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

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Mills, Connie. November Senate Meeting
• Rasdall, Joyce. Letter to the Editor re: Higher Education
• Correction
• Common Predecessors: Results
• Logic Puzzles
• Maleness Conference at WKU?

Resolution 88-2-F - Build Shelters At Big Red Shuttle Stops, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Request for construction of bus stop shelters.

Resolution 88-3-F - Build Benches At Big Red Shuttle Stops, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Request for benches in bus shelters.

Resolution 88-1-F - Extended Lighted Tennis Court Hours, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution requesting tennis courts be open until midnight Monday through Thursday.

Minutes, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting regarding the division of Industrial and Engineering Technology into two departments, finance minor, sports management, physical fitness management, automated industrial systems, revision of Academic Council charter, personnel actions and salaries, presidential candidates Michael Dukakis, Pat Robertson and Ronald Reagan on campus, alumni phonothon, student recruitment and bragging points.

Program: Featured Lecture, "Resurrection: Faith Or Fact?", James E. Priest

William M. Green Distinguished Christian Lecture Program

Program for the Ninth Annual William M. Green Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Dr. James E. Priest, Professor of Religion, Pepperdine University.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss Council of Higher Education meetings, mock election, Big Red's Roar and bus stop shelters.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss Congress person of the week awards, discount cards and International Day.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding elections, salary survey, COSFL election and working with president Thomas Meredith.

Exhibit I - Fund Balance, Harry Largen

Board of Regents Documents

Memo from Harry Largen to Thomas Meredith regarding fund balances as of June 30, 1988.

Report Faculty Salary Survey, Ay88-89, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty salary survey in three parts:

1. Memo to Faculty Senate from Faculty Status & Welfare committee explaining the report
2. All Full-time Ranked Personnel by Salary by Rank within Department
3. All Ranked Personnel by High to Low Salary Within Rank

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss member of the week awards, International Day, homecoming and student alumni association.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss Council for Higher Education, faculty evaluations, committee meeting schedule and phonathon.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Discussion of insurance, meeting schedules, at large member elections, faculty survey, newsletter, Committee on Committees and part-time faculty.

Newsletter Vol. Xii, No. 2, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Glaser, Joe. October Senate Meeting
• Glaser, Joe. Formula Funding
• A Matter of Conjecture
• General Education: The Nightmare Continues
• Baughman, Henry. Letter to Editor re: General Education
• Miller, Mary. Letter to the Editor re: the Media
• Notices

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss elections, committee service, Vote America, Panhellenic activities and filling open positions.

Newsletter Vol. Xii, No. 1, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• September Senate Meeting
• Murphy, Fred. Open Letter to Western's Faculty
• It's Done. We KNow Hast Makes Waste, But . . . Proposed General Education Program
• University Attendance Policy
• The Chairs of Summer: Das Actes Krokodic And the Still Point of the Turning World
• Athletic Overspending in Arkansas
• Contributions and Letters Policy
• How to Get Higher Student Evaluations
• Common Predecsesors
• The Max & Sue Robinson Show
• A WKU Glossary for New Faculty Members, I
• Whom to Blame
• WKU Faculty Senate XII

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss meeting with Council for Higher Education, University of Louisville student government, attendance, International Day, College Awareness Day, Vote America, lecture series, Student Alumni Association and constitutional amendments.

Small Payload Accommodations (Spa) For The Atlas Family Of Launch Vehicles, Gerald Broad, David Lynn

Small Satellite Conference

The history of small, secondary payload accommodations on early ATLAS boosters is reviewed. Design and flight operations concepts for small payloads on current ATLAS launch vehicles are presented and discussed. ATLAS launch vehicle system capabilities are presented in terms of launch site integration schedules and the excess performance which will be available to launch small payloads.

Ariane Utilization For Secondary Payloads, G.G. Reibaldi, M. Trischberger, G. Melchior, J. Breton

Small Satellite Conference

In preparing for the future, the European Space Agency (ESA) has identified a growing shortage of flight opportunities for secondary payloads. This was most directly felt in the execution of the In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Programme (TOP), which is aimed at the demonstration of new technologies in orbit, before their application in projects, thereby reducing the overall risk. The TOP took a lead in investigating the possibility of using the European heavy lift launcher Ariane-IV as a low cost secondary payload carrier, not only for technological, but also for scientific and educational experiments. The secondary payloads were in the form of …

Pegasus Air-Launched Space Booster, Robert Lindberg, Marty Mosier

Small Satellite Conference

The Pegasus Air-Launched Space Booster development program, begun in early 1987, has the objective of combining an innovative approach to satellite launch operations with the latest in proven launch vehicle technology. Air launch of small satellite payloads on Pegasus provides a substantial performance improvement over ground-launched systems and also offers new launch operations flexibility including the ability to launch directly into virtually any orbital inclination. This paper describes the overall Pegasus vehicle design and reviews those design aspects that influence the design and integration of satellite payloads.

The Scout Launch Vehicle System, Pamela Tanck, James Williams

Small Satellite Conference

SCOUT, a four-stage, solid-rocket launch vehicle originally developed by LTV Missiles and Electronics Group, is completing its third decade of service. NASA-Langley started the program in 1958 with the intent of providing a simple, low-cost, reliable launch vehicle for orbital, probe and re-entry missions. On July 1, 1960, the first SCOUT vehicle was launched. Since SCOUT became operational in 1963, there have been 88 launches of which 84 were successful, representing a reliability record of 95.5 percent successful flights. In addition, over the past 20 years the reliability rate is an excellent 98.2 percent. The role of the SCOUT launch …

Small Launch Vehicle Ss-88-35, Rosario Nici, Clay Chun

Small Satellite Conference

Our goal is to design a 15,000 pound Small Launch Vehicle (SLV) which can carry a 250 kg payload into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The objective is to develop a system to provide the SLV capability at a low cost. A preliminary analysis established for further refinement of the design. The SLV is a two state liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen booster. Alternative fuels and engines are being investigated.

Design Of The U2 Experiment Ground Support Equipment, Paul Panneton

Small Satellite Conference

Small satellites and sensor payloads aboard larger spacecraft can benefit from ground support equipment (GSE) which reduces the time and cost of developing and flight qualifying space instruments. User friendly microcomputers and a comprehensive system design make such GSE possible and, due to the availability of high speed processors with real-time operating systems, even sophisticated instruments can be accommodated. This was demonstrated by The Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU / APL) during its work with the U2 Experiment, part of the Strategic Defense Initiative Office's Delta 181 Mission. The U2 Experiment, an orbiting multi-sensor optical emissions instrument, …

Cell-Based Gaas Mmics For Small Satellite Applications, S.P. Maccabe, D.G. Lockie

Small Satellite Conference

Highly integrated, reliable microwave components are needed for small satellite applications. The GaAs integrated circuit industry has been developed largely due to military electronic requirements. In particular, the library cell approach by Pacific Monolithics holds promise for making simple and complex microwave systems available at a cost not prohibitive for small satellite 'applications. This paper outlines the cell library approach, cells now in the library and some microwave systems built by integrating components from the cell library.

Space-Based Tethered Array Radar (Star) - A Distributed Small Satellite Network, Philip Tomlinson, Thomas Brown, Dayamoy Chakraborty

Small Satellite Conference

The Space-Based Tethered Array Radar (STAR) concept evolved from the DoD need for an affordable, launchable, survivable, and expandable Space-Based Radar for wide-area surveillance of airborne targets and for ballistic missile defense applications. Because low-observable threats can undermine conventional large monolithic Space-Based Radar satellite designs by forcing power-aperture products (inversely proportional to target radar cross-section) so high that the resulting heavy and expensive satellite could not be built or launched, innovative solutions are needed. One such solution is the use of a tether concept which derives strength and stability by tension rather than stiffness and bulk. The tether concept avoids …

Low Cost Molnyia Spacecraft For Navigation/Communications Missions, J Radbone

Small Satellite Conference

Although the Molniya orbit has been widely used by the Soviet Union for many years in support of a variety of communications, science and navigation missions, its advantages have never really been exploited in the west. The Molniya orbit offers improved communications at high latitudes particularly for mobile communications plays an important part in the NAVSAT navigation system constellation and offers scientists an opportunity to undertake scientific measurement over a variety of altitudes and hence environmental conditions with a single spacecraft. Surrey Satellite Technology have recently completed a study to assess the feasibility, and then to propose a preliminary design …

Mission Planning And Operations For Small Payloads Using The Flight Design System, Bret Yetter

Small Satellite Conference

Recent developments in the area of small satellites and small expendable launch vehicles have resulted in a need for mission planning and analysis tools and for supporting payload operations functions. Past experience in planning and replanning of Space Transportation System (STS) primary and secondary payloads has provided a basis for addressing small satellite projects. This paper presents a discussion of how the Flight Design System and related programs can be used for long range mission planning and near real time replanning to achieve small satellite payload objectives.

A Brief Survey Of Attitude Control Systems For Small Satellites Using Momentum Concepts, Ali Siahpush, Janet Gleave

Small Satellite Conference

High-accuracy pointing capabilities are desired for many three-axis stabilized small satellites. Momentum-based attitude control system actuators, initially developed for larger satellites, are being utilized by small satellites to meet these pointing requirements. This paper provides an overview of momentum devices available for small satellite applications and three-axis attitude control system (ACS) configurations using these devices. Factors affecting the selection and sizing of ACS components are also addressed. Included are suggestions for potential ACS improvements and cost-saving measures that will make momentum devices more accessible to the small satellite community.

Insurance Issues For Small Satellites And Elvs, Peter Stark

Small Satellite Conference

This paper is intended to identify to those considering the use of small satellites and expendable launch vehicles the issues which may affect their ability to obtain insurance for their activities. It first discusses the types of insurance which are presently associated with space activities, including physical damage and liability coverages. It then addresses those aspects of small satellites and ELVs which appear to be different than present insurable space activities, and concludes by discussing how those differences might affect insurance requirements.