iCubeSat 2012 Program

iCubeSat 2012 was held over one and half days in and around MIT and Boston. Copies and videos of all the presentations, posters and ancillary sessions can be found below by clicking on their titles.

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Tuesday, 29th May 2012

14:00	Welcome	Conference open Alessandra Babuscia (MIT) and Michael Johnson (Cornell/JA)
14:10	Keynote	K.1.1 Space technology At NASA: Breadth, Depth, and a Small-Satellite Strategy Mason Peck, NASA/Cornell
14:40	Technology Session	A.1 – Technology – System Issues for Interplanetary CubeSat Missions
		A.1.1 Interplanetary CubeSats: Some Missions Feasible Sooner than Expected Robert Staehle, JPL
		A.1.2 Identification and Evaluation of iCubeSat Mission Architectures Mathew Zwack, Georgia Institute of Technology
		A.1.3 Interplanetary CubeSat System Design Challenges and Architectures Austin Williams, Cal Poly
		A.1.4 A Cost Estimating Methodology for Very Small Satellites Mary Boghosian, Aerospace Corporation
		A.1.5 Understanding Technology S-Curve’s in The Exploration of The Solar System Sean Murphy, Draper Laboratory
15:55	Panel	A.1.P Q&A for speakers of A.1 Moderators: Alessandra Babuscia (MIT) and Michael Johnson (Cornell/JA)
16:10	Break
16:20	Technology Session	A.2 – Technology – Communications, Planning, Operations, and Computing Issues for Interplanetary CubeSat Missions
		A.2.1 Increasing Interplanetary CubeSat Mission Science Return with Model Based Transmission Reduction Jeremy Straub, University of North Dakota
		A.2.2 Inflatable Antenna for CubeSat: Motivation for Development and Initial Trade Study Alessandra Babuscia, MIT
		A.2.3 Simulating Delay Tolerant Networking for CubeSats Paul Muri, University of Florida
		A.2.4 Optimal Operations Planning for Interplanetary Small Satellite Exploration Missions Applied to a Phobos Lander Mission Sara Spangelo, University of Michigan
		A.2.5 Operational Considerations for CubeSats Beyond Low Earth Orbit E. Glenn Lightsey, The University of Texas at Austin
		A.2.6 Distributed Computing on Cubesat Clusters using MapReduce Obulpathi Challa, University of Florida
17:50	Panel	A.2.P Q&A for speakers of A.2 Moderators: Mary Knapp (MIT) and Rodrigo Zeledon (Cornell)
18:15	Social	MIT and Space Systems Laboratory (SSL) tour
19:20 -21:00	Social	Dinner reception in E14 MPR-674

Wednesday, 30th May 2012

08:30	Breakfast
09:00	Keynote	K.1.2 Planetary Science in an iCubeSat Era Sara Seager, MIT, Professor of Physics and Planetary Science
09:30	Science Session	B.1 – Interplanetary CubeSat Missions and Science
		B.1.1 Scouting Saturn’s Rings with Small Spacecraft Matthew Hedman, Cornell University
		B.1.2 Open Questions in the Outer Solar System: CubeSat/ChipSat Opportunities? Matthew Tiscareno, Cornell University
		B.1.3 LunarCube: Updating the CubeSat Standard to Support Cis-Lunar Missions Pamela Clark, Catholic University of America
		B.1.4 Preliminary Design of Small Satellites for Atmospheric Reentry Derek Dalle, University of Michigan
		B.1.5 ChipCube: an Open Source Open Access Generic Planetary Science and Exploration System Michael Johnson, Cornell University / JA
10:45	Panel	B.1.P Q&A for speakers of B.1 Moderators: Lorraine Weis (Cornell) and Rebecca Jensen-Clem (MIT)
11:05	Break
11:15	Science Session	B.2 – Technologies and Missions to Enhance Interplanetary CubeSat Science
		B.2.1 Interplanetary Radio Occultation CubeSat Constellation Kerri Cahoy, MIT
		B.2.2 Enhancing Radio Science Missions with CubeSats Kamal Odurhiri, JPL
		B.2.3 HiMARC 3D- High-speed, Multispectral, Adaptive Resolution Stereoscopic CubeSat Ved Chirayath, Stanford University
		B.2.4 Nanosatellite for Earth Environmental Monitoring: The MICROMAS Project William Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
		B.2.5 The Phoenix Program: CubeSats as an Option for Repurposing Geostationary Assets Jaime Ramirez-Riberos, Aurora Flight Sciences
12:30	Panel	B.2.P. Q&A for speakers of B.2 Moderators: Rodrigo Zeledon (Cornell) and Alessandra Babuscia (MIT)
12:50	Lunch
13:35	Technology Session	C.1-Propulsion Issues for Interplanetary Cubesat Missions
		C.1.1 Ion Drive Interplanetary CubeSat Carl Brandon, Vermont Technical College
		C.1.2 Ion Electrospray Thruster Assembly for CubeSats Francois Martel, Espace Inc.
		C.1.3 ESTCube-1: Stepping Stone for Fast Interplanetary Travel Mart Noorma, University of Tartu
		C.1.4 E-Sail Test Mission: Reaching the Solar Wind With a CubeSat Jouni Envall, Finnish Meteorological Institute
14:35	Technology Session	C.2 – Propulsion Issues and Launching Capabilities for Interplanetary CubeSat Missions
		C.2.1 ULA Rideshare with CubeSat Missions for Lunar and Planetary Exploration Jake Szatkowski, United Launch Alliance
		C.2.2 NanoTHOR and PowerCube: Affordable Launch and Propulsion for Deep-Space CubeSats Robert Hoyt, Tethers Unlimited Inc.
		C.2.3 High Delta V Propulsion for CubeSats Vlad Hruby, Busek
15:20	Panel	C.2.P. Q&A for speakers of C.1 and C.2 Moderators: Sara Spangelo (University of Michigan) and Mary Knapp (MIT)
15:45	Break
16:05	Panel	S.1 Planetary Resources Q&A Moderators: Mary Knapp (MIT) and Alessandra Babuscia (MIT)
16:20	Technology Session	C.3 – Navigation, Control, Tracking, and Formation for Interplanetary CubeSat Missions
		C.3.1 A Novel Hemispherical Anti-Twist Tracking System for CubeSat Applications (CubeHATTS) Eli Bashkevin, Stanford University
		C.3.2 Low Mass Radio Science Transponder – Navigation Anywhere Courtney Duncan, NASA-JPL-Caltech
		C.3.3 The MotherCube Distributed Architecture for CubeSat Cluster Missions Justin McClellan, Aurora Flight Sciences
		C.3.4 The Location-Scheduled Control Architecture as Applied to Interplanetary CubeSats Matthew Sorgenfrei, University of California Davis
		C.3.5 Attitude Control System for Arc-Second Stabilization of 30Kg Micro Astronomy Satellite Takaya Inamori, The University of Tokyo
17:35	Panel	C.3.P Q&A for speakers of C.3 Moderators: Rebecca Jensen-Clem (MIT) and Michael Johnson (Cornell/JA)
17:50	Close	Conference close Michael Johnson (Cornell/JA) and Alessandra Babuscia (MIT)
20:00	Social	Informal dinner in Boston

Exhibition and posters (both days)

Ongoing	Poster Session	P.1.1 Real-Time Attitude-Independent Three-Axis Magnetometer and Gyro-Bias On-orbit Calibration for Pico-satellites Tian Xiang, Zhejiang University
		P.1.2 UPPESAT: Seismic Activity Determination Nanosatellite Samaksh Behl, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
		P.1.3 A CubeSat-based Science Mission for Meteor Research Ryo Ishimaru, Chiba Institute of Technology
		~~P.1.4 Nano-habitats: Advance CubeSats to improve Design and Construction of HSF Hardware~~ ~~Raul Polit-Casillas, JPL~~
		P.1.5 A New Sesnsor Platform for the Interplanetary CubeSat Missions Sanjay Srikanth Nekkanti, Lulea University of Technology
		P.1.6 Active Pointing, on a Budget Aaron Goldstein