IEEE Alaska Section - Talkeetna Teleport Site Visit - Aurora GEO and LEO Satellite System
This visit follows up on the IEEE Alaska Section meeting presentation on August 24 from Pacific Dataport and Microcom allowing us to see the features up close and ask additional questions at this state-of-the-art facility. The Teleport was built on the original RCA satellite earthstation which brought long distance and other links to the lower 48 and world in the 1970s.
We look forward to seeing the implmentation and hearing of potential growth of the teleport since our original presentation to the IEEE in 2019.
Saturday's attendance is limited to 20. The Alaska Section will be furnishing Microcom with site visit registrant's emails. Microcom will send on-site registration information directly to registrants for completion by Thursday August 25. No special PPE is required of the visitors.
Please add in the special requests section of the registration, your interest in carpooling for the approximate 2 hour ride to the site. Indicate if you already have others riding with you or are riding with another person. For general carpool, I would like to meet at Tikatnu Commons off of Muldoon Road by the old Sam's Club area by 7:40 am and leaving before 8 am. Please include your phone number when you register.
Date and Time
Location
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Registration
- Date: 27 Aug 2022
- Time: 06:30 PM UTC to 08:31 PM UTC
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- 21518 S Comsat Rd
- Talkeetna, Alaska
- United States 99676
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Contact robert.posma@respec.com.
Registrants will also recieve my phone number for coordination the day of the event. Please include your phone number when you register.
- Starts 12 August 2022 08:07 AM UTC
- Ends 26 August 2022 08:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Alex Schumann of Pacific Dataport Inc.
Aurora GEO and LEO Satellite System — Talkeetna Teleport
Alexander Schumann is Director of Satellite Broadband at Microcom. Alexander is actively involved in Microcom’s satellite television and broadband sales and installation efforts across Alaska, Hawaii, and lower 48 states. Currently, Alexander is working on growing Microcom’s rural broadband business and deploying new broadband products across Alaska. He is also engaged in the development of Microcom’s Talkeetna Alaska Teleport facility.
Alex will meet us at the facility.
Biography:
Alexander has over 7 years of project management and Director of Satellite Broadband at Microcom Growing rural broadband business through all marketing mediums and deploying new broadband products throughout Alaska. He earned his M.B.A. and M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado as well as a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Address:4701 Business Park Blvd Unit #J-24 , , Anchorage, Alaska, United States, 99503
Agenda
7:40 am - Carpool drivers and passengers assemble at Tikahtnu Commons, 1142 N Muldoon Rd, Anchorage, AK 99504. Park near old Sam's Club.
8:00 am - Carpool leaves for site from Tikatnu Commons or other arrangements. It is approximately 2 hour drive to the site.
10:30 am - Welcome, safety briefing and site introductions.
12:30 pm - Lunch on our own and return to Anchorage or home.