session 1

Title: Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN)
Description: The Space Communications and Navigation Young Professionals Virtual Forum (YPVF) will focus on best practices, future projects, research and issues for the future of Space Communications and Navigation.
Date: 2012-10-03
Time: 15:15
Room: TS19 (Sala Vega, Palacongressi)

IPC members

Chairman: Mr. Edward W. Ashford, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), United States;
Chairman: Mr. Dipak Srinivasan, The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States;
Chairman: Mr. Kevin Shortt, Airbus Defence & Space, Germany;

papers
Order	Paper title	Selection result	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	KEYNOTE: Status of Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Compatibility, Interoperability and Interchangeability	accepted		Dr. Joe M. Straus	The Aerospace Corporation	United States
2	A GEO-ISL based TC&R plan for LEO Communication Constellation System	accepted	confirmed	Dr. Tong Yang	China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)	China
3	End-to-End measurement environment for an electrical steerable Ka-Band Inter-Satellite Link Antenna	accepted		Mr. Jürgen Letschnik	Technical University of Munich	Germany
4	Experiments Program for NASA’s Space Communications Testbed	accepted		Mr. David Chelmins	NASA Glenn Research Center	United States
5	The Sentinels Mission Data Systems and Secure Space Communications	accepted		Mr. Michael Koller	European Space Agency (ESA)	Germany
6	DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS TO CHARACTERIZE HARDWARE FOR HIGH FIDELITY END-TO-END COMMUNICATIONS EMULATION	accepted		Mr. Steven Petkovsek	NASA Glenn Research Center	United States