Introduction to Space
Technology
A Seminar for Non-Technical Managers and
Executives
Presented by-Dr. Marshall H.
Kaplan-Chairman
Launchspace Incorporated - Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A.
Summary:
This course is specifically designed for managers,
executives and professional policy and decision-makers in space communications and related
industries. It is particularly useful for those who have not had formal technical
training. The presentation is dynamic and information-filled, and will quickly generate
insight into space technologies and issues of current importance to the international
space community. Attendees will be briefed on the elements and limitations of space
flight, terminology of the space industry, history and survey of space missions and
current technical issues and trends for the future. This course is a must for
professionals who must understand the space program and is promise in order to make
effective and correct decisions. The discussion includes prospects for low-cost launch
systems and satellites, commercially viable space applications of the future and customer
prospects for new space communications services.
Course Materials:
All attendees will receive an extensive set of notes, which
will serve as an
excellent future information source.
What You Will Learn:
Basic concepts of space flight and how natural
forces have affected
space applications.
- Brief history of the space program.
- What goes into satellites and launch vehicles.
- What are the latest technical and commercial developments in
space.
- Which launch vehicles are available worldwide and what they
cost.
- What will it take to dramatically reduce the cost of space
access.
- The promises and pitfalls of LEO constellations.
- Where might the future take us.
Course Outline:
- Introduction
- Natural limitations of space flight
Language of commercial space
A review of current and potential space applications
- The Problem of Space Access and the Difficulty of Getting to
Orbit
- The relationship between rocket flight and the needed
propellant
The bare facts about single-stage-to orbit
(SSTO) and multistage
launch vehicles
Launch vehicle ingredients and how they go together
Why launch vehicles cost so much and ways to reduce costs
- Orbits and How They Work
- The Laws of Kepler and Newton
Balance of forces and the shape of orbit
Ideal and perturbed orbits
Maneuvering in space
- Satellites and How They Work
- Functions of satellites
Satellite
design and construction
Operations and ground station command and control
Examples of operational geostationary communications
satellites
- The New Generation of Commercial Communications Satellite
Systems
- What are LEO constellations and how do they differ from GEO
satellites
Who are the contenders and which are most
promising
LEO communications market projections
- Summary:
The pressing
issues
Outlook for the next ten years
Conclusions
Instructor:
Marshall H. Kaplan, Ph.D., is an internationally known
lecturer on space flight issues and technologies, mission planning, and future space
business prospects. He is the Chairman of Launchspace, which produces LAUNCHSPACE Magazine
and the INTERNATIONAL SPACE INDUSTRY REPORT (ISIR), offers space-related
professional development courses around the world and carries out a variety of
leading-edge technology and marketing studies of the international space community. In
recent years, Dr. Kaplan has spearheaded a number of space ventures related to the
development of new expendable and reusable launch vehicles. Recently, Space News
referred to him as the ‘rocket design guru’. He has created and developed
many of the technology innovations used in space flight today. Dr. Kaplan has spent 35
years adding to the knowledge of space flight and satellite design. In addition to
publishing some 100 papers, reports, and articles on aerospace technologies, he is the
author of three books, including the textbook, ‘Modern Spacecraft Dynamics and
Control’, and the general interest book, ‘Space Shuttle: America’s Wings to
the Future’.
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