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Title: 9th UN/IAA Workshop on Small Satellite Programmes at the Service of Developing Countries
Description: This workshop is organized jointly by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN/OOSA) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). It shall review the needs that could be satisfied and results achieved by developing nations through using small satellites.
Date: 2008-09-30
Time: 10:00
Room: Castle 3

IPC members

Chairman: Mr. Sergei Chernikov, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria;
Chairman: Dr. Sias Mostert, Space Commercial Services Holdings (Pty) Ltd, South Africa;
Rapporteur: Dr. Petr Lala, Czech Space Office, Czech Republic;
Rapporteur: Mr. Pierre Molette, France;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1		The Use of Satellite-Based Technology to Meet Needs in Developing Countries	presentation		Dr. Danielle Wood	The John Hopkins University	United States
2		Space for Development – Satellite Engineering as Catalyst for Development	presentation		Dr. Sias Mostert	Space Commercial Services Holdings (Pty) Ltd	South Africa
3		Towards a United Nations Basic Space Technology Initiative	presentation		Dr. Werner R. Balogh	United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs	Austria
4		Growth and development of the DMC for developing nations; New satellites and new members in the international constellation	presentation		Mr. Alex da Silva Curiel	Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)	United Kingdom
5		NigeriaSat-2 – The high-performance small satellite programme at the service of Nigeria	presentation		Mr. Andrew Cawthorne	Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)	United Kingdom
6		NanoSatC-BR – The First Brazilian CubeSat	presentation		Mr. Lucas Lopes Costa	National Institute for Space Research - INPE	Brazil
7		kenya - italy joint venture in small satellite missions.	presentation		Dr. John Njoroge Kimani	Ministry of State for Defence - Kenya	Kenya
8		Using SmallSats and DTN for Communication in Developing Countries	presentation		Mr. Christopher Krupiarz	The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory	United States
9		The small satellite program of Korea : Science & Technology SATellite (STSAT)	presentation		Mr. JONG-OH PARK	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Korea, Republic of
10		Design Philosophy, Features and Development of Sun-sensor and Magnetic Field Probe for Nano Satellite	presentation		Prof. Harijono Djojodihardjo	Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia	Indonesia
11		one cube or more?	presentation		Ms. sahar bakhtiari mojaz	Iranian Space Agency (ISA)	Iran