The IEEE Central Texas Consultants
Network is an affinity group of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
(IEEE) Region 5 Central Texas
Section.
Objective
The Consultants Network promotes the development
of members' careers through professional and
social networking, including publicizing members'
skills and sharing potential professional
opportunities, and supports the IEEE Central Texas
Section.
Meetings - General Information
The Consultants Network meets monthly. Except
when meeting jointly with other groups, the
Consultants Network meets on the fourth Wednesday
of each month. Meetings usually begin with
informal networking from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.,
followed by presentations from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
by experts in technology, marketing, sales,
advertising, financial or legal needs of small
businesses and special needs of consultants.
March 30, 2023
Special Meeting -
Live
Meeting at Asian American Resource Center
and also on Zoom
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Topic: |
Space
Communications - A Review
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Abstract: |
NASA’s reliable space
communications and navigation (SCaN)
networks are the backbone of all of
NASA’s space missions, providing the
critical communications services for all
earth, space science, and human space
missions. This includes all the
telemetry, tracking, and commanding
required by each spacecraft to transfer
key data to the ground systems to manage
space operations.
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Speaker: |
Scott Atkinson
email:s.atkinson@ieee.org
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Speaker's bio |

T. Scott Atkinson, IEEE Life Senior
Member, ComSoc Life Senior
Member, Computer Society Life
Senior Member and Technology
Engineering and Management
Society Life Senior Member, has
been a member of the IEEE
Communications Society since
1968. Over the years he
has attended and participated in
over 20 ComSoc Flagship
conferences and was Executive
Chair of the Globecom 2014 in
Austin. In his career, he
was initially in the U. S. Air
force, serving as a
Communications Officer.
His next position was as a
Communications Engineer working
for Lockheed Electronics Company
at the NASA Manned Spacecraft
Center near Houston. He
worked on the Apollo Command
Module/Lunar Module
Communications system testing
with primary focus on the Data
Storage Equipment (DSE)
essentially the black Box of the
Command and Lunar Modules.
Next, he served 14
years as a Communications
Engineer and Project Manager for
a Houston based company called
Tenneco. Finally, before
retirement, he worked for the
San Antonio based United
Services Automobile
Association (USAA) as a senior
Tech Support Engineer on their
Worldwide Communications
system. The main focus was
on their telephone switching
systems and voice/data
integration.
In retirement, he
became an independent
Telecommunications
Consultant working for USAA
and several other major clients
before retiring
completely in 2009.
At that time, he became a
full-time volunteer at IEEE for
the Communications Society,
Region 5 and the Member
Geographic Area Board. His
held two significant positions:
Chair of the IEEE Geographic
Unit Operations Support
Committee and chair of the Life
Members Committee.
He occasionally
provides presentations to IEEE
units on Space Communications,
major world telescopes and Home
Automation. He is also on
the ComSoc History Committee
where he performs Oral Histories
and supports their IEEE
Milestone applications.
He and his wife
Margaret have two adult
daughters and currently lives in
San Antonio.
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Date & Time: |
Thursday,
March 30 2023 : networking at 5:30 p.m.,
business and program from 5:30 to 8:00
p.m. |
Location: |
Zoom login information
will be sent about 20 hours before the
meeting.
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Cost: |
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Reservations: |
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If you are interested in professional career
development and cross-training in varied technical
fields, please consider joining the Central Texas
Consultants Network. And bring a colleague!
Presentation materials, if available, may be
obtained after the meeting through the Past Meetings page.
Other meetings and events of
interest:
Free March IEEE-USA
Webinars
IEEE-USA's
webinars are designed to help you find your next
job, elevate your career, negotiate your salary,
understand workplace ethics, develop soft skills
and more.
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Elizabeth Lions is a Career Coach and author
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More here: https://www.lionsology.com/
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