session 2

Title: Small Space Science Missions
type: oral
Description: This session will address the current and near-term approved small/micro/nano missions whose objective is to achieve returns in the fields of Earth science, solar, interplanetary, planetary, astronomy/astrophysics observations, and fundamental physics. Emphasis will be given to results achieved, new technologies and concepts, and novel management techniques.
Date: 2015-10-12
Time: 15:15
Room: Eshkol 1 (ICC, lower level)

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Stamatios Krimigis, The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States;
Co-Chair: Dr. Larry Paxton, The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Twinkle – a British space mission to explore faraway worlds	15'	confirmed	Dr. Marcell Tessenyi	University College London (UCL)	United Kingdom
2	ULTRASAT – The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite	15'	confirmed	Dr. Ilan Sagiv	Weizmann Institute of Science	Israel
3	finding unique exoplanets with ULTRASAT	15'	confirmed	Dr. Aviv Ofir	Weizmann Institute of Science	Israel
4	a new distributed microsatellite and nanosatellite system for precise atmospheric density measurement	15'	no-show	Mr. Zhiming Zhao	DFH Satellite Co. Ltd.	China
5	PROBA-3, a formation flying spacecraft implementing a giant coronagraph	15'	withdrawn	Mr. Joe Zender	European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESA-ESTEC	The Netherlands
6	PIC.A.S.S.O: A State of the Art CubeSat	15'	withdrawn	Mr. Kevin Quillien	Clyde Space Ltd.	United Kingdom
7	Design, Manufacturing and Test of the cubesat URSA MAIOR	15'	confirmed	Dr. Fabrizio Piergentili	University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Italy
8	Laboratory performance of X-ray detector on 2U CubeSat BeEagleSat	15'	confirmed	Prof.Dr. Emrah Kalemci		Türkiye
9	a new concept in designing the thermal shield for a small reentry spacecraft	15'	withdrawn	Ms. Bianca Szasz	Kyushu Institute of Technology	Japan
10	Eight Years of Gamma-Ray Astrophysics: the AGILE Mission	15'	withdrawn	Dr. Fabio D'Amico	Italian Space Agency (ASI)	Italy
11	Small Explorer for Advanced Missions Peculiarities	15'	withdrawn	Dr. Vira Pronenko	Lviv Centre of Institute for Space Research	Ukraine
12	scientific program and operation of small satellites "aist".	15'	confirmed	Mr. Ivan Tkachenko	SSAU	Russian Federation

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