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  • session 1

    Title

    Space Astronomy missions, strategies and plans

    type

    oral

    Description

    The session comprises invited talks by international space-agency division directors about their long-term views, priorities, and plans to implement developments and missions for the four fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics and fundamental physics). The mission scope ranges from flagship-class, large-class, medium-class, and small-class to smallsat platforms. The programme scope includes status updates on current programmes, near-term investment priorities, and long-range directions, including the relationship to community and guiding research panels.

    Date

    2026-10-05

    Time

    16:30

    Room

    Hall 30

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Eric Wille, ESA, Netherlands (Kingdom of the);

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Alessandra Di Cecco, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Andrew Court, TNO, Netherlands (Kingdom of the);

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    16:30

    KEYNOTE: ESA Technology Preparation for Future Science Missions

    30

    confirmed

    Dr. Sven Wittig

    ESA - European Space Agency

    Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

    2

    17:00

    Current and Future Planetary Exploration Program of India

    15

    confirmed

    Prof. Anil Bhardwaj

    Physical Research Laboratory

    India

    3

    17:15

    Saudi Space Weather Mission on Artemis II: Mission Overview and Science Objectives

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Najla Alahmadi

    Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

    Saudi Arabia

    4

    17:30

    Parker Solar Probe: From Breakthrough Discoveries in Solar Cycle 25’s Rise to Probing Its Decline

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Nour E. Raouafi

    The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

    United States

    5

    17:45

    The Ion Mass Composition Analyzer (IMCA) for ESA’s M7 Candidate Mission Plasma Observatory: System Development and Multi-Physics Characterisation

    15

    Mr. Giovanni Lombardi

    INAF-IAPS

    Italy

    6

    18:00

    HENON Pioneering Deep Space CubeSat in DRO: The Technical and Programmatic Challenges of its Implementation Phase Toward Flight Readiness and Operational Space Weather Capabilities

    15

    Mr. Edoardo Rota

    INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica

    Italy

    7

    18:15

    Mission overview of QUVIK : the first Czech-led space telescope and its science case

    15

    Dr. Lydia Stofanova

    VZLU AEROSPACE, a.s.

    Czech Republic

    8

    18:30

    SPace Radio Interferometric Telescope Explorer (SPRITE): A mission concept to study black holes using space-based interferometry

    15

    confirmed

    Prof. E. Glenn Lightsey

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    United States

    9

    18:45

    Preserving Dark Skies: A Framework to Protect Earth Observation, Astronomy, and Cultural Heritage

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Manisha Mahesh Kumar

    United Kingdom