ISS Program Amateur Radio Operations Lead - Mark Severance, N5XWF

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ISS Program Amateur Radio Operations Lead - Mark
Severance, N5XWF
ISS Amateur Radio Working Group (ARWG)

• ISS Program Office, Mission Integration
  Operations Office Code OC7
• June 2008

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Amateur Radio Working Group

• The Amateur Radio Working Group (ARWG) is a
  multilateral working group chartered by the ISS
  Program Manager and reporting to the MIOCB, to
  coordinate the planning, development, integration
  and operation of amateur radio on ISS
• AWRG Co-Chairs
• NASA Ops Planning Amateur Radio Lead, ISS
  Program Office, Mission Integration Operations
  Office, Code OC7 (Mark Severance, N5XWF)
• ARISS International Chairman (Frank Bauer,
  KA3HDO)
• Membership will consist of representatives from
  the major ISS International Partner space
  agencies
• CSA
• Energia
• ESA
• NASA (ARWG Co-Chair, Mark Severance)
• JAXA
• Additional membership from the NASA Astronaut
  Office, a Cosmonaut cadre representative and a
  Houston Support Group ad-hoc representative

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ARWG Related Board Structure
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ARWG Responsibilites

• ARWG will coordinate all amateur radio equipment
  integration and operations on ISS
• NASA, IPs, SFPs, etc. specific use of amateur
  radio resources on ISS
• Specifically
• Implement requirements from educational outreach,
  crew and ARISS partners
• Determine resource requirements
• Manifest opportunities (launch service, mass,
  stowage)
• Onboard resources (storage, power, crew operating
  time/complexity)
• Maintain communications and coordinate with the
  appropriate IP technical organizations and ARISS
  for issue resolution
• Specify crew training requirements for ISS ham
  equipment
• Monitor the development of ISS ham radio
  hardware/software and coordinate adherence to
  flight qualification requirements and approved
  schedules

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ARWG Membership
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ARWG Start Up

• Desire is to initiate the ARWG as soon as
  possible
• Examples where ARWG coordination would be
  beneficial
• Expansion of amateur radio capabilities into the
  Columbus module and other future modules
• USRA/Space Adventures Space Flight Participant
  amateur radio activities coordination
• CSA-Energia amateur radio activities for
  educational outreach
• Usage of ham radio assets for payload operations
• Initiate teleconference discussions as soon as
  all IP Representatives are designated
• First ARWG face-to-face meeting scheduled for
  July, 2008 in Moscow

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International Partner Space Agency
Representatives to the ARWG

• We are formally requesting representatives be
  designated from CSA, ESA, JAXA and Energia to
  support the ARWG
• The ideal IP representative would be
• An employee of the International Partner Space
  Agency
• An individual located in the IP Agencys ISS
  program support office or education office
• Previous experience working with or familiarity
  with ARISS operations or similar educational
  outreach programs
• Amateur radio experience is highly desirable but
  not required

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ARWG Points-of-Contact

• ARWG Co-Chairs
• Mark Severance, N5XWF
• NASA Ops Planning Amateur Radio Lead, ISS
  Program Office, Mission Integration Operations
  Office, Code OC7 Email
  mark.t.severance_at_nasa.gov, Office 281-483-0384,
  Cell 281-543-0706, Fax
  281-244-8040
• Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
• International Chairman, Amateur Radio on ISS
  (ARISS), Email
  ka3hdo_at_amsat.org, Office 202-358-1332, Cell
  301-873-0890