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    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

    Time

    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    withdrawn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    withdrawn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    withdrawn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