session 2

Title

Small Space Science Missions

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

2012-10-01

Time

15:15

Room

TS09 (Sala Spica, Hall 3)

IPC members
papers

Order

Time

Paper title

Selection result

Mode

Presentation status

Speaker

Affiliation

Country

1

Initial orbit determination results for the LARES satellite

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. Ignazio Ciufolini

Università del Salento

Italy

2

Optimal Global Distribution of Occultation Data for FORMOSAT-3 and -7 Type Constellations

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. Rock Jeng-Shing Chern

University of Science & Technology

Canada

3

Experiment POTENTIAL onboard SICH-2 Microsatellite – First Results

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Prof. Valerii Korepanov

Lviv Centre of Institute for Space Research

Ukraine

4

Operations for Two Spacecraft of Triple-cubesat Mission TRIO-CINEMA with A Single RF Chain

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. Seyoung Yoon

Kyung Hee University

Korea, Republic of

5

The key demonstrations of high-precision two satellite formation flight

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mrs. Yi-wei Liu

DFH Satellite CO.,LTD

China

6

TwenteSat – The first low-frequency interferometer in space

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. Mark Bentum

University of Twente

The Netherlands

7

ExoplanetSat: high precision photometry for exoplanet transit detection in a 3U CubeSat

accepted

15'

confirmed

Ms. Mary Knapp

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

United States

8

Plasma Irregularities in the Ionospheric F-Region under Different Solar Activity Conditions: A Study Using Nanosatellites

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Dr. Alexandre Alvares Pimenta

National Institute for Space Research - INPE

Brazil

9

i-inspire - Australia's first university pico-satellite mission

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. Size Xiao

The University of Sydney

Australia

10

Conceived, designed and constructed by students: a Canadian nano-satellite for space physics research

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Ms. Nicole Nagy

University of Saskatchewan

Canada

11

Attitude dynamics analysis of Aalto-1 satellite during de-orbiting experiment with plasma brake

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. Pekka Janhunen

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI

Finland

12

Miniature Magnetic Sensor for Space Research

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Dr. Vira Pronenko

Lviv Centre of Institute of Space Research

Ukraine