Systems Engineering at Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex and its role in the missions to Pluto and Mars

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Title: Systems Engineering at Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex and its role in the missions to Pluto and Mars

When: 25 March 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDQzYmMyOTMtNmFhYS00MWJhLTk4YTEtZmYyMWNhNGU5ZmY4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223ff6cfa4-e715-48db-b8e1-0867b9f9fba3%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2254161dc0-27a7-4593-b943-bf35a0e00257%22%7d

(No registration required! Feel free to join us right after dinner.)

Speaker: Prof Ed Kruzins

Abstract:

This seminar will look at the systems engineering and operations at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, to build new antennas and maintain ground station support to the fleet of 40 NASA space missions currently exploring the Solar Systems and beyond. It will then touch upon the Rover landing on Mars, the Cassini mission to Saturn and the New Horizons mission to Pluto and its moon Charon.

Bio:

Ed Kruzins is Professor of Space Communications and Tracking UNSW Canberra Space, member of the National Council of Space Engineering, Honorary Fellow of CSIRO and Adj/Professor University of Adelaide. Ed was Director 2012-21 of the NASA-JPL/CSIRO Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex CDSCC in Canberra, tracking 40 international space exploration missions. He is a member of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group of 27 Space Agencies collaborating in Lunar and Mars exploration promoting Australian engagement. As Systems Engineering Manager Raytheon 2004-06 at CDSCC Tidbinbilla, he provided ground station capability for key space missions including Cassini, Huygens/Titan, Mars & Lunar Orbiter, Curiosity Rover and the Voyager spacecraft. He holds practical experience in ground station and spaceflight operations. Ed began his working career with BAE/Matra/Marconi Space Systems building commercial satellites Olympus1, Inmarsat2, Telecom2 and Skynet4. With the European Union his team provided the first study work on the Galileo navigation constellation. Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ed also holds the rank of WGCDR in the RAAF reserve.