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session 1

Title: Ground Operations - Systems and Solutions
type: oral
Description: This session addresses all aspects of ground systems and solutions for all mission types, for both preparation and execution phases.
Date: 2026-10-09
Time: 13:45
Room: Hall 1

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mr. Sean Burns, EUMETSAT, Germany;
Co-Chair: Mr. Claude Audouy, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;
Rapporteur: Dr. Regina Mosenkis, Airbus Defence & Space, Germany;
Rapporteur: Mr. Keyur Patel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	13:45	Preparing for Metop-SG B1 Launch: Testing Strategy for the EUMETSAT EPS-SG Ground Segment	10	confirmed	Mrs. Hatice Ceylan	EUMETSAT	Germany
2	13:55	ENSURING GROUND SEGMENT READINESS: AN END-TO-END PRE-LAUNCH VALIDATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE S813 MISSION	10	confirmed	Mr. Mohammed Altamimi	The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC)	United Arab Emirates
3	14:05	A Dynamic Cyber Security Risk Assessment Approach Based on Operational Context for Satellite Ground Stations	10	confirmed	Ms. Sevgi Deniz	Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University	Türkiye
4	14:15	Evolving Ground Segment Architectures: Data Centres, Power Demand, and Operational Resilience	10	confirmed	Ms. Samiksha Raviraja	Airbus Defence and Space	United Kingdom
5	14:25	Multi-Source Cloud Cover Analysis and Machine Learning-Based Astronomical Observation Types Classification for the Eastern Anatolia Observatory (DAG)	10	confirmed	Ms. Fatma Ölmez	Ataturk University	Türkiye
6	14:35	Operational Architecture of the S813 Hyperspectral Satellite and Ground Segment Data Flow Optimization and Automation Framework	10	confirmed	Mr. Mohammed Altamimi	The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC)	United Arab Emirates
7	14:45	Cloud-Enabled Distributed Operations Architecture for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA)	10	confirmed	Mr. Ahmed Alzaabi	UAE Space Agency	United Arab Emirates
8	14:55	A Mission-Flow-Driven Unified Ground Segment Architecture for Scalable and Autonomous-Ready Satellite Operations	10	confirmed	Mr. Atakan YILMAZ	Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies	Türkiye
9	15:05	Yamcs SaaS: Transitioning Open‑Source Mission Control to Cloud‑Native Operations	10	confirmed	Mr. Mathieu Schmitt	Space Applications Services	Belgium
10	15:15	Collaborative Open-Source Ground Station Networks: Development, Challenges, and Insights	10		Mr. Timon Petermann	Zentrum für Telematik	Germany
11	15:25	Optimization of data return and ground station time using elevation based bit rates for esa's interplanetary solar orbiter mission	10	confirmed	Mr. Sam Bammens	LSE Space GmbH	Germany
12	15:35	Maximizing Ground Segment Performance and Reliability Through Advanced Observability and Active Link Performance Monitoring	10	confirmed	Mr. Jake Urbanek	Leaf Space S.p.A.	Italy