The main activities of the Publications Subcommittee:
Publish and maintain the SOSTC’s online, peer-reviewed journal: the Journal of Space Operations & Communicator at http://www.aiaa.org/tc/sos/communicator.html
Preparing the annual Year In Review article for Aerospace America, which highlights the year’s major accomplishments in space operations.
Provide organization and preparation assistance for other Aerospace America articles that represent the voice of the SOSTC, to include organizing member input
Provide organization and preparation assistance for position papers that represent the voice of the SOSTC.
Maintain SOSTC Website • Select the annual “Best Paper of the Year” award recipient from the previous year’s Communicator submissions
Accommodate the needs and requests of the AIAA in supporting other major publications, e.g., journals, handbooks, brochures, etc.
Preparing publications inputs to the SOSTC activities plan.
Subcommittee positions include members acting as focal points for collecting technical highlights supporting Aerospace America. Special positions are created as needed to support individual publication activities. The editor for the Journal of Space Operations & Communicator will be a member of this subcommittee. As the need arises there may also be an assistant editor or international editor of the Journal, who will be chosen by the editor with the approval of the subcommittee chair (if different) and the SOSTC Chair. The Secretary of the SOSTC is a member of this subcommittee.
Activities Schedule:
Quarterly • Publish the Journal of Space Operations & Communicator
Annually between August and October • Submit the Year in Review article to Aerospace America