session 2
- 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
- Room
- 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;
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 | 12 | confirmed | Ms. Catarina Antunes da Silva | OHB System AG | Germany | |
8 | 17:45 | 12 | confirmed | Ms. Ana Vukojevic | Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) | Canada | |
9 | 17:57 | 12 | confirmed | Mr. Jayasheel Siram | India | ||
10 | 18:09 | 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 |
