CubeSat Industry Days

15 Jun 2015, 08:00 → 16 Jun 2015, 18:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Newton 2 (ESA/ESTEC)

Roger Walker (ESA/ESTEC)

Introduction

Since the first CubeSat Industry Day event was held in June 2013, there has been a great deal of progress in European CubeSat system capabilities, subsystem products/technologies, launch services, and mission operations experience. The market is widening and government as well as commercial customers are starting to utilise these small systems for real missions. ESA has several CubeSat In-Orbit Demonstration projects and technology development activities ongoing with industry/research institutes, and several CubeSat/nano-satellite related studies are underway or completed. The event serves as a forum to exchange information on the latest industry developments/future priorities and the ESA activities in the CubeSat nano-satellite domain, update technology and mission roadmaps, as well as to discuss the technical/regulatory challenges of moving towards operational missions serving end users.

Monday 15 June

09:00 → 09:15 Opening Speech

Speaker: Dr Roger Walker (ESA)

09:15 → 10:45 Company Presentations on CubeSat Systems & Services: Part 1

09:15 Market Evolution and Commercialisation

Speaker: Dr Marco Villa (Tyvak International SRL)

09:30 ISIS CubeSat Systems and Services

Speaker: Mr Jeroen Rotteveel (ISIS b.v.)

09:45 Clyde Space Mission Solutions for a New Age in Space

Speaker: Mr Robin Sampson (Clyde Space Ltd)

10:00 High reliability cubesat solutions

Speaker: Mr Cesar Martinez (INTA)

10:15 Application Potential of Pico-Satellite Formations

Speaker: Prof. Klaus Schilling (University of Wuerzburg)

10:30 PicoSaTs, a new cubesat enterprise

Speaker: Dr Anna Gregorio (University of Trieste)

10:45 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:45 Company Presentations on CubeSat Systems & Services: Part 2

11:00 Launch opportunities for CubeSat's with the Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle

Speaker: Mr Dmitriy Bogdanov (ECM Space Technologies GmbH)

11:15 Status of the QB50 Project

Speaker: Mr Paride Testani (Von Karman Institute)

11:30 Cubesat vs low cost micro satellite for IOD; how select the right tool for your IOD mission

Speaker: Mr Tom Segert (Berlin Space Technologies GmbH)

11:45 → 13:05 Company Presentations on CubeSat Subsystems, Products & Technologies: Part 1

11:45 Intro to new generation of Cubesat products being released in 2015 by GomSpace

Speaker: Mr Lars Krogh Alminde (GomSpace)

12:00 Advanced Attitude Determination and Control solutions for demanding small satellite missions

Speakers: Mr Steven Engelen (Hyperion Technologies b.v.), Mr Tom Segert (Berlin Space Technologies GmbH)

12:20 Sunsensors, how low can you go

Speaker: Mr Johan Leijtens (Lens R&D)

12:35 Thinking inside the Cube

Speaker: Mr Marco Esposito (cosine Research b.v.)

12:50 Miniaturized multispectral SWIR imager

Speaker: Dr Tomaz Rotovnik (SkyLabs d.o.o.)

13:05 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:15 Company Presentations on CubeSat Subsystems, Products & Technologies: Part 2

14:00 Propulsion for advanced cubesat missions

Speaker: Mr Tor-Arne Gronland (Nanospace)

14:15 PPTCUP: An Off-the-shelf Electric Propulsion System for CubeSats

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Gabriel (Mars Space Ltd)

14:30 High delta-v Propulsion Systems for Cubesats

Speaker: Mr Alexander Reissner (FOTEC)

14:45 Propulsion concepts for Nanosatellites

Speaker: Dr Carsten Scharlemann (University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)

15:00 Syrlinks radio product line for CubeSats

Speaker: Mr Miguel Fernandez (Syrlinks)

15:15 → 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 → 17:00 Company Presentations on CubeSat Subsystems, Products & Technologies: Part 3

15:30 Clyde Space 3rd Generation (3G)0 EPS Range, and Major Product Development

Speaker: Mr Robin Sampson (Clyde Space Ltd)

15:45 Reliable On-Board Data Handling Subsystem for CubeSat: in-orbit experiences

Speaker: Prof. Klaus Schilling (University of Wuerzburg)

16:00 Advanced, reliable data handling and power subsystems and components

Speaker: Mr Emil Vinterhav (ÅAC Microtec)

16:15 Rapid and responsive development of flight and ground software for CubeSat missions

Speaker: Mr Peter Mendham (Bright Ascension Ltd)

16:30 SkyFox Labs - a Space-Friendly™ CubeSat components manufacturer

Speaker: Mr Jaroslav Laifr (SkyFox Labs s.r.o.)

16:45 NanoAvionics: a product line for nano-satellites

Speaker: Mr Linas Sargautis (Nanoavionika UAB)

Tuesday 16 June

09:00 → 09:45 Overview of ESA CubeSat Activities & Roadmap

Speaker: Dr Roger Walker (ESA)

09:45 → 10:45 ESA IOD CubeSat Project Presentations

09:45 GOMX-3: an IOD mission being launched from ISS coinciding with the stay of the Danish astronaut

Speaker: Mr Alminde Lars Krogh (GomSpace)

10:00 PICASSO: a scientific CubeSat mission for the Earth observation

Speaker: Dr Philippe Demoulin (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy)

10:15 OPS-SAT: Lessons learnt - so far

Speaker: Prof. Otto Koudelka (TU Graz)

10:30 TRISAT mission

Speaker: Dr Iztok Kramberger (University of Maribor)

10:45 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 ESA CubeSat-related Technology Development Activities & Future Studies

11:00 CubeSat technologies for ADR in-orbit demonstrations: the case for CADRE 1

Speaker: Ms Muriel Richard-Noca (EPFL eSpace)

11:15 Update on small satellite activities in ESA Telecom

Speaker: Mr Frank Zeppenfeldt (ESA/ESTEC)

11:30 Results of the BRITE-Austria Mission and OPS-SAT Payload Developments

Speaker: Prof. Otto Koudelka (TU Graz)

11:45 3U/6U CubeSat platform technology development in Hungary

Speaker: Mr Gabor Marosy (C3S LLC)

12:00 Aalto-1 Spectral Imager: Ready For Launch

Speaker: Mr Antti Näsilä (VTT Research Centre)

12:15 The LibreCube Initiative - Open Sourcing CubeSat Projects

Speaker: Mr Artur Scholz (ESA/ESOC)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Discussion Panels on specific topics related to future operational missions

13:30 Improving reliability and availability

Speakers: Mr Fabio Restagno (ESA/ESTEC), Dr Jan Thoemel (von Karman Institute), Dr Jian Guo (TU Delft), Mr Lars Krogh Alminde (GomSpace), Mr Ross Marshall (Clyde Space Ltd.), Mr Zeger De Groot (ISIS b.v.)

14:15 Avionics bus and interface standards

Speakers: Dr Jasper Bouwmeester (TU Delft), Prof. Klaus Schilling (Uni. Wuerzburg), Mr Lars Krogh Alminde (GomSpace), Dr Martin Buscher (TU Berlin), Mr Robert Lindegren (AAC Microtec), Mr Robin Sampson (Clyde Space), Mr Zeger De Groot (ISIS b.v.)

15:00 → 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 → 16:45 Discussion Panel on specific topics related to future operational missions

15:15 Regulation: frequency allocation and space debris mitigation compliance

Speakers: Mr Enrico Vassallo (ESA/ESOC), Mr Hans Blondeel Timmerman (International Amateur Radio Union), Dr Martin Buscher (TU Berlin), Mr Robin Sampson (Clyde Space), Dr Roger Walker (ESA), Mr Sergio Ventura (ESA/ESTEC), Mr Wouter Jan Ubbels (ISIS b.v.)

16:00 Improving operability and space-ground interface

Speakers: Mr Eliot Minn (E2E Services), Mr Jan Schulte (KSAT), Mr Lars Krogh Alminde (GomSpace), Prof. Otto Koudelka (TU Graz), Mr Peter Mendham (Bright Ascension Ltd.)

16:45 → 17:00 Wrap-up

Speaker: Dr Roger Walker (ESA)