Session
Technical Session III: Systems/Buses
Abstract
The academic year 1988-89 has provided AMSAT with some really new experiences in engineering and fabricating a moderately large "small satellite". While most of the AMSAT engineering forces were engaged in a truly small "small satellite" - the Microsat Project - a few of us have been engaged in the Phase IV project in conjunction with Weber State College, a new working environment for AMSAT. This experience has provided us with insights on what kinds of tasks that we can expect to assign and be completed. We know that the basic planning, task descriptions, people interfaces and organizational interfaces are different from our prior experience with an all-volunteer operation. Through a recounting of these experiences, it is hoped that insights in working in this atmosphere will be passed on to those who need to conduct future satellite projects in the academic arena.
AMSAT-NA Phase IV Project Lessons in Distributed Engineering
The academic year 1988-89 has provided AMSAT with some really new experiences in engineering and fabricating a moderately large "small satellite". While most of the AMSAT engineering forces were engaged in a truly small "small satellite" - the Microsat Project - a few of us have been engaged in the Phase IV project in conjunction with Weber State College, a new working environment for AMSAT. This experience has provided us with insights on what kinds of tasks that we can expect to assign and be completed. We know that the basic planning, task descriptions, people interfaces and organizational interfaces are different from our prior experience with an all-volunteer operation. Through a recounting of these experiences, it is hoped that insights in working in this atmosphere will be passed on to those who need to conduct future satellite projects in the academic arena.
