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    Title

    Access to Space for Small Satellite Missions

    type

    oral

    Description

    A key challenge facing the viability and growth of the small satellite community is affordable and reliable space access. Topics of interest for this session include the utilization of dedicated launches; development of ride-share systems, auxiliary payload systems, and separation and dispenser systems; and responsive integration approaches that will enable efficient small satellite access to space. Includes lessons learned from users on technical and programmatic approaches. For a dedicated discussion of small satellite propulsion systems, please refer to session B4.5A-C4.8. For a discussion of small launchers concepts and operations, please refer to session D2.7.

    Date

    2025-10-01

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Room C3.2

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Yves Gerard, Airbus Defence & Space, France;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Philip Davies, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), United Kingdom;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Jeff Emdee, The Aerospace Corporation, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Carlos Niederstrasser, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    Utilizing Small Satellite Launch Vehicle - A Cross-Border Collaboration for Space Mission Australia India Technology Research and Innovation (Space MAITRI) by Space Machines Company and New Space India Limited

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Nhat Nguyen

    Space Machines Company

    Australia

    2

    15:10

    Enabling On-Demand Launches and Reentries

    10

    Mr. Zheng Tao

    United States

    3

    15:20

    Leveraging Innovative Launch Opportunities for Low-Cost Space Access

    10

    Dr. SANDhYA RAO

    India

    4

    15:30

    Very Low Earth Orbit Nanosatellite Platform with Innovative, Resource-Saving Orbit Keeping Strategy

    10

    Mr. Georg Langer

    Technische Universität Dresden (DTU)

    Germany

    5

    15:40

    Early Validation of a Small Satellite Design Guideline for Efficient Stacking in Heavy Launchers

    10

    Dr. Barnaby Osborne

    ESA

    United Kingdom

    6

    15:50

    Low cost cluster self reconfigurable modular spacecraft for multimodal space and ground observation missions

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Tongshu Zhang

    Northwestern Polytechnical University;National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Flight Dynamics

    China

    7

    16:00

    Lesson Learned from Tracking & Identification for Rideshare LEOP Support

    10

    Mr. Robert Arthur

    NeuraSpace, SA

    United Kingdom

    8

    16:10

    Optimizing CubeSat Constellations for LEO Earth Observation: Maximizing Coverage and Revisit Capabilities

    10

    Ms. Tarifa AlKaabi

    Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST)

    United Arab Emirates

    9

    16:20

    Constellation Reconfiguration and Task Scheduling Optimization for Emergency Earth Observation Response Using Low-Thrust

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Zhengqing Fang

    Tsinghua University School of Aerospace

    China

    10

    16:30

    a fast-response launch planning method for small satellites

    10

    Ms. YAN LYU

    China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

    China

    11

    16:40

    Ballistic coefficient characterization of the 3U CubeSat IGNIS mission

    10

    Mr. Corrado D'Urso

    University of Naples "Federico II"

    Italy

    12

    16:50

    In-space and Atmospheric Reentry Energy Generation with AMALTHEA – a CubeSat-Based Technology Demonstration

    10

    Ms. Maria Chytka

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

    United States

    13

    17:00

    Orbital Docking and Integration Nexus (ODIN): A Scalable and Sustainable in-orbit Platform for Space Research

    10

    Mr. Oliver Legon

    University of Nottingham

    United Kingdom

    *

    Aerodynamic Optimization and Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Logic Controller for Orbital Station-Keeping of CubeSats in VLEO

    10

    Mr. Vishwas Jajpura

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    India

    *

    Opportunistic Space-Based Space Situation Awareness using Star Trackers

    10

    Ms. Hayley Richardson

    Inovor Technologies

    Australia