Sixth DoD Astrometry ForumPractical Astrometry for DoD Applications5-6 December 2000
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| 0800-0830 | Registration |
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| 0830-0835 | Welcome |
Captain Benjamin Jaramillo, USNO |
| 0835-0840 | Opening Remarks |
Ken Seidelmann, USNO |
| 0840-0910 | Keynote talk |
Dr. Gene McCall, Chief Scientist, Air Force Space Command |
0910-1210 |
Session 1: Fundamentals |
| 0910-0940 | Astrometry George Kaplan (USNO - Astronomical Applications) gkaplan@usno.navy.mil, http://aa.usno.navy.mil/kaplan/ |
| 0940-1000 | Time Scales Ken Seidelmann (USNO) |
| 1000-1040 | discussion / break |
| 1040-1100 | The International Celestial Reference Frame: Construction, Maintenance, and
Interaction with EOP/Nutation (abstract) Chopo Ma (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) cma@virgo.gsfc.nasa.gov |
| 1100-1130 | NIMA's Needs for Astrometric Data Stephen Malys & William Stein (National Imagery and Mapping Agency) malyss@nima.mil, steinb@nima.mil |
| 1130-1150 | Leap second Dennis McCarthy (USNO - Time Service) |
| 1150-1210 | Relativity Fundamentals for Time Scales and Astrometry
(abstract) Robert Nelson (Satellite Engineering Research Corporation) |
1210-1340 |
Lunch |
1340-1720 |
Session 2: Current Products |
Star Catalogs |
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| 1340-1400 | Introduction to Star Catalogs Sean Urban (USNO - Astrometry) |
| 1400-1410 | Hipparcos Sean Urban (USNO - Astrometry) |
| 1410-1420 | Tycho-2 Sean Urban (USNO - Astrometry) |
| 1420-1430 | UCAC Ted Rafferty (USNO - Astrometry) |
| 1430-1440 | USNO A2.0 and USNO B.1 Dave Monet (USNO - Flagstaff Station) |
| 1440-1450 | The Washington Double Star Catalog Brian Mason (USNO - Astrometry) bdm@draco.usno.navy.mil (see http://ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/wds.html |
| 1450-1500 | 2MASS Dave Monet (USNO - Flagstaff Station) |
| 1500-1520 | Building Star Catalogs for Spacecraft Applications (abstract) Leonard Berg (The Boeing Company) leonard.j.berg@boeing.com |
| 1520-1600 | discussion / break |
Other Products |
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| 1600-1620 | USNO Almanacs (abstract) John Bangert (USNO - Astronomical Applications) bangert@aa.usno.navy.mil |
| 1620-1640 | Solar System Ephemerides James L. Hilton (USNO - Astronomical Applications) jhilton@aa.usno.navy.mil |
| 1640-1700 | Earth Orientation Products from USNO (abstract) Jim Ray (USNO - Earth Orientation) jimr@maia.usno.navy.mil |
| 1700-1720 | discussion / announcements |
1730-1900 |
Reception |
Day 2:
0830-1230 |
Session 3: DoD Applications |
| 0830-0850 | Space debris Michael L. Fudge (ITT Industries, Advanced Engineering & Sciences Division) mike.fudge@itt.com |
| 0850-0910 | Special applications: WCC star lists, etc. Sean Urban (USNO - Astrometry) |
| 0910-0930 | GEODSS: Past and Future Improvements Walter Faccenda (The Mitre Corporation) wjf@mitre.org (see http://www.mitre.org/pubs/showcase/geodss/index.html) |
| 0930-0950 | LINEAR Program Eric Pearce |
| 0950-1010 | Stellar Positions at LWIR Wavelengths: New Results Using
the Midcourse Space Experiment Michael Egan (USAF Phillips Lab.) |
| 1010-1050 | discussion / break |
| 1050-1110 | Refinement of MSX Attitude Using Infrared Astrometric
Catalogs Sean Carey (Boston College) |
| 1110-1130 | Automated Celestial Systems for Attitude & Position Determination
(abstract) George Kaplan (USNO - Astronomical Applications) gkaplan@usno.navy.mil, http://aa.usno.navy.mil/kaplan/ |
| 1130-1150 | Autonomous Space Navigation David Folta (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) David.Folta@gsfc.nasa.gov (see http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/Technology/FormFly.html) |
| 1150-1210 | FAME/SIM/GAIA: Where Will Astrometry Be in 2010? Ken Johnston (USNO) |
| 1210-1230 | Concluding remarks / discussion |