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Designing Safe Roads: Who's Responsible?, Daniel S. Turner

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Intelligent Vehicle Highway System, John A. Deacon

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Keynote Address [1989], B. J. Campbell

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Update On Earthquake Mitigation Study At Uk, Vincent P. Drnevich

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Welcome And Remarks [1989], O. Gilbert Newman

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Opening Remarks [1989], Calvin G. Grayson

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss homecoming, forum, photos and legislation.

Associated Student Government-Glasgow Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding homecoming, fundraising and improvements for WKU-Glasgow campus.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss Western 2000 committee, bylaws, Economic Development Center, faculty grievances, head vs chair issue and salaries.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss Luther Hughes professor of the year, Kentucky Higher Education Week and homecoming.

Resolution 89-2-F - Unicorn Pizza Hours, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution requesting an expansion of Unicorn Pizza weekend hours.

Memo - Resolution From The Executive Committee Regarding The Head/Chair Issue, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Memo to Faculty Senate regarding progress on the department head / department chair issue.

Associated Student Body-Glasgow Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Discussion of homecoming events, elections, Red & White Day, Women in Transition and Christmas activities.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss master plan committee, Alcohol Awareness Week, training sessions, shuttle shelter, condoms and International Day.

Resolution 89-01-F - Wku Press Box, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to paint Western Kentucky University across top of Smith Stadium press box.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Discussion of President Thomas Meredith's first year, faculty regent election, shuttle service, enrollment and the constitution.

Proposed Revision Of Part Iii University Policy On Faculty Governance, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Policy on chair form of departmental governance.

Newsletter Vol. Xiii, No. 3, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Faculty Senate Meeting
• WKU Department Head vs. Department Chair
• Resolution of the Faculty Senate of WKU re: Department Chairs
• Bussey, Charles. Why Do Students Attend Western?
• COSFL

Commercial Space Opportunities From The Soviet Union, William Wirin

Small Satellite Conference

The Space Commerce Corporation and GLAVKOSMOS began a joint venture on January 1, 1989. This agreement makes available to the entire world the vast array of goods and services in the Soviet space program. Businessmen, corporations, and civil space agencies now have access to the robust space capability and infrastructure of the U.S.S.R. This historic development in the commercialization of space activities is made even more dramatic by the commitment to make these services and products available under the terms and conditions specified by the buyer. We do it your way. The primary capabilities available are: launch service; communications satellites; …

Packaging Multiple Small Satellites On A Single Launch Vehicle, Donald Gibbons, Walter Holemans

Small Satellite Conference

This paper presents a survey of packaging methods applied to multiple satellites launched on a single launch vehicle. The launch vehicle is a significant expense in most satellite programs and can equal or exceed the payload costs. Efficiency is achieved by fully utilizing launch vehicle payload capacity and by using larger, lower cost per mass to orbit boosters. A single launcher placing several satellites on orbit saves time and money. The economies of scale gained by launching several payloads from a single launch vehicle creates a need for innovative packaging and separation methods which are reliable, adaptable, and lightweight. A …

Solid Rocket Propulsion For Small-Satellite Applications, C.E. Carr, Ii, D.W. Walstrum

Small Satellite Conference

Thiokol Corporation has been a leading producer of space motors for more than 25 years. During this time, more than 2000 motors have successfully flown, representing a 0.998 reliability. These motors have ranged in size from 5 to 63 in. in diameter with propellant loadings of 4 to 7167 Ibm and were designed to allow performance tailoring in order to meet specific customer requirements. Thiokol offers many mature small motor designs that offer high reliability at a low cost for small-satellite applications. Motors used for small-satellite applications in the past generally had mass fractions of less than 0.89 and effective …

Compendium Of Small Class Elv Capabilities, Costs, And Constraints, Karen Poniatowski

Small Satellite Conference

The small class of expendable launch vehicles (ELV's) is the most dynamic and has experienced the largest entry of commercial entrepreneurial activity both in the United States and abroad over the past few years. Small class ELV's can deliver payloads weighing up to approximately 1,000 Ibs. to low earth orbit. Until 1989, the only flight demonstrated vehicles in this class were the US. Scout, the Japanese MU IIS, and the Chinese Long March I. All of these vehicles were developed under government contracts to meet specific government requirements. The Scout vehicle leads tile pack with an impressive history of 112 …

Titan Ii Small Multisatellite Mission Approach, Aubrey Butts, David Giere, Bruce French, John Kusnierek

Small Satellite Conference

At the present time, small satellite programs are faced with the dilemma that they are sometimes so small that they cannot afford the expense of a dedicated Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) and. therefore, must attempt to find a way to get into orbit as a secondary payload. This paper discusses another alternative, the use of a Titan II as a dedicated launch vehicle for a group of small satellites. Launches could be scheduled on a periodic basis as a function of predicted need. The Titan II has the capability of inserting total payload weight of 3,000 to 4,000 lbs. into …

Payload Interface Guide For The Pegasus Air-Launched Space Booster, Marty Mosier, Gary Harris

Small Satellite Conference

The Pegasus(tm) Air-Launched Space Booster combines an innovative approach to satellite launch operations with the latest in proven launch vehicle technology. Pegasus provides small satellite users with an exceptionally flexible and cost effective means of placing payloads into a wide variety of orbital altitudes and inclinations. Vehicle ground processing techniques and payload integration methods have been designed to provide small payload users with flexibility in satellite design and integration. This paper describes the Pegasus vehicle, provides information pertinent to payload design and outlines the steps involved in using Pegasus to launch a typical small payload.

Department Head Vs. Department Chair, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Draft recommendations regarding departmental governance and the use of both department head and department chair.

Associated Student Body-Glasgow Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

First meeting of the WKU-Glasgow Associated Student Government executive council. Discussion of homecoming and Christmas activities. Includes list of businesses to contact regarding homecoming and by-laws for the WKU-G ASG.

Small Satellite Design For Inner Solar System Exploration, Walter Daniel, Commander Vernon Gordon

Small Satellite Conference

This paper describes a study that examined using the Pegasus launch vehicle and small spacecraft for missions to the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. The launch vehicle can deliver approximately 820 lb (371.9 kg) into a 0° inclination circular orbit of 200 nm (370.4 km) altitude. With convential solid propellant rocket motors, a spacecraft of 73.8 kg (162.7 lb) would be delivered to Venus or Mars. A spacecraft using a currently existing 10 kW xenon-ion engine system with specific impulse of 3500 sec would deliver 143.4 kg (316.2 lb) to Venus or Mars. The spacecraft can fit inside the Pegasus …

Small Spacecraft For Low-Cost Planetary Missions, K.J. Cole, H. Feingold, J. Mcadams, M.L. Stancati, J.R. French

Small Satellite Conference

Small low-cost spacecraft offer the opportunity to carry out a variety of planetary exploration missions at modest cost as part of a sustained program. This study identifies scientifically valuable missions of modest cost that can be carried out by modifications of a single spacecraft design. These missions lend themselves to a continuing program of essentially constant funding level. Such a program could involve several launches spread over a period of 10 to 15 years at roughly two-year intervals. The stability offered by relatively constant funding, frequent launches, and the return of data in a more nearly constant fashion than is …

Distributed Aperture Radar Using Small Satellites, Ken Molz

Small Satellite Conference

Recent work on key technological problems of self-cohering and high speed processing has led to a concept for distributed space based radar. Experimentally demonstrated self-cohering techniques allows a duster of small satellites to form a coherent aperture even though the position of each satellite in the cluster is not precisely known. The signal processing of the receive beams has been sized and the architecture of spaceborne VLSI processor outlined and shown to the practical in size, weight and power consumption. Clutter is reduced by the extremely narrow receive beams so that small targets can he detected and tracked. The goal …

Electric Propulsion For Small Spacecraft, Ralph Lorenz

Small Satellite Conference

Electric Propulsion (EP) is that in which electrical energy, rather than chemical energy, is used to accelerate a propellant to produce thrust. This paper surveys the EP technologies applicable for use on small spacecraft, paying attention to the unique constraints imposed by this application. The very high specific impulse that can be generated by an EP system offers the potential of greatly expanding the scope of missions that can be achieved by small spacecraft. The paper considers the various missions already identified, and outlines a promising small deep space probe using ion propulsion.