session 7

Title

Hosted Playloads - Concepts, Techniques and Challenges, Missions and Applications

Description

Accross the space community there is increasing interest and activity in the area of hosted payloads. In this concept, one or more additional payloads are incorporated onto a main spacecraft, where the objectives of the hosted payloads are unrelated to the principal mission (e.g. commercial communications) of the main spacecraft. In this way, specialized observational, scientific, or experimental or operational payloads can be brought to orbit, even to geostationary orbit, for a fraction of the cost of building and launching independent satellites. The concept also provides for unique observational conditions, e.g. 24/7 global observation, that would be otherwise unaffordable for the instrument or payload classed under consideration. The approach presents unique challenges, that range from organizational relationships, through adaptation of mission requirements (e.g. observation geometry, RF susceptibility and emissions) to meet conditions required by the host spacecraft, to development, integration, test, and compatible on-orbit operation of divergent systems. Papers in this session will look at current missions and future opportunities and address both benefits and challenges as the world-wide space community moves into this exciting area.

Date

2014-10-02

Time

14:45

Room

717A

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Ming Li, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), China;

• Co-Chair: Prof. Igor V. Belokonov, Samara National Research University (Samara University), Russian Federation;