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8 July 2024

NASA Sounding Rocket Working Group Meeting to be Held July 9 — Agenda and Information Regarding Virtual Attendance

NASA’s Sounding Rocket Working Group (SRWG) is an informal advisory committee that meets twice a year, providing input to the Sounding Rocket Program Office at Wallops since the late 1980s. It is composed of 12 members who are active users — representing researchers and PIs at universities and research labs across the country in the disciplines of Astrophysics, Solar, and Geospace.

The spring/summer meeting will take place on Tuesday 9 July 2024 at the Goddard Space Flight Center starting at 9a Eastern (6a Pacific). The agenda may be found below.

The meeting will be conducted both In-person and Virtually.

  • Physical attendance: NASA GSFC Bldg. 21, Room 183A/B
  • Virtual attendance via Microsoft Teams:
    • Meeting link (Meeting ID: 255 561 921 053 ; Passcode: hxDTgq)
  • Dial in by phone:
    • +1 256-715-9946,,24080061# United States, Huntsville
    • Find a local number
    • Phone conference ID: 240 800 61#

Rob Pfaff
NASA Project Scientist, Sounding Rockets
F. Scott Porter
NASA Deputy Project Scientist, Sounding Rockets

Detailed Agenda (All Times Eastern)
Time Topic Speaker
9:00am Review of Agenda and Welcome of New Members Pfaff
9:05am Welcome from the Goddard Space Flight Center TBD
9:10am NASA HQ Program and Heliophysics Update Moses
9:40am NASA HQ Astrophysics Update Hams
9:50am Sounding Rocket Program Office Update
Current Manifest and Challenges
Rosanova
10:20am NSROC Program Update Weaver
10:30am COFFEE BREAK
10:45am Response to January 2024 SRWG Findings SRPO
11:15am Peru Campaign Update Bissett
11:30am Poker Flat Research Range Update from Univ. of Alaska McCoy
11:45am Report: Solar Flare Campaign Glesener
12:00 noon Report: Solar Eclipse Rockets — APEP Barjatya
12:15pm LUNCH
1:00pm Update on Ranges SRPO
1:30pm Rocket Motors and Vehicles Brodell
2:00pm SRPO Technology and Engineering Update Yacobucci
3:30pm BREAK
4:00pm Executive Session (incl. recommendations) SRWG
5:30pm ADJOURN

If you need assistance regarding logistics for the SRWG meeting, contact Steve Martin at steven.c.martin@nasa.gov or 301-286-6517.

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