symposium B2

Title

IAF SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYMPOSIUM

Description

This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), examines developments in space-based systems, services, applications, and technologies as they relate to communication and navigation. Communication topics include fixed, broadcast, high-throughput, mobile, optical, and quantum communications. Navigation topics include position, velocity, and time determination and tracking for both relative and inertial reference frames. The symposium addresses geostationary, non-geostationary, and extra-terrestrial systems and constellations. The topics of IoT and M2M as they relate to communication and navigation are also applicable to this symposium.

IPC members

• Coordinator: Dr. Laszlo Bacsardi, Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT), Hungary;

• Coordinator: Dr. Morio Toyoshima, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan;