symposium B4

Title

21st IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS

Description

« Small Satellite Missions » refers to the class of missions conducted using satellites weighing less than 1000 kg. For clarity, we further classify small satellites as microsats if they weigh less than 100 kg; nanosats or cubesats if they weigh less than 10 kg; and picosats if they weigh less than 1 kg. This Symposium, organised by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), addresses Small Satellite missions and projects in Science, Exploration, and Technology for government, industry, and academic programmes. The Symposium scope encompasses space science (B4.2), earth observation (B4.4), and exploration (B4.8) missions, as well as the cross-cutting topics of small satellite programmes in developing countries (B4.1), cost-effective operations (B4.3), affordable and reliable space access (B4.5), emerging and promising technologies (B4.6A and B4.6B), and cross-platform compatibility applications and standards (B4.7A). For IAC 2014, the Symposium is continuing the topic of Small Distributed Space Missions (B4.7B), to be held in cooperation with B4.7A as a possible implementation of modular, reconfigurable, rapid systems. Abstracts highlighting ingenuity or innovation are preferred. Where possible, abstracts should have a wide interest in the community and include transferable knowledge or lessons learned. This is in keeping with our commitment to meeting the needs of the small satellite community. This Symposium will be accepting submissions for oral presentations only.

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sessions

Title

Date

Room

1. 15th UN/IAA Workshop on Small Satellite Programmes at the Service of Developing Countries

2014-09-30 09:45

714A

2. Small Space Science Missions

2014-09-29 15:15

714A

3. Small Satellite Operations

2014-09-30 14:45

714A

4. Small Earth Observation Missions

2014-10-01 09:45

714A

5. Access to Space for Small Satellite Missions

2014-10-01 14:45

714A

6A. Generic Technologies for Small/Micro Platforms

2014-10-03 13:30

714A

6B. Generic Technologies for Nano/Pico Platforms

2014-10-02 09:45

714A

7A. Space Systems and Architectures Featuring Cross-Platform Compatibility

2014-10-02 14:45

714A

7B. Small Distributed Space Missions

2014-10-02 15:15

714A

8. Small Spacecraft for Deep-Space Exploration

2014-10-03 09:45

714A