in satellite-based IP
networks.
• Impact of new coding and modulation techniques on bandwidth
efficiency – more bits per second per hertz.
• How adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) can improve bandwidth
efficiency.
• How to link satellite and terrestrial circuits to create hybrid IP
networks.
• How to use statistical multiplexing to reduce the cost and amount of
satellite resources that support converged voice, video, data
networks with strict performance requirements.
• Link budget tradeoffs in the design of TDM/TDMA DAMA networks.
• Standards for IP Modems: DVB in the commercial world, JIPM in
the military world.
• How to select the appropriate system architectures for Internet
access, enterprise and content delivery networks.
• The impact on cost and performance of new technology, such as
LEOs, Ka band, on-board processing, inter-satellite links, traffic
optimization devices, high through put satellites such as Jupiter,
Viasat-1.
After taking this course you will understand how to implement highly
efficient satellite-based networks that provide Internet access,
multicast content delivery services, and mission-critical Intranet
services to users around the world.

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Summary

This two-day in-person or (three-day Live Virtual) course is
designed for satellite engineers and managers in military, government
and industry who need to increase their understanding of how
Internet Protocols (IP) can be used to efficiently transmit missioncritical converged traffic over satellites. IP has become the worldwide
standard for converged data, video, voice communications in military
and commercial applications. Satellites extend the reach of the
Internet and mission-critical Intranets. Satellites deliver multicast
content anywhere in the world. New generation, high throughput
satellites provide efficient transport for IP. With these benefits come
challenges. Satellite delay and bit errors can impact performance.
Satellite links must be integrated with terrestrial networks. IP
protocols create overheads. Encryption creates overheads. Space
segment is expensive. There are routing and security issues. This
course explains techniques that can mitigate these challenges,
including traffic engineering, quality of service, WAN optimization
devices, voice multiplexers, data compression, TDMA DAMA to
capture statistical multiplexing gains, improved satellite modulation
and coding. Quantitative techniques for understanding throughput
and response time are presented. System diagrams describe the
satellite/terrestrial interface. Detailed case histories illustrate methods
for optimizing the design of converged real-world networks to produce
responsive networks while minimizing the use and cost of satellite
resources. The course notes provide an up-to-date reference. An
extensive bibliography is supplied.

Course Outline
1. Overview of Data Networking and Internet Protocols.
Packet switching vs. circuit switching. Seven Layer Model (ISO). The
Internet Protocol (IP). Addressing, Routing, Multicasting. Impact of bit
errors and propagation delay on TCP-based applications. User
Datagram Protocol (UDP). Introduction to higher level services. NAT
and tunneling. Use of encryptors such as HAIPE and IPSec. Impact
of IP Version 6. Impact of IP overheads.
2. Quality of Service Issues in the Internet. QoS factors for
streams and files. Performance of voice over IP (VOIP). Video issues.
Response time for web object retrievals using HTTP. Methods for
improving QoS: ATM, MPLS, DiffServ, RSVP. Priority processing and
packet discard in routers. Caching and performance enhancement.
Use of WAN optimizers, header compression, caching to reduce
impact of data redundancies, and IP overheads. Performance
enhancing proxies reduce impact of satellite delay. Network
Management and Security issues including impact of encryption in IP
networks.
3. Satellite Data Networking Architectures. Geosynchronous
satellites. The link budget, modulation and coding techniques.
Methods for improving satellite link efficiency (bits per second/Hz)–
including adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) and overlapped
carriers. Ground station architectures for data networking: Point to
Point, Point to Multipoint using satellite hubs. Shared outbound
carriers incorporating DVB. Return channels for shared outbound
systems: TDMA, CDMA, Aloha, DVB/RCS. Suppliers of DAMA
systems. Full mesh networks. Military, commercial standards for
DAMA systems. The JIPM IP modem and other advanced modems.
4. System Design Issues. Mission critical Intranet issues
including asymmetric routing, reliable multicast, impact of user
mobility: small antennas and pointing errors, low efficiency and data
rates, traffic handoff, hub-assist mitigations. Comm. on the move vs.
comm. on the halt. Military and commercial content delivery case
histories.
5. Predicting Performance in Mission Critical Networks.
Queuing models to help predict response time based on workload,
performance requirements and channel rates. Single server, priority
queues and multiple server queues.
6. Design Case Histories. Integrating voice and data
requirements in mission-critical networks using TDMA/DAMA. Start
with offered-demand and determine how to wring out data
redundancies. Create statistical multiplexing gains by use of TDMA
DAMA. Optimize space segment requirements using link budget
tradeoffs. Determine savings that can accrue from ACM. Investigate
hub assist in mobile networks with small antennas.
7. A View of the Future. Impact of Ka-band and spot beam
satellites. Benefits and issues associated with Onboard Processing.
LEO, MEO, GEOs. Descriptions of current and proposed commercial
and military satellite systems including MUOS, GBS and the new
generation of commercial high throughput satellites (e.g. ViaSat 1,
Jupiter). Low-cost ground station technology.


Orbital & Launch Mechanics-Fundamentals
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April 14-17, 2014
Columbia, Maryland

Summary

Award-winning rocket scientist, Thomas S. Logsdon
really enjoys teaching this short course because
everything about orbital mechanics is counterintuitive.
Fly your spacecraft into a 100-mile circular orbit. Put on
the brakes and your spacecraft speeds up! Mash down
the accelerator and it slows down! Throw a banana
peel out the window and 45 minutes later it will come
back and slap you in the face!
In this comprehensive 4-day short course, Mr.
Logsdon uses 400 clever color graphics to clarify these
and a dozen other puzzling mysteries associated with
orbital mechanics. He also provides you with a few
simple one-page derivations using real-world inputs to
illustrate all the key concepts being explored

Instructor

For more than 30 years, Thomas S. Logsdon, has
conducted broadranging studies on
orbital mechanics at McDonnell
Douglas, Boeing Aerospace, and
Rockwell International His key research
projects have included Project Apollo,
the Skylab capsule, the nuclear flight
stage and the GPS radionavigation
system.
Mr. Logsdon has taught 300 short course and
lectured in 31 different countries on six continents. He
has written 40 technical papers and journal articles and
29 technical books including Striking It Rich in Space,
Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications,
Understanding
the
Navstar,
and
Mobile
Communication Satellites.

What You Will Learn

• How do we launch a satellite into orbit and maneuver it into
a new location?
• How do today’s designers fashion performance-optimal
constellations of satellites swarming the sky?
• How do planetary swingby maneuvers provide such
amazing gains in performance?
• How can we design the best multi-stage rocket for a
particular mission?
• What are libration point orbits? Were they really discovered
in 1772? How do we place satellites into halo orbits circling
around these empty points in space?
• What are JPL’s superhighways in space? How were they
discovered? How are they revolutionizing the exploration of
space?

$2045

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Video!
www.aticourses.com/fundamentals_orbital_launch_mechanics.htm

Course Outline
1. The Essence of Astrodynamics. Kepler’s
amazing laws. Newton’s clever generalizations.
Launch azimuths and ground-trace geometry. Orbital
perturbations.
2. Satellite Orbits. Isaac Newton’s vis viva
equation. Orbital energy and angular momentum.
Gravity wells. The six classical Keplerian orbital
elements.
3. Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals. The rocket
equation. Building efficient liquid and solid rockets.
Performance calculations. Multi-stage rocket design.
4. Modern Booster Rockets. Russian boosters on
parade. The Soyuz rocket and its economies of scale.
Russian and American design philosophies. America’s
powerful new Falcon 9. Sleek rockets and highly
reliable cars.
5. Powered Flight Maneuvers. The Hohmann
transfer maneuver. Multi-impulse and low-thrust
maneuvers. Plane-change maneuvers. The bi-elliptic
transfer. Relative motion plots. Deorbiting spent
stages. Planetary swingby maneuvers.
6. Optimal Orbit Selection. Polar and sun
synchronous orbits. Geostationary satellites and their
on-orbit perturbations. ACE-orbit constellations.
Libration point orbits. Halo orbits. Interplanetary
spacecraft trajectories. Mars-mission opportunities.
Deep-space mission.
7. Constellation Selection Trades. Civilian and
military constellations. John Walker’s rosette
configurations. John Draim’s constellations. Repeating
ground-trace orbits. Earth coverage simulations.
8. Cruising Along JPL’s Superhighways in
Space. Equipotential surfaces and 3-dimensional
manifolds. Perfecting and executing the Genesis
mission. Capturing ancient stardust in space.
Simulating thick bundles of chaotic trajectories.
Driving along tomorrow’s unpaved freeways in the sky.


Vol. 116 – 9

SATCOM Technology & Networks
Summary
This three-day short course provides accurate
background in the fundamentals, applications and
approach for cutting-edge satellite networks for use in
military and civil government environments. The focus
is on commercial SATCOM solutions (GEO and LEO)
and government satellite systems (WGS, MUOS and
A-EHF), assuring thorough coverage of evolving
capabilities. It is appropriate for non-technical
professionals, managers and engineers new to the
field as well as experienced professionals wishing to
update and round out their understanding of current
systems and solutions.

Instructor
Bruce Elbert is a recognized SATCOM technology and
network expert and has been involved in the
satellite and telecommunications industries
for over 35 years. He consults to major
satellite organizations and government
agencies in the technical and operations
aspects of applying satellite technology. Prior
to forming his consulting firm, he was Senior
Vice President of Operations in the
international satellite division of Hughes Electronics (now
Boeing Satellite), where he introduced advanced broadband
and mobile satellite technologies. He directed the design of
several major satellite projects, including Palapa A,
Indonesia's original satellite system; the Hughes Galaxy
satellite system; and the development of the first GEO mobile
satellite system capable of serving handheld user terminals.
He has written seven books on telecommunications and IT,
including Introduction to Satellite Communication, Third
Edition (Artech House, 2008), The Satellite Communication
Applications Handbook, Second Edition (Artech House,
2004); and The Satellite Communication Ground Segment
and Earth Station Handbook (Artech House, 2001). Mr. Elbert
holds the MSEE from the University of Maryland, College
Park, the BEE from the City University of New York, and the
MBA from Pepperdine University. He is adjunct professor in
the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison, covering various aspects of data communications,
and presents satellite communications short courses through
UCLA Extension. He served as a captain in the US Army
Signal Corps, including a tour with the 4th Infantry Division in
South Vietnam and as an Instructor Team Chief at the Signal
School, Ft. Gordon, GA.

What You Will Learn
• How a satellite functions to provide communications
links to typical earth stations and user terminals.
• The various technologies used to meet
requirements for bandwidth, service quality and
reliability.
• Basic characteristics of modulation, coding and
Internet Protocol processing.
• How satellite links are used to satisfy requirements
of the military for mobility and broadband network
services for warfighters.
• The characteristics of the latest US-owned
MILSATCOM systems, including WGS, MUOS, AEHF, and the approach for using commercial
satellites at L, C, X, Ku and Ka bands.
• Proper application of SATCOM to IP networks.
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May 20-22, 2014
Columbia, Maryland

$1740

(8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline
1. Principles of Modern SATCOM Systems.
Fundamentals of satellites and their use in communications
networks of earth stations: Architecture of the space
segment - GEO and non-GEO orbits, impact on
performance and coverage. Satellite construction: program
requirements and duration; major suppliers: Boeing, EADS
Astrium, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital
Sciences, Space Systems/Loral, Thales Alenia. Basic
design of the communications satellite - repeater, antennas,
spacecraft bus, processor; requirements for launch, lifetime,
and retirement from service. Network arrangements for oneway (broadcast) and two-way (star and mesh); relationship
to requirements in government and military. Satellite
operators and service providers: Intelsat, SES, Inmarsat,
Eutelsat, Telenor, et al. The uplink and downlink: Radio
wave propagation in various bands: L, C, X, Ku and Ka.
Standard and adaptive coding and modulation: DVB-S2,
Turbo Codes, Joint IP Modem. Link margin, adjacent
channel interference, error rate. Time Division and Code
Division Multiple Access on satellite links, carrier in carrier
operation.
2. Ground Segments and Networks of Yser
Terminals. System architecture: point-to-point, TDMA
VSAT, ad-hoc connectivity. Terminal design for fixed,
portable and mobile application delivery, and service
management/control. Broadband mobile solutions for
COTM and UAV. Use of satellite communications by the
military - strategic and tactical: Government programs and
MILSATCOM systems (general review): UFO and GBS,
WGS, MUOS, A-EHF. Commercial SATCOM systems and
solutions: Mobile Satellite Service (MSS): Inmarsat 4 series
and B-GAN terminals and applications; Iridium, Fixed
Satellite Service (FSS): Intelsat General and SES Americom
Government Services (AGS) - C band and Ku band; XTAR
- X band, Army and Marines use for short term and tactical
requirements - global, regional and theatre, Providers in the
marketplace: TCS, Arrowhead, Datapath, Artel, et al.
Integration of SATCOM with other networks, particularly the
Global Information Grid (GIG).
3. Internet Protocol Operation and Application. Data
Networking - Internet Protocol and IP Services. Review of
computer networking, OSI model, network layers,
networking protocols. TCP/IP protocol suite: TCP, UDP, IP,
IPv6. TCP protocol design: windowing; packet loss and
retransmissions; slow start and congestion, TCP
extensions. Operation and issues of TCP/IP over satellite:
bandwidth-delay product, acknowledgement and
retransmissions, congestion control. TCP/IP performance
enhancement over satellite links. TCP acceleration, HTTP
acceleration, CIFS acceleration, compression and caching
Survey of available standards-based and proprietary
optimization solutions: SCPS, XTP, satellite-specific
optimization products, application-specific optimization
products, solution section criteria. Quality of service (QoS)
and performance acceleration IP multicast: IP multicast
fundamentals, multicast deployment issues, solutions for
reliable multicast. User Application Considerations. Voice
over IP, voice quality, compression algorithms Web-based
applications: HTTP, streaming VPN: resolving conflicts with
TCP and HTTP acceleration Video Teleconferencing: H.320
and H.323. Network management architectures.


Satellite Communications
An Essential Introduction

Summary
This three-day (or four-day virtual ) course has been taught
to thousands of industry professionals for almost thirty years, in
public sessions and on-site to almost every major satellite
manufacturer and operator, to rave reviews. The course is
intended primarily for non-technical people who must
understand the entire field of commercial satellite
communications (including their increasing use by government
agencies), and by those who must understand and
communicate with engineers and other technical personnel. The
secondary audience is technical personnel moving into the
industry who need a quick and thorough overview of what is
going on in the industry, and who need an example of how to
communicate with less technical individuals. The course is a
primer to the concepts, jargon, buzzwords, and acronyms of the
industry, plus an overview of commercial satellite
communications hardware, operations, business and regulatory
environment. Concepts are explained at a basic level,
minimizing the use of math, and providing real-world examples.
Several calculations of important concepts such as link budgets
are presented for illustrative purposes, but the details need not
be understood in depth to gain an understanding of the
concepts illustrated. The first section provides non-technical
people with an overview of the business issues, including major
operators, regulation and legal issues, security issues and
issues and trends affecting the industry. The second section
provides the technical background in a way understandable to
non-technical audiences. The third and fourth sections cover
the space and terrestrial parts of the industry. The last section
deals with the space-to-Earth link, culminating with the
importance of the link budget and multiple-access techniques.
Attendees use a workbook of all the illustrations used in the
course, as well as a copy of the instructor's textbook, Satellite
Communications for the Non-Specialist. Plenty of time is
allotted for questions

Instructor
Dr. Mark R. Chartrand is a consultant and lecturer in satellite
telecommunications and the space sciences.
Since 1984 he has presented professional
seminars on satellite technology and space
sciences to individuals and businesses in the
United States, Canada, Latin America,
Europe, and Asia. Among the many
companies and organizations to which he has
presented this course are Intelsat, Inmarsat,
Asiasat, Boeing, Lockheed Martin,
PanAmSat, ViaSat, SES, Andrew Corporation, Alcatel Espace,
the EU telecommunications directorate, the Canadian Space
Agency, ING Bank, NSA, FBI, and DISA. Dr. Chartrand has
served as a technical and/or business consultant to NASA,
Arianespace, GTE Spacenet, Intelsat, Antares Satellite Corp.,
Moffett-Larson-Johnson, Arianespace, Delmarva Power,
Hewlett-Packard, and the International Communications
Satellite Society of Japan, among others. He has appeared as
an invited expert witness before Congressional subcommittees
and was an invited witness before the National Commission On
Space. He was the founding editor and the Editor-in-Chief of the
annual The World Satellite Systems Guide, and later the
publication Strategic Directions in Satellite Communication. He
is author of seven books, including an introductory textbook on
satellite communications, and of hundreds of articles in the
space sciences. He has been chairman of several international
satellite conferences, and a speaker at many others.

What You Will Learn

• How do commercial satellites fit into the telecommunications
industry?
• How are satellites planned, built, launched, and operated?
• How do earth stations function?
• What is a link budget and why is it important?
• What is radio frequency interference (RFI) and how does it affect
links?
• What legal and regulatory restrictions affect the industry?
• What are the issues and trends driving the industry?

February 3-6, 2014
LIVE Instructor-led Virtual (Noon - 4:30pm)

April 8-10, 2014
Laurel, Maryland (8:30am - 4:30pm)

$1845

Video!
www.aticourses.com/communications_via_satellite.htm

Course Outline
1. Satellite Services, Markets, and Regulation.
Introduction and historical background. The place of satellites
in the global telecommunications market. Major competitors
and satellites strengths and weaknesses. Satellite services
and markets. Satellite system operators. Satellite economics.
Satellite regulatory issues: role of the ITU, FCC, etc.
Spectrum issues. Licensing issues and process. Satellite
system design overview. Satellite service definitions: BSS,
FSS, MSS, RDSS, RNSS. The issue of government use of
commercial satellites. Satellite real-world issues: security,
accidental and intentional interference, regulations. State of
the industry and recent develpments. Useful sources of
information on satellite technology and the satellite industry.
2. Communications Fundamentals. Basic definitions
and measurements: channels, circuits, half-circuits, decibels.
The spectrum and its uses: properties of waves, frequency
bands, space loss, polarization, bandwidth. Analog and digital
signals. Carrying information on waves: coding, modulation,
multiplexing, networks and protocols. Satellite frequency
bands. Signal quality, quantity, and noise: measures of signal
quality; noise and interference; limits to capacity; advantages
of digital versus analog. The interplay of modulation,
bandwidth, datarate, and error correction.
3. The Space Segment. Basic functions of a satellite. The
space environment: gravity, radiation, meteoroids and space
debris. Orbits: types of orbits; geostationary orbits; nongeostationary orbits. Orbital slots, frequencies, footprints, and
coverage: slots; satellite spacing; eclipses; sun interference,
adjacent satellite interference. Launch vehicles; the launch
campaign; launch bases. Satellite systems and construction:
structure and busses; antennas; power; thermal control;
stationkeeping and orientation; telemetry and command.
What transponders are and what they do. Advantages and
disadvantages of hosted payloads. Satellite operations:
housekeeping and communications. High-throughput and
processing satellites. Satellite security issues.
4. The Ground Segment. Earth stations: types, hardware,
mountings, and pointing. Antenna properties: gain;
directionality; sidelobes and legal limits on sidelobe gain.
Space loss, electronics, EIRP, and G/T: LNA-B-C’s; signal
flow through an earth station. The growing problem of
accidental and intentional interference.
5. The Satellite Earth Link. Atmospheric effects on
signals: rain effects and rain climate models; rain fade
margins. The most important calculation: link budgets, C/N
and Eb/No. Link budget examples. Improving link budgets.
Sharing satellites: multiple access techniques: SDMA, FDMA,
TDMA, PCMA, CDMA; demand assignment; on-board
multiplexing. Signal security issues. Conclusion: industry
issues, trends, and the future.


Vol. 116 – 11

Satellite Communications Design & Engineering
A comprehensive, quantitative tutorial designed for satellite professionals

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Course Outline

March 4-6, 2014
Columbia, Maryland

$1890

(8:30am - 4:30pm)


Video!
www.aticourses.com/satellite_communications_systems.htm

Summary
This three-day (or four-day virtual) course is
designed for satellite communications engineers,
spacecraft engineers, and managers who want to
obtain an understanding of the "big picture" of satellite
communications. Each topic is illustrated by detailed
worked numerical examples, using published data for
actual satellite communications systems. The course is
technically oriented and includes mathematical
derivations of the fundamental equations. It will enable
the participants to perform their own satellite link
budget calculations. The course will especially appeal
to those whose objective is to develop quantitative
computational skills in addition to obtaining a
qualitative familiarity with the basic concepts.

Instructor
Chris DeBoy- leads the RF Engineering Group in the
Space Department at the Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, and is a member of APL’s
Principal Professional Staff. He has
over 20 years of experience in satellite
communications,
from
systems
engineering (he is the lead RF
communications engineer for the New Horizons
Mission to Pluto) to flight hardware design for both lowEarth orbit and deep-space missions. He holds a
BSEE from Virginia Tech, a Master’s degree in
Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, and
teaches the satellite communications course for the
Johns Hopkins University

What You Will Learn
• A comprehensive understanding of satellite
communication.
• An understanding of basic vocabulary.
• A quantitative knowledge of basic relationships.
• Ability to perform and verify link budget calculations.
• Ability to interact meaningfully with colleagues and
independently evaluate system designs.
• A background to read the literature.
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1. Mission Analysis. Kepler’s laws. Circular and
elliptical satellite orbits. Altitude regimes. Period of
revolution. Geostationary Orbit. Orbital elements. Ground
trace.
2. Earth-Satellite Geometry. Azimuth and elevation.
Slant range. Coverage area.
3. Signals and Spectra. Properties of a sinusoidal
wave. Synthesis and analysis of an arbitrary waveform.
Fourier Principle. Harmonics. Fourier series and Fourier
transform. Frequency spectrum.
4. Methods of Modulation. Overview of modulation.
Carrier. Sidebands. Analog and digital modulation. Need for
RF frequencies.
5. Analog Modulation. Amplitude Modulation (AM).
Frequency Modulation (FM).
6. Digital Modulation. Analog to digital conversion.
BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK FSK, QAM. Coherent detection and
carrier recovery. NRZ and RZ pulse shapes. Power spectral
density. ISI. Nyquist pulse shaping. Raised cosine filtering.
7. Bit Error Rate. Performance objectives. Eb/No.
Relationship between BER and Eb/No. Constellation
diagrams. Why do BPSK and QPSK require the same
power?
8. Coding. Shannon’s theorem. Code rate. Coding gain.
Methods of FEC coding. Hamming, BCH, and ReedSolomon block codes. Convolutional codes. Viterbi and
sequential decoding. Hard and soft decisions.
Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Trellis coding.
9. Bandwidth. Equivalent (noise) bandwidth. Occupied
bandwidth. Allocated bandwidth. Relationship between
bandwidth and data rate. Dependence of bandwidth on
methods of modulation and coding. Tradeoff between
bandwidth and power. Emerging trends for bandwidth
efficient modulation.
10. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Frequency bands
used for satellite communication. ITU regulations. Fixed
Satellite Service. Direct Broadcast Service. Digital Audio
Radio Service. Mobile Satellite Service.
11. Earth Stations. Facility layout. RF components.
Network Operations Center. Data displays.
12. Antennas. Antenna patterns. Gain. Half power
beamwidth. Efficiency. Sidelobes.
13. System Temperature. Antenna temperature. LNA.
Noise figure. Total system noise temperature.
14. Satellite Transponders. Satellite communications
payload architecture. Frequency plan. Transponder gain.
TWTA and SSPA. Amplifier characteristics. Nonlinearity.
Intermodulation products. SFD. Backoff.
15. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency division
multiple access (FDMA). Time division multiple access
(TDMA). Code division multiple access (CDMA) or spread
spectrum. Capacity estimates.
16. Polarization. Linear and circular polarization.
Misalignment angle.
17. Rain Loss. Rain attenuation. Crane rain model.
Effect on G/T.
18. The RF Link. Decibel (dB) notation. Equivalent
isotropic radiated power (EIRP). Figure of Merit (G/T). Free
space loss. Power flux density. Carrier to noise ratio. The
RF link equation.
19. Link Budgets. Communications link calculations.
Uplink, downlink, and composite performance. Link
budgets for single carrier and multiple carrier operation.
Detailed worked examples.
20. Performance Measurements. Satellite modem.
Use of a spectrum analyzer to measure bandwidth, C/N,
and Eb/No. Comparison of actual measurements with
theory using a mobile antenna and a geostationary satellite.


Satellite Communications Systems-Advanced
Survey of Current and Emerging Digital Systems

January 21-23, 2014
Summary
This three-day course covers all the technology
of advanced satellite communications as well as the
principles behind current state-of-the-art satellite
communications equipment. New and promising
technologies will be covered to develop an
understanding of the major approaches. Network
topologies, VSAT, and IP networking over satellite.
Material will be complemented with a continuously
evolving example of the application of systems
engineering practice to a specific satellite
communications system. The example will address
issues from the highest system architecture down to
component details, budgets, writing specifications,
etc.

Instructor
Dr. John Roach is a leading authority in satellite
communications with 35+ years in the SATCOM
industry. He has worked on many development
projects both as employee and consultant /
contractor. His experience has focused on the
systems engineering of state-of-the-art system
developments, military and commercial, from the
worldwide architectural level to detailed terminal
tradeoffs and designs. He has been an adjunct
faculty member at Florida Institute of Technology
where he taught a range of graduate communications courses. He has also taught SATCOM
short courses all over the US and in London and
Toronto, both publicly and in-house for both
government and commercial organizations. In
addition, he has been an expert witness in patent,
trade secret, and government contracting cases. Dr.
Roach has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
Georgia Tech. Advanced Satellite Communications
Systems: Survey of Current and Emerging Digital
Systems.

What You Will Learn
• Major Characteristics of satellites.
• Characteristics of satellite networks.
• The tradeoffs between major alternatives in
SATCOM system design.
• SATCOM system tradeoffs and link budget
analysis.
• DAMA/BoD for FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA
systems.
• Critical RF parameters in terminal equipment and
their effects on performance.
• Technical details of digital receivers.
• Tradeoffs among different FEC coding choices.
• Use of spread spectrum for Comm-on-the-Move.
• Characteristics of IP traffic over satellite.
• Overview of bandwidth efficient modulation types.

Cocoa Beach, Florida

$1740

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline
1. Introduction to SATCOM. History and overview.
Examples of current military and commercial systems.
2. Satellite orbits and transponder characteristics.
3. Traffic Connectivities: Mesh, Hub-Spoke,
Point-to-Point, Broadcast.
4. Multiple Access Techniques: FDMA, TDMA,
CDMA, Random Access. DAMA and Bandwidth-onDemand.
5. Communications Link Calculations. Definition
of EIRP, G/T, Eb/No. Noise Temperature and Figure.
Transponder gain and SFD. Link Budget Calculations.
6. Digital Modulation Techniques. BPSK, QPSK.
Standard pulse formats and bandwidth. Nyquist signal
shaping. Ideal BER performance.
7. PSK Receiver Design Techniques. Carrier
recovery, phase slips, ambiguity resolution, differential
coding. Optimum data detection, clock recovery, bit
count integrity.
8. Overview of Error Correction Coding,
Encryption, and Frame Synchronization. Standard
FEC types. Coding Gain.
9. RF Components. HPA, SSPA, LNA, Up/down
converters. Intermodulation, band limiting, oscillator
phase noise. Examples of BER Degradation.
10. TDMA Networks. Time Slots. Preambles.
Suitability for DAMA and BoD.
11. Characteristics of IP and TCP/UDP over
satellite. Unicast and Multicast. Need for Performance
Enhancing Proxy (PEP) techniques.
12. VSAT Networks and their system
characteristics; DVB standards and MF-TDMA.
13. Earth Station Antenna types. Pointing /
Tracking. Small antennas at Ku band. FCC - Intelsat ITU antenna requirements and EIRP density
limitations.
14. Spread Spectrum Techniques. Military use
and commercial PSD spreading with DS PN systems.
Acquisition and tracking. Frequency Hop systems.
15. Overview of Bandwidth Efficient Modulation
(BEM) Techniques. M-ary PSK, Trellis Coded 8PSK,
QAM.
16. Convolutional coding and Viterbi decoding.
Concatenated coding. Turbo & LDPC coding.
17. Emerging Technology Developments and
Future Trends.


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Satellite Laser Communications

NEW!

February 25-27, 2014
Columbia, Maryland

April 28-May 1, 2014
Cleveland, Ohio

$1740

(8:30am - 4:30pm)


Summary
This three-day course will provideThis course will provide
an introduction and overview of laser communication
principles and technologies for unguided, free-space beam
propagation. Special emphasis is placed on highlighting the
differences, as well as similarities to RF communications and
other laser systems, and design issues and options relevant
to future laser communication terminals.

Instructor
Hamid Hemmati, Ph.D. , is with the Jet propulsion laboratory
(JPL), California Institute of Technology
where he is a Principal member of staff and
the Supervisor of the Optical
Communications Group. Prior to joining JPL
in 1986, he worked at NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center and at the NIST
(Boulder, CO) as a researcher. Dr. Hemmati
has published over 40 journal and over 100 conference
papers, holds seven patents, received 3 NASA Space Act
Board Awards, and 36 NASA certificates of appreciation. He
is a Fellow of SPIE and teaches optical communications
courses at CSULA and the UCLA Extension. He is the editor
and author of two books: “Deep Space Optical
Communications” and “near-Earth Laser Communications”.
Dr. Hemmati’s current research interests are in developing
laser-communications technologies and systems for
planetary and satellite communications, including: systems
engineering for electro-optical systems, solid-state laser,
particularly pulsed fiber lasers, flight qualification of optical
and electro-optical systems and components; low-cost multimeter diameter optical ground receiver telescope; active and
adaptive optics; and laser beam acquisition, tracking and
pointing.

What You Will Learn
• This course will provide you the knowledge and ability
to perform basic satellite laser communication analysis,
identify tradeoffs, interact meaningfully with colleagues,
evaluate systems, and understand the literature.
• How is a laser-communication system superior to
conventional technology?
• How link performance is analyzed.
• What are the options for acquisition, tracking and beam
pointing?
• What are the options for laser transmitters, receivers
and optical systems.
• What are the atmospheric effects on the beam and how
to counter them.
• What are the typical characteristics of lasercommunication system hardware?
• How to calculate mass, power and cost of flight
systems.
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Course Outline
1. Introduction. Brief historical background,
RF/Optical comparison; basic Block diagrams; and
applications overview.
2. Link Analysis. Parameters influencing the link;
frequency dependence of noise; link performance
comparison to RF; and beam profiles.
3. Laser Transmitter. Laser sources; semiconductor
lasers; fiber amplifiers; amplitude modulation; phase
modulation; noise figure; nonlinear effects; and coherent
transmitters.
4. Modulation & Error Correction Encoding. PPM;
OOK and binary codes; and forward error correction.
5. Acquisition,
Tracking
and
Pointing.
Requirements; acquisition scenarios; acquisition; pointahead angles, pointing error budget; host platform vibration
environment; inertial stabilization: trackers; passive/active
isolation; gimbaled transceiver; and fast steering mirrors.
6. Opto-Mechanical Assembly. Transmit telescope;
receive telescope; shared transmit/receive telescope;
thermo-Optical-Mechanical stability.
7. Atmospheric Effects. Attenuation, beam wander;
turbulence/scintillation; signal fades; beam spread; turbid;
and mitigation techniques.
8. Detectors and Detections. Discussion of available
photo-detectors noise figure; amplification; background
radiation/ filtering; and mitigation techniques. Poisson
photon counting; channel capacity; modulation schemes;
detection statistics; and SNR / Bit error probability.
Advantages / complexities of coherent detection; optical
mixing; SNR, heterodyne and homodyne; laser linewidth.
9. Crosslinks and Networking. LEO-GEO & GEOGEO; orbital clusters; and future/advanced.
10. Flight Qualification. Radiation environment;
environmental testing; and test procedure.
11. Eye Safety. Regulations; classifications; wavelength
dependence, and CDRH notices.
12. Cost Estimation. Methodology, models; and
examples.
13. Terrestrial Optical Comm. Communications
systems developed for terrestrial links.

Who should attend
Engineers, scientists, managers, or professionals who
desire greater technical depth, or RF communication
engineers who need to assess this competing technology.


Space Environment – Implications for Spacecraft Design
Summary
Adverse interactions between the space environment
and an orbiting spacecraft may lead to a degradation of
spacecraft subsystem performance and possibly even
loss of the spacecraft itself. This two-day course presents
an introduction to the space environment and its effect on
spacecraft. Emphasis is placed on problem solving
techniques and design guidelines that will provide the
student with an understanding of how space environment
effects may be minimized through proactive spacecraft
design.
Each student will receive a copy of the course text, a
complete set of course notes, including copies of all
viewgraphs used in the presentation, and a
comprehensive bibliography.

January 27-28, 2014

Instructor

Columbia, Maryland

Dr. Alan C. Tribble has provided space environments effects
analysis to more than one dozen NASA,
DoD, and commercial programs, including
the International Space Station, the Global
Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and
several surveillance spacecraft. He holds a
Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa
and has been twice a Principal Investigator
for the NASA Space Environments and
Effects Program. He is the author of four books, including the
course text: The Space Environment - Implications for Space
Design, and over 20 additional technical publications. He is an
Associate Fellow of the AIAA, a Senior Member of the IEEE,
and was previously an Associate Editor of the Journal of
Spacecraft and Rockets. Dr. Tribble recently won the 2008
AIAA James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award. He has
taught a variety of classes at the University of Southern
California, California State University Long Beach, the
University of Iowa, and has been teaching courses on space
environments and effects since 1992.

April 15-16, 2014

Review of the Course Text:
“There is, to my knowledge, no other book that provides its
intended readership with an comprehensive and authoritative,
yet compact and accessible, coverage of the subject of
spacecraft environmental engineering.” – James A. Van Allen,
Regent Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa.

Who Should Attend:
Engineers who need to know how to design systems with
adequate performance margins, program managers who
oversee spacecraft survivability tasks, and scientists who
need to understand how environmental interactions can affect
instrument performance.

“I got exactly what I wanted from this
course – an overview of the spacecraft environment. The charts outlining the interactions and synergism were excellent. The
list of references is extensive and will be
consulted often.”
“Broad experience over many design
teams allowed for excellent examples of
applications of this information.”

Columbia, Maryland

$1245

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline
1. Introduction. Spacecraft Subsystem Design,
Orbital Mechanics, The Solar-Planetary Relationship,
Space Weather.
2. The Vacuum Environment. Basic Description –
Pressure vs. Altitude, Solar UV Radiation.
3. Vacuum Environment Effects. Pressure
Differentials, Solar UV Degradation, Molecular
Contamination, Particulate Contamination.
4. The Neutral Environment. Basic Atmospheric
Physics, Elementary Kinetic Theory, Hydrostatic
Equilibrium, Neutral Atmospheric Models.
5. Neutral Environment Effects. Aerodynamic Drag,
Sputtering, Atomic Oxygen Attack, Spacecraft Glow.
6. The Plasma Environment. Basic Plasma Physics Single Particle Motion, Debye Shielding, Plasma
Oscillations.
7. Plasma Environment Effects. Spacecraft
Charging, Arc Discharging, Effects on Instrumentation.
8. The Radiation Environment. Basic Radiation
Physics, Stopping Charged Particles, Stopping Energetic
Photons, Stopping Neutrons.
9. Radiation in Space. Trapped Radiation Belts, Solar
Proton Events, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Hostile
Environments.
10. Radiation Environment Effects. Total Dose
Effects - Solar Cell Degradation, Electronics Degradation;
Single Event Effects - Upset, Latchup, Burnout; Dose Rate
Effects.
11. The Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris
Environment.
Hypervelocity
Impact
Physics,
Micrometeoroids, Orbital Debris.
12. Additional Topics. Effects on Humans; Models
and Tools; Available Internet Resources.


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Spacecraft Reliability, Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing
March 13-14, 2014
Columbia, Maryland

$1140

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline

Summary
Quality assurance, reliability, and testing are critical
elements in low-cost space missions. The selection of
lower cost parts and the most effective use of
redundancy require careful tradeoff analysis when
designing new space missions. Designing for low cost
and allowing prudent risk are new ways of doing
business in today's cost-conscious environment. This
course uses case studies and examples from recent
space missions to pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffs
in design, reviews, quality assurance, and testing of
spacecraft. Lessons learned from past successes and
failures are discussed and trends for future missions
are highlighted.

Instructor
Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience,
including 19 years as the Chief
Engineer of the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory Space Department,
which has designed and built 66
spacecraft and more than 200
instruments. His experience includes
systems engineering, design integrity,
performance assurance, and test standards. He has
led many of APL's system and spacecraft conceptual
designs and coauthored APL's quality assurance
plans. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and
coauthor of Fundamentals of Space Systems.

What You Will Learn

• Why reliable design is so important and techniques for
achieving it.
• Dealing with today's issues of parts availability,
radiation hardness, software reliability, process control,
and human error.
• Best practices for design reviews and configuration
management.
• Modern, efficient integration and test practices.

1. Spacecraft Systems Reliability and
Assessment. Quality, reliability, and confidence levels.
Reliability block diagrams and proper use of reliability
predictions. Redundancy pro's and con's.
Environmental stresses and derating.
2. Quality Assurance and Component Selection.
Screening and qualification testing. Accelerated
testing. Using plastic parts (PEMs) reliably.
3. Radiation and Survivability. The space
radiation environment. Total dose. Stopping power.
MOS response. Annealing and super-recovery.
Displacement damage.
4. Single Event Effects. Transient upset, latch-up,
and burn-out. Critical charge. Testing for single event
effects. Upset rates. Shielding and other mitigation
techniques.
5. ISO 9000. Process control through ISO 9001 and
AS9100.
6. Software Quality Assurance and Testing. The
magnitude of the software QA problem. Characteristics
of good software process. Software testing and when
is it finished?
7. Design Reviews and Configuration Management.
Best practices for space hardware and software
renumber accordingly.
8. Integrating I&T into electrical, thermal, and
mechanical designs. Coupling I&T to mission
operations.
9. Ground Support Systems. Electrical and
mechanical ground support equipment (GSE). I&T
facilities. Clean rooms. Environmental test facilities.
10. Test Planning and Test Flow. Which tests are
worthwhile? Which ones aren't? What is the right order
to perform tests? Test Plans and other important
documents.
11. Spacecraft Level Testing. Ground station
compatibility testing and other special tests.
12. Launch Site Operations. Launch vehicle
operations. Safety. Dress rehearsals. The Launch
Readiness Review.
13. Human Error. What we can learn from the
airline industry.
14. Case Studies. NEAR, Ariane 5, Mid-course
Space Experiment (MSX).

Recent attendee comments ...
“Instructor demonstrated excellent knowledge of topics.”
“Material was presented clearly and thoroughly. An incredible depth of expertise for
our questions.”
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Space Systems Fundamentals
January 20-23, 2014
Albuquerque, New Mexico

$1940
Summary
This four-day course provides an overview of the
fundamentals of concepts and technologies of modern
spacecraft systems design. Satellite system and
mission design is an essentially interdisciplinary sport
that combines engineering, science, and external
phenomena. We will concentrate on scientific and
engineering foundations of spacecraft systems and
interactions among various subsystems. Examples
show how to quantitatively estimate various mission
elements (such as velocity increments) and conditions
(equilibrium temperature) and how to size major
spacecraft subsystems (propellant, antennas,
transmitters, solar arrays, batteries). Real examples
are used to permit an understanding of the systems
selection and trade-off issues in the design process.
The fundamentals of subsystem technologies provide
an indispensable basis for system engineering. The
basic nomenclature, vocabulary, and concepts will
make it possible to converse with understanding with
subsystem specialists.
The course is designed for engineers and managers
who are involved in planning, designing, building,
launching, and operating space systems and
spacecraft subsystems and components. The
extensive set of course notes provide a concise
reference for understanding, designing, and operating
modern spacecraft. The course will appeal to
engineers and managers of diverse background and
varying levels of experience.

Instructor
Dr. Mike Gruntman is Professor of Astronautics at
the University of Southern California.
He is a specialist in astronautics, space
technology, sensors, and space
physics. Gruntman participates in
several theoretical and experimental
programs in space science and space
technology, including space missions.
He authored and co-authored more 200 publications in
various areas of astronautics, space physics, and
instrumentation.

What You Will Learn
• Common space mission and spacecraft bus
configurations, requirements, and constraints.
• Common orbits.
• Fundamentals of spacecraft subsystems and their
interactions.
• How to calculate velocity increments for typical
orbital maneuvers.
• How to calculate required amount of propellant.
• How to design communications link.
• How to size solar arrays and batteries.
• How to determine spacecraft temperature.

(9:00am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline
1. Space Missions And Applications. Science,
exploration, commercial, national security. Customers.
2. Space Environment And Spacecraft
Interaction. Universe, galaxy, solar system.
Coordinate systems. Time. Solar cycle. Plasma.
Geomagnetic field. Atmosphere, ionosphere,
magnetosphere. Atmospheric drag. Atomic oxygen.
Radiation belts and shielding.
3. Orbital Mechanics And Mission Design.
Motion in gravitational field. Elliptic orbit. Classical orbit
elements. Two-line element format. Hohmann transfer.
Delta-V requirements. Launch sites. Launch to
geostationary orbit. Orbit perturbations. Key orbits:
geostationary, sun-synchronous, Molniya.
4. Space Mission Geometry. Satellite horizon,
ground track, swath. Repeating orbits.
5. Spacecraft And Mission Design Overview.
Mission design basics. Life cycle of the mission.
Reviews. Requirements. Technology readiness levels.
Systems engineering.
6. Mission Support. Ground stations. Deep
Space Network (DSN). STDN. SGLS. Space Laser
Ranging (SLR). TDRSS.
7. Attitude Determination And Control.
Spacecraft
attitude.
Angular
momentum.
Environmental disturbance torques. Attitude sensors.
Attitude control techniques (configurations). Spin axis
precession. Reaction wheel analysis.
8. Spacecraft
Propulsion.
Propulsion
requirements. Fundamentals of propulsion: thrust,
specific impulse, total impulse. Rocket dynamics:
rocket equation. Staging. Nozzles. Liquid propulsion
systems. Solid propulsion systems. Thrust vector
control. Electric propulsion.
9. Launch Systems. Launch issues. Atlas and
Delta launch families. Acoustic environment. Launch
system example: Delta II.
10. Space Communications. Communications
basics. Electromagnetic waves. Decibel language.
Antennas. Antenna gain. TWTA and SSA. Noise. Bit
rate. Communication link design. Modulation
techniques. Bit error rate.
11. Spacecraft Power Systems. Spacecraft power
system elements. Orbital effects. Photovoltaic systems
(solar cells and arrays). Radioisotope thermal
generators (RTG). Batteries. Sizing power systems.
12. Thermal Control. Environmental loads.
Blackbody concept. Planck and Stefan-Boltzmann
laws. Passive thermal control. Coatings. Active thermal
control. Heat pipes.


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Spacecraft Power Systems

April 8-9, 2014

Course Outline

Columbia, Maryland

1. Introduction to Space Power Systems
Design. Power System overview with focus on the
origin of design-driving requirements, technical
disciplines, and sub-system interactions.
2. Environmental Effects. Definition of the
environmental considerations in the design of power
systems including radiation, temperature, UV
exposure, and insolation.
3. Orbital Considerations. Basic orbit
geometries and calculations for common orbits.
Consideration of illumination profiles including effects
of spacecraft geometries.
4. Power Sources. Solar cell technologies and
basic physics of operation including electrical
characteristics and environmental susceptibility. Solar
panel design, fabrication, and test considerations.
5. Energy Storage. Battery technologies, and
flight-readiness of each. Battery selection and sizing
characteristics.
Battery
voltage
profiles,
charge/discharge characteristics, and charging
methods. Special battery handling considerations.
Alternative storage technologies include fuel cell
technologies, and fly-wheels.
6. Power System Architectures. System
architecture and regulation options including direct
energy transfer, peak-power tracking, and hybrid
architectures. System level interactions and tradeoffs.
7. Design Example. Sample power system
concept design of a LEO mission including selection
and sizing of batteries, solar arrays. Focus on real-life
trade-offs impacting cost, schedule, and other
spacecraft activities and designs.

$1140

(8:30am - 4:30pm)


Summary
This two-day course covers the requirements-driven
design principles of the spacecraft power subsystem
and its major components. Power source section
evaluates available and future technologies in power
generation, with a focus on photovoltaic technologies.
Energy storage section evaluates available and future
storage technologies with a focus on battery
technologies. Course cites multiple real-life examples
to illustrate the relevancy of the presented material.

Instructor
Robert Detwiler has over 40 years of experience in
all aspects of Aerospace Power Systems design and
development. As a member of the technical staff at the
California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) he served in a wide range of space
power systems positions. While at JPL he was a key
contributor to a number of successful power system
efforts including Voyager, Galileo, Mars Global
Surveyor, Cassini and the Mars Exploration Rovers.
His experience base includes power system hardware
development, power technology development, and
management responsibilities for JPL, NASA and nonNASA programs. He is retired from California Institute
of Technology, JPL. Mr. Detwiler has recently
performed consulting efforts on space power systems
for a number of classified space vehicles at the
Northrop Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach,
CA.
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Spacecraft Thermal Control
February 27-28, 2014
Columbia, Maryland

$1140

(8:30am - 4:00pm)


Summary
This is a fast paced two-day course for system
engineers and managers with an interest in improving
their understanding of spacecraft thermal design. All
phases of thermal design analysis are covered in
enough depth to give a deeper understanding of the
design process and of the materials used in thermal
design. Program managers and systems engineers will
also benefit from the bigger picture information and
tradeoff issues.
The goal is to have the student come away from this
course with an understanding of how analysis, design,
thermal devices, thermal testing and the interactions of
thermal design with the overall system design fit into
the overall picture of satellite design. Case studies and
lessons learned illustrate the importance of thermal
design and the current state of the art.

Instructor
Douglas Mehoke is the Assistant Group Supervisor
and Technology Manager for the Mechanical System
Group in the Space Department at The Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory. He has worked
in the field of spacecraft and instrument thermal design
for 30 years, and has a wide background in the fields
of heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He has been the
lead thermal engineer on a variety spacecraft and
scientific instruments, including MSX, CONTOUR, and
New Horizons. He is presently the Technical Lead for
the development of the Solar Probe Plus Thermal
Protection System.

What You Will Learn

• How requirements are defined.
• Why thermal design cannot be purchased off the
shelf.
• How to test thermal systems.
• Basic conduction and radiation analysis.
• Overall thermal analysis methods.
• Computer calculations for thermal design.
• How to choose thermal control surfaces.
• When to use active devices.
• How the thermal system interacts with other
systems.
• How to apply thermal devices.

Course Outline
1. The Role of Thermal Control. Requirements,
Constraints, Regimes of thermal control.
2. The basics of Thermal Analysis, conduction,
radiation, Energy balance, Numerical analysis, The
solar spectrum.
3. Overall Thermal Analysis. Orbital mechanics
for thermal engineers, Basic orbital energy balance.
4. Model Building. How to choose the nodal
structure, how to calculate the conductors capacitors
and Radfacs, Use of the computer.
5. System Interactions. Power, Attitude and
Thermal system interactions, other system
considerations.
6. Thermal Control Surfaces. Availability, Factors
in choosing, Stability, Environmental factors.
7. Thermal control Devices. Heatpipes, MLI,
Louvers, Heaters, Phase change devices, Radiators,
Cryogenic devices.
8. Thermal Design Procedure. Basic design
procedure, Choosing radiator locations, When to use
heat pipes, When to use louvers, Where to use MLI,
When to use Phase change, When to use heaters.
9. Thermal Testing. Thermal requirements, basic
analysis techniques, the thermal design process,
thermal control materials and devices, and thermal
vacuum testing.
10. Case Studies. The key topics and tradeoffs are
illustrated by case studies for actual spacecraft and
satellite thermal designs. Systems engineering
implications.


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Agile Boot Camp:

An Immersive Introduction

Agile Testing

There are many dates and locations as these are popular courses: See all at:

http://www.aticourses.com/schedule.htm#project

$1795

(8:30am - 4:30pm)

00

Summary

While not a silver bullet, Agile Methodologies are quickly
becoming the most practical way to create outstanding
software. Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean, Dynamic
Systems Development Method, Feature Driven Development
and other methods each have their strengths. While there are
significant similarities that have brought them together under
the Agile umbrella, each method brings unique strengths that
can be utilized for your team success.
This 3-day classroom is set up in pods/teams. Each team
looks like a real-world development unit in Agile with Project
Manager/Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Tester and
Development. The teams will work through the Agile process
including Iteration planning, Product road mapping and
backlogging, estimating, user story development iteration
execution, and retrospectives by working off of real work
scenarios. Specifically, you will:
• Practice how to be and develop a self-organized team.
• Create and communicate a Product Vision.
• Understand your customer and develop customer roles and
personas.
• Initiate the requirements process by developing user stories
and your product backlog.
• Put together product themes from your user stories and
establish a desired product roadmap.
• Conduct story point estimating to determine effort needed for
user stories to ultimately determine iteration(s) length.
• Take into consideration assumed team velocity with story
point estimates and user story priorities to come up with you
release plan.
• Engage the planning and execution of your iteration(s).
• Conduct retrospectives after each iteration.
• Run a course retrospective to enable an individual plan of
execution on how to conduct Agile in your environment.

What You Will Learn

Because this is an immersion course and the intent is to
engage in the practices every Agile team will employ, this
course is recommended for all team members responsible for
delivering outstanding software. That includes, but is not
limited to, the following roles:
• Business Analyst
• Analyst
• Project Manager
• Software Engineer/Programmer
• Development Manager
• Product Manager
• Product Analyst
• Tester
• QA Engineer
• Documentation Specialist
The Agile Boot Camp is a perfect place for cross functional
"teams" to become familiar with Agile methods and learn the
basics together. It's also a wonderful springboard for team
building & learning. Bring your project detail to work on in
class.

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$1395

(8:30am - 5:00pm)


Summary

By using a step-by-step approach this 2-day program will
introduce you to high speed methods and technologies that can
be relied upon to deliver speed and optimum flexibility. Learning
the goals of Agile will help you transition, implement and monitor
testing in the High Speed Agile Testing environment so that you
can immediately step from the classroom into the office with new
found confidence.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the key differences between traditional and Agile
testing practices.
• Learn about the different quadrants of Agile testing and how they
are used to support the team and critique the product.
• Get exposed to the different levels of test automation and
understand what the right mix is to accelerate testing.
• Operate in a time constrained development cycle without losing
testable value.
• Capitalize on test development through use & reuse
management.
• Integrate team testing into Agile projects.
• Engage stakeholders in quality trade-off decision-making.
• Coach story card contributors in test case construction.
• Gain exposure to automation support opportunities.

Course Outline
1. Agile Testing. We will discuss the testing and it's role in software
quality.
2. Testing Practices. The benefits that various types of testing
provide to the team will be reviewed. Additional discussion will focus on
the how and what to automate to shorten feedback cycles.
3. Quality Practices. Understanding that getting feedback is as
important as testing. We will discuss techniques that provide feedback
on the quality of software and the effectiveness of the process.
4. Unit Testing & Test Driven Development (TDD). We will
introduce Unit Testing and Test Driven Development. The benefits and
process of TDD and how it can lead to better overall design and
simplicity and engage the Developer in the test processing will be
discussed.
5. Continuous Integration. The concept of Continuous Integration
and the CI Attitude will be discussed. Continuous Integration provides an
essential role in maintaining a continuous process for providing
feedback to the team.
6. Acceptance Testing. The discipline of Acceptance Testing can
lead to better collaboration with both the customer and the team.
Automating Acceptance Tests can provide an invaluable tool to support
the creation higher quality software and continue to support the team
from story to story and sprint to sprint.
7. Functional Testing Web Applications & Web Services. As we
develop a functioning application we can perform higher-level and
coarser grained functional tests. Functional testing software, web
applications and web services will be explored.
8. Hands-on Critiquing the Product. Everything can't be
automated, nor should it. We will discuss manual technique that will help
us critique the product and provide valuable feedback. We will discuss
when and how these testing techniques should be used effectively.
9. Using Tools to Test. Complexity and Critique the Product Tools
can be used to testing complex, critical attributes of the software. We will
discuss when and tools should be used to test the complex, critical
qualities of software.
10. High-Speed Testing Techniques. We'll introduce some
techniques that can speed the testing process and provide faster
feedback to the team and customer.
11. Iterating to Testing Agility. How do we ever get there? We will
discuss pragmatic techniques to iterate your team and organization to
Testing Agility. We will discuss and craft a roadmap for your team and
organization based off the practices and techniques discussed.


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