| On October 21-24, 2012, Representatives from Elizabeth City State University attended SeaSpace's 20th International Remote Sensing Conference in Coronado, California. The theme of this conference was "Building the Bridge to the Next Generation of Remote Sensing Satellites." Those who attended were given information on current and future direct broadcast satellites such as NPP and GOES-R, and an introduction to the new Apex™ high resolution ground systems and products. Dr. Linda Hayden, Director of the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER), Dr. Malcolm LeCompte, and Mr. Je’aime Powell along with Mr. Kwame Agyekum and Dr. George Wiafe of the University of Ghana attended the conference. Dr. Hayden, Mr. Powell, and Dr. Wiafe delivered presentations during the conference. Chancellor Willie Gilchrist presented his congratulations to SeaSpace via video and two past interns from ECSU, Andrew Brumfield and Autumn Luke presented their experiences also.
The conference was held at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort, just across the bay from downtown San Diego, in the hamlet of Coronado. Additionally, SeaSpace celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a poster session and reception at their headquarters in Poway on October 23rd.
ECSU has an ongoing relationship with SeaSpace which started in 2003 through the Office of Naval Research and Mr. Charles Luther who was also present at the conference. As part of this interaction ECSU will be receiving a 3.6m X/L system in December 2012, a 3.7m C-Band geostationary system which will ship in Feb 2013, and a 5.0m L Band the stationary which system will ship in June 2013. |
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