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Following the previous successful international symposia in England, Taiwan, and the United States, the 5th International symposium will be hosted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. As in the past, the symposium will focus on ground Telemetry, Tracking & Command (TT&C) systems used to support spacecraft, on the operational aspects of the support and on methodologies such as automation, re-use, and inter-operability that reduce the cost of the systems and operations.
The Fifth International Symposium on
Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft
Ground Systems and Operations (RCSGSO)
July 8-11, 2003
The Westin Pasadena (formerly Doubletree Hotel)
Pasadena, California
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This year, the workshop is being sponsored by DESCANSO - the Deep Space Communications and Navigation Systems Center of Excellence at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. DESCANSO promotes continued innovative work in many areas for planetary explorations, including TT&C ground systems and operational concepts and methodologies.
The symposium will feature presenters from government, academia, and industry.
The symposium opening address will be given by the General Chairman, Dr. William Weber, JPL Director for the Interplanetary Network Directorate. The keynote speaker for the Symposium Banquet is Mr. Peter Theisinger, the project manager for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Project. MER is a two-spacecraft project that will land rover on Mars in December 2003 and January 2004. The symposium also features a visit to JPL as well as an evening at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, Los Angeles' premiere venue for magical entertainment.
 Full-text Papers now online.
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