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MITSmallSatelliteCenterSeminar,Fall2019
TheGlobalizationofSpace:ChangingDemographicsoftheSatelliteOrbitalPopulation
Dr.JonathanMcDowell,Harvard-SmithsonianCenterforAstrophysics
NoononMonday,October7th2019MIT31-115,MITLLBeaverworks
Lunchprovided,first-come,first-served
MITSmallSatelliteCenterLightningTalksandNetworkingwillimmediatelyfollowtheseminarfrom1:00until2:00pm
Emailsmallsat@mit.edutoaskif3-mintalkslotsorpostersarestillavailable.
Abstract:Thespaceraceisn'twhatitusedtobe.Whatstartedoffasacompetitionbetweensuperpowergovernmentshasbecomeafree-for-allwithdozensofcountriesandmanycommercialandnon-profitentities.I'llreviewthechangesdecadebydecadeasthespacearenaprogressivelyinternationalized,commercializedandthendemocratized;discussquantitativelyhowmuchstuffisinspacenow,who'sputtingitthere,andwhatit'supto.I'llalsodiscussthepopulationofsatellitesinspecialorbitssuchasthegeostationaryandsun-synchronousregimes.
SpeakerBio:McDowellhasaBAinMathematics(1981)fromChurchillCollegeandaPhDinAstrophysics(1986)fromtheInstituteofAstronomy,bothattheUniversityofCambridge,England.McDowellisastaffmemberattheChandraX-rayCenter,andauthorofthewidelyfollowedJonathan’sSpaceReport:https://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/jsr.html