Bill Gawne

Mission Planning task lead, NASA Mission Readiness team, NPOESS Preparatory Project

Responsible for insuring the readiness of all aspects of the NPP mission planning systems, including orbit analysis, ground station pass planning, space network pass planning, and the development of daily activity schedules for transformation into command loads.


Previous space mission related experience

N.P.P Mission Rehearsal Director Responsible for the development of the NPP Mission Rehearsal Test Plan and subsequent detailed plans for the NPP mission rehearsals and operational readiness exercises. July 2006 - August 2010

DataLynx Ground Station Systems Engineer Responsible for the day to day operation of Honeywell's DataLynx ground station at Poker Flat, Alaska. Used remote operating facility located at Honeywell Aerospace HQ in Columbia MD to schedule and execute satellite command and telemetry passes via the 7.3m and 11m antennas located at Poker Flat AK. September 2004 - July 2006

GOES-R Architecture Study Systems Engineer As a member of the Honeywell DataLynx team, responsible for coordination and development of an architecture design and trade studies related to the Command, Control, and Communications system for the GOES-R family of weather satellites. November 2003 - September 2004

Mission Planner, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Science Instrument Analyst, Orbit Analyst, and Mission Planner, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission Operations Team, Johns Hopkins University, March 1997 - Nov 2003

Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Towson University, Jan 2001 - Aug 2006

Lead Experiment Controller, X-Ray Timing Explorer Science Operations Facility, January 1995 - March 1997

Science Operations Specialist, Space Telescope Science Institute Operations Division, January 1991 - December 1994

Observatory Manager, University of Oklahoma Astronomical Observatory, June 1990 - December 1990

Teaching Fellow in Astronomy, University of North Texas, June 1988 - May 1990

Observatory Manager and Resident Astronomer, North Texas State University (University of North Texas after January 1988), November 1984 - June 1990

Astronomy Instructional Assistant, North Texas State University, September 1983 - October 1984

Amateur Astronomer, 1966 - present


Education

BS Physics, Department of Physics, North Texas State University, 1987

MS Physics, Center for Applied Quantum Electronics, University of North Texas, 1990, Advisor: Dr. Chris Littler

Additional Graduate work in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, 1990, Advisor: Dr. Dick Henry


Professional Affiliations

American Astronomical Society

American Physical Society

Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics Honor Society

U. S. Marine Corps Association


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