2008 AMSAT North America Space Symposium

24-26 October 2008, Atlanta, Georgia Call for Papers:

This is the first call for papers for the 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and

Annual Meeting to be held October 24-26, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations

are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite program.

An emphasis for this year is an educational outreach to middle and high

school students. Another topic if interest is using amateur satellite

tracking systems to monitor deep space network objects.

In particular, papers on the following topics are solicited:

* Students & Education

* ARISS

* AO-51

* P3E

* Eagle

* Deep Space Network monitoring

* Any additional satellite-related topics.

We request a one-page abstract as soon as possible. Camera ready copy

on paper or in electronic form will be due by September 1, 2008 for

inclusion in the printed symposium proceedings. Papers received after

this date may not be included in the printed proceedings.

Abstracts and papers should be sent to n8fgv@amsat.org