iCubeSat Program 2015

iCubeSat 2015 was held over two days at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Please note that this conference was an open conference and did not wish to discuss information restricted by ITAR or other export controls. U.S. citizens and permanent residents were responsible for ensuring that technical data presented was not restricted by ITAR and that ITAR controlled information was not discussed with non-U.S. citizens. All conference attendees ensured that their presentations and discussions complied with the relevant export controls of their own country, the United Kingdom and the European Union and those using the comments facility of the website are reminded that they should do the same.

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Tuesday, 26th May 2015

09:30	Registration

10:00		Welcome Michael Johnson, JA / PocketSpacecraft.com Steven Schwartz, Director, Imperial Space Lab
10:15		A.1.1. Achieving Science Goals with CubeSats: an National Research Council Study Thomas H. Zurbuchen, University of Michigan, USA
10:30		A.1.2. NanoSWARM: a big CubeSat mission Jordi Puig-Suari, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, USA
10:45		A.1.3. A CubeSat Microgravity Experiment on Collisions in the Protoplanetary Disk Joshua Colwell, University of Central Florida, USA
11:00		A.1.4. An L1 CubeSat monitor for space weather Markos Trichas, Airbus Defence and Space, UK
11:15		A.1.5. Centaur: A scientific and technology pathfinder for direct imaging exoplanet missions Eduardo Bendek, NASA Ames, USA
11:30	Break
12:00		A.2.1. CubeSat Landing Opportunities for Binary Asteroid Exploration Onur Celik, Cranfield University, UK
12:15		A.2.2. CuSPP+: an interplanetary CubeSat to study particle acceleration Eric Christian, NASA GSFC, USA
12:30		A.2.3 A CubeSat for UV Astrophysics Richard Desselle, Centre Spatial de Liège, Belgium
12:45		A.2.4. PIXE 2015: PocketSpacecraft.com Integrated eXploration Environment update Michael Johnson, PocketSpacecraft.com, UK
13:00	Lunch
14:30		A.3.1. Enhanced electromagnetic sounding of Europa’s ocean using CubeSats Frank Crary, University of Colorado, USA
14:45		A.3.2. ICE-CUBE for ILSRA 2014 Elke Rabbow, DLR, Germany
15:00		A.3.3. SERB, a nano-satellite dedicated to Sun-Earth relationship Mustapha Meftah, CNRS-LATMOS, France
15:15		A.3.4. SSWARMS: Solar Storm Warning And Radiation Monitoring System William Edmonson, NC A&T State University, USA
15:30		A.3.5. Using CubeSats to survey asteroids as part of an asteroid mining mission Kieran Hayward, Cranfield University, UK
15:45		A.3.6 Mothership – Affordable Exploration of Planetary Bodies through Individual Nano-Sats and Swarms Sebastian Ernst, Deep Space Industries, USA
16:00	Break
16:30		A.4.1. CubeSat-based research for planetary missions at UNSW Canberra Russell Boyce, UNSW Canberra, Australia
16:45		A.4.2. A CubeSat Development Programme For Planetary Science, Space Weather and Maritime Situational Awareness Nigel Bannister, University of Leicester, UK
17:00		A.4.3. Creating Facilities, Tools, and Services for Scientific Collaboration Brenda Dingwall, NASA WFF, USA
17:15		A.4.4. On the suitability of CubeSats on Earth orbits for radiation testing of interplanetary payloads Friederike Wolff, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
17:30		A.4.5. J³: CubeSats as a Platform for In-Orbit Verification of Scientific Instruments for Interplanetary Missions Jonas Burgdorf, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

19:00 -21:00	Social	Informal dinner in central London (Please note that the cost of the dinner is not included in the registration fee)

Wednesday, 27th May 2015

09:00	Registration
09:45		B.1.1. Cost-Effective, Frequent, Reliable CubeSat Access to GTO/GEO Alfred Tadros, Space Systems Loral, USA
10:00		B.1.2. Interplanetary CubeSat Launch Opportunities and Payload Accommodations Roland Coelho, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, USA
10:15		B.1.3. Science by Cubes: opportunities to increase AIM scientific return Ian Carnelli, European Space Agency, France
10:30		B.1.4. Lunar orbit stability for small satellite mission design Andres Dono, NASA Ames, USA
10:45		B.1.5. Uncertainty-based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Lunar CubeSat Missions Xingzhi Hu, National University of Defense Technology, China
11:00	Break
11:30		B.2.1. Inter-CubeSat Communications: Routing Between CubeSat Swarms in a DTN Architecture Mohamed Madni, University of Wollongong, Australia
11:45		B.2.2. Low Profile Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antenna for Inter CubeSat Communications Faisel Tubbal, University of Wollongong, Australia
12:00		B.2.3. Low-Profile Antenna Package for Efficient InterCubeSat Communication in S- and V-band Clement Vourch, University of Glasgow, UK
12:15		B.2.4. A “nano” rotary compressor with a 1:12 compression ratio for CubeSats Olly Dmitriev, VERT Rotors, UK
12:30		B.2.5. Application of multiple system on a chip technology systems in micro-nano satellite integrated electronic systems Lidong Ian, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
13:00	Lunch
14:30		B.3.1. Design and Implementation of Triple Modular Redundant System on Linux-Based On-Board Computer for CubeSat Emir Husni, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
14:45		B.3.2. Performance of a smartphone based star tracker Andrey Khorev, University of Montpellier, France
15:00		B.3.3. PocketRTG – a CubeSat scale radioisotope thermoelectric generator using COTS fuel Lucy Berthoud, University of Bristol, UK
15:15		B.3.4. Small-Scale Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator and Heater Units Based on Americium-241 Richard Ambrosi, University of Leicester, UK
15:30		B.3.5. SurfSat – Surface charging and ESD measurements on a CubeSat Adrienne Dove, University of Central Florida, USA
15:45		B.3.6. The Development of a Low Mass Extendible Composite Boom for Small Satellite Applications Mike Lawton, Oxford Space Systems, UK
16:00	Break
16:30		B.4.1. Cathode-less gridded ion thrusters for small satellites Ane Aanesland, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, France
16:45		B.4.2. Deployment Technology of a Heliogyro Solar Sail for Long Duration Propulsion Peerawan Wiwattananon, National Institute of Aerospace, USA
17:00		B.4.3. Early Stage Development of Dynamic Simulation Platform For Reaction Wheels Controlled CubeSat Model Ryan Fadhilah Hadi, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
17:15		B.4.4. LightSail: Solar Sailing With a 3U CubeSat Rex Ridenoure, Ecliptic Enterprises, USA
17:30		B.4.5. NRC Interplanetary CubeSat Roundtable Group discussion

18:00	Close