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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