iCubeSat Program 2014

iCubeSat 2014 was held over over one and half days at The Athernaeum at the California Institute of Technology, California, USA. Please note that this conference was an open conference and did not wish to discuss information restricted by ITAR. 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. We remind anyone wishing to take advantage of the comment functions that they should observe the same rules.

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Tuesday, 27th May 2014

12:30	Registration

13:30		Welcome Michael Johnson, JA / PocketSpacecraft.com
13:35		A.1.1. A snapshot on CubeSat related activities in Europe for Astrobiology/Chemistry and exploration Robert Lindner, ESA, The Netherlands
13:55		A.1.2. Science goals achievable with Interplanetary CubeSats Eric Christian, NASA GSFC, USA
14:15		A.1.3. Radio astronomy in space with CubeSat Baptiste Cecconi, LESIA, CNRS-Obervatoire de Paris, France
14:35		A.1.4. Interplanetary ‘Bioscience’ mission initiative with CubeSat platform technology Tae-Sung Yoon, KRIBB, Korea
14:55	Break

15:40		A.2.1. BIRDY: interplanetary CubeSat to Mars to provide observational data at low-risk Boris Segret, LESIA-ESEP Observatoire de Paris, France
16:00		A.2.2. OREOcube: Organics Exposure in Orbit Andreas Elsaesser, Leiden University, The Netherlands
16:20		A.2.3. iCubeSat based Transient Asteroid and Planetesmals (TAPs) observatory Russell Cox, Flexure Engineering, USA
16:40	Break
17:00		The Long Space Age: An Economic History of American Space Exploration Alex MacDonald, JPL, USA (Keck Institute for Space Studies Open Lecture)

18:00 -21:00	Social	Informal Dinner at ‘Rath’s Al Fresco’ on the Athenaeum lawn (Please note that the cost of the dinner is not included in the registration fee and that only payment by cash or Athenaeum account can be accepted on the day)

Wednesday, 28th May 2014

08:00	Registration
09:00		B.1.1. Systems approach to radiation effects Austin Williams, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, USA
09:20		B.1.2. Reliability for Interplanetary CubeSats Carl Brandon, Vermont Technical College, USA
09:40		B.1.3. A space hypervisor for CubeSats Andrew Santangelo, sci_Zone, USA
10:00		B.1.4. Ultra-Compact Ka-Band parabolic deployable antenna for CubeSats Jonathan Sauder, NASA JPL, USA
10:20	Break
11:00		A.2.4. PIXE – the PocketSpacecraft.com Integrated eXploration Environment Michael Johnson, PocketSpacecraft.com, United Kingdom
11:20		B.2.6 SSL Payload Orbital Delivery System Al Tadros, SSL, USA
11:40		B.2.3. Composite CubeSat and mission capabilities Gustavo Cotta, Spain
12:00		B.2.4. The first flight of an electric micro propulsion system for CubeSat mission applications Christopher Dinellie, United States Naval Academy, USA
12:20		B.2.5 CubeSat technology adaptation for in-situ characterisation of NEOs Steven Koontz, NASA JSC, USA
12:40	Lunch	Buffet lunch at The Athenaeum
14:00		B.3.4. RUNNER Charles Swenson, Utah State University, USA
14:20		B.3.1 Test system for payload OBC interface in PiSat Dhananjay Kumar, PES Institute of Technology, India
14:40		B.3.2. An external-occulter formation flying solar coronagraph instrument on CubeSats Neerav Shah, NASA GSFC, USA
15:00		B.3.3. Implementation of three axis magnetic control mode for PISAT Shashank Nagesh Bhat, PES Institute of Technology, India
15:20		Making Interplanetary CubeSats happen – what’s there, what’s not, what’s next? Group discussion
16:00		Conference close