BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210823T065552Z UID:4459930C-4191-4527-A99E-ADEE21C1AD34 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20210817T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20210817T200000 DESCRIPTION:Satellite Consternations\n\nUnintended Consequences of Mega-Sat ellite Constellations on Observational Astronomy\n\nVery large collections of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications and other satellites are currentl y being launched and likely growing to number in the 10s of thousands. Spa ce X’s Star Link\, One Web and Amazon’s Project Kuiper are examples of these constellation developers. This fact is likely to bring benefits to many people who need access to internet communications across the globe fo r affordable prices. But there are profound negative side effects on other activities including aesthetic and observational ground-based astronomy a nd others who appreciate and value the starry sky. These issues have led t o active efforts both from the professional astronomical and satellite ope rator communities to cooperatively address the problems associated with th ese systems.\n\nThis talk will review some of the main issues confronting astronomy and other groups and work that has been done so far in character izing and mitigating the adverse effects of these constellations. In parti cular some of the results of two workshops held by the National Science Fo undation (NSF) and American Astronomical Society (AAS) in 2020/21 - SATCON 1 and SATCON2 will be reviewed.\n\nSpeaker(s): Clyde Springen\, \n\nAgenda : \n6:00 to 6:15 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.\n6:15 to 6:30 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.\n6: 30 to 8:00 PM - Formal Program and Q&A.\n\nWebEx Meeting Platform\, Austin \, Texas\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/2788 90 LOCATION:WebEx Meeting Platform\, Austin \, Texas\, United States\, Virtual : https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278890 ORGANIZER:kaiwong@ieee.org SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:CTS LM-CTCN August 17\, 2021 Meeting - Satellite Consternations URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278890 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3 align="cent er"><span style="font-family: 'arial black'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 18pt \;">Satellite Consternations</span></h3>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class="Standar d" align="center"><strong>Unintended Consequences of Mega-Satellite Conste llations on Observational Astronomy</strong></p>\n<div>\n<p class="Standar d">Very large collections of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications and othe r satellites are currently being launched and likely growing to number in the 10s of thousands. Space X&rsquo\;s Star Link\, One Web and Amazon&rsqu o\;s Project Kuiper are examples of these constellation developers. This f act is likely to bring benefits to many people who need access to internet communications across the globe for affordable prices. But there are prof ound negative side effects on other activities including aesthetic and obs ervational ground-based astronomy and others who appreciate and value the starry sky. These issues have led to active efforts both from the professi onal astronomical and satellite operator communities to cooperatively addr ess the problems associated with these systems.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p cla ss="Standard">&nbsp\;</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class="Standard">This talk wi ll review some of the main issues confronting astronomy and other groups a nd work that has been done so far in characterizing and mitigating the adv erse effects of these constellations. In particular some of the results of two workshops held by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and American Astronomical Society (AAS) in 2020/21 - SATCON1 and SATCON2 will be review ed.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class="Standard" align="center" ><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div dir="l tr" data-setdir="false">6:00 to 6:15 PM - Open for participants to enter a nd network.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:15 to 6:30 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.</div>\n<d iv dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:30 to 8:00 PM - Formal Program and Q&am p\;A.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">&nbsp\;</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR