Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-17 — 68th International Astronautical Congress

B2. SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYMPOSIUM

This symposium examines development in technology, applications and systems as they relate to fixed and mobile communication services, satellite braodcasting, position determinination, navigation and timing, and interactive multimedia provisioning.

Coordinator

Otto Koudelka
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) — Austria

Manfred Wittig
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

B2.1. Advanced Space Communications and Navigation Systems

Advanced satellite-based communication and navigation systems, including their architectures, infrastructure and applications are presented.

Co-Chair

Morio Toyoshima
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) — Japan

Amane Miura
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) — Japan

Rapporteur: Giovanni B. Palmerini
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

B2.2. Fixed and Broadcast Communications

Advances in Fixed and Broadcast Satellite Systems will be presented including Ku and Ka band multi-beam high throughput systems, VSAT and radio/television direct to users applications.

Co-Chair

Robert D. Briskman
Sirius XM Radio — United States

Desaraju Venugopal
Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. — India

Rapporteur: Laszlo Bacsardi
Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT) — Hungary

B2.3. Mobile Satellite Communications and Navigation Technology

New and emerging technologies for land-mobile, aeronautical and maritime applications (covering different frequency bands), for personal satellite communications and for navigation will be presented.

Co-Chair

Joe M. Straus
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Giovanni B. Palmerini
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

Rapporteur: Peter Buist
European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) — The Netherlands

B2.4. Advanced Satellite Services

The communications, broadcast and navigation transmissions from satellites are used to provide services to users. Advanced services and applications will be presented including global internet, 4K and 3D video, data file compression, autonomous vehicle navigation and rural tele-education as well as tele-medicine.

Co-Chair

Eva Maria Aicher
HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH — Germany

K.R. Sridhara Murthi
NIAS — India

Rapporteur: Enrique Pacheco Cabrera
International Academy of Astronautics — Mexico

B2.5. Space-Based Navigation Systems and Services

New and emerging systems for satellite-based position, navigation and timing will be presented, including end user applications.

Co-Chair

Rita Lollock
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Kristian Pauly
OHB System — Germany

Rapporteur: Norbert Frischauf
TU Graz — Austria

B2.6. Near-Earth and Interplanetary Communications

Systems with relative motion between space and ground systems, in both near-Earth and interplanetary environments, will be discussed with particular emphasis on unique concepts, techniques and technologies.

Co-Chair

Manfred Wittig
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Ramon P. De Paula
Retired NASA — United States

Rapporteur: Dipak Srinivasan
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory — United States

B2.7. Advanced Technologies for Space Communications and Navigation

Promising payload and bus technologies for space communications, navigation and data relay systems will be presented, as applied to both existing and future systems. The technologies discussed in this Session cover the whole range of those applicable to micro- or nano- satellites and constellations, all the way up to those earmarked for large high throughput satellites.

Co-Chair

Edward W. Ashford
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) — United States

Elemer Bertenyi
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute — Canada

Rapporteur: Nader Alagha
ESA — The Netherlands

B2.8-GTS.3. Space Communications and Navigation Global Technical Session

A Global session to present and discuss developments in a wide range of satellite communication topics, including fixed, mobile, broadcasting, and data relay technologies and services, as well as those for satellite based position determination, navigation, and timing. Both Earth orbital and interplanetary space communications topics can be addressed. This session is co-sponsored by the Space Communications and Navigation Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee.

Co-Chair

Edward W. Ashford
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) — United States

Kevin Shortt
Airbus Defence & Space — Germany

Rapporteur: Stephanie Wan
ICEYE — United States

B2.IP. Interactive Presentations

This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Communications and Navigation addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific eight minute slot to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.

Co-Chair

Otto Koudelka
Joanneum Research — Austria

Manfred Wittig
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands