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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

    2026-10-05

    Time

    16:30

    Room

    Hall 2

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Larry Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Oana van der Togt, Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), Netherlands (Kingdom of the);

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Roberta Mugellesi-Dow, European Space Agency (ESA), United Kingdom;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    16:30

    Leveraging SmallSats for an Architecturally Diverse Heliophysics Fleet

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Joe Westlake

    NASA

    United States

    2

    16:45

    The COSPAR-1 Mission: Advancing Space Science through Capacity Building

    12

    confirmed

    Dr. Amal Chandran

    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at University of Colorado

    United States

    3

    16:57

    OPUS-1: An Ultracompact CubeSat-Based Galactic Cosmic Ray Detector

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Colin Quinn

    BLUECUBE Aerospace

    United States

    4

    17:09

    sun whisperer-k: a cubesat solar-sail mission to earth's quasi-moon kamo'oalewa

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Dillon OReilly

    Southeast Technological University of Ireland

    Ireland

    6

    17:21

    Significance of 6U CubeSat PRELUDE for On-Orbit Investigation of Seismo-Ionospheric Variations

    12

    confirmed

    Dr. Masahiko Yamazaki

    Nihon University

    Japan

    7

    17:33

    The Plasma Observatory mission concept: cost-effective solutions for a reliable European Science mission

    12

    confirmed

    Ms. Catarina Antunes da Silva

    OHB System AG

    Germany

    8

    17:45

    Development of the RADICALS Bus: A Canadian Spin-Stabilized Spacecraft Enabling a Better Understanding of Earth's Climate

    12

    confirmed

    Ms. Ana Vukojevic

    Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

    Canada

    9

    17:57

    Identifying Asteroid Composition Using Satellite Perturbation Signatures Combined with Shape Reconstruction and Spectral Data Fusion: A CubeSat-Based Approach

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Jayasheel Siram

    India

    10

    18:09

    A Triple-Layer LaBr₃:Ce Compton Camera for Gamma-Ray Burst Detection and Localisation Aboard a 3U CubeSat "SABHASAT"

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Snehadeep Kumar

    India

    11

    18:21

    Versatility of PRECISION for Space Science and other non-EO missions

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Steve Eckersley

    Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)

    United Kingdom