session 1

Title

14th UN/IAA Workshop on Small Satellite Programmes at the Service of Developing Countries

Description

This workshop is organised jointly by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN/OOSA) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). It will review the needs that could be satisfied and results achieved by developing nations through using small satellites. National space plans and examples of application results and benefits should be included. Small satellite programmes in Asia would be of particular interest to the session. The workshop will also review the results of international cooperation, technology transfer, lessons learned and the extent to which these efforts have contributed to the space maturity of developing countries.

Date

2013-09-24

Time

09:45

Room

307B

IPC members

• Chairman: Dr. Sias Mostert, Space Commercial Services Holdings (Pty) Ltd, South Africa;

• Chairman: Mr. Sergei Chernikov, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Pierre Molette, France;

• Rapporteur: Prof. Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States;