A special review of past, present and future missions in the 50-250 kg class of small satellites with specific attention on the driving mission/performance requirements and particular physical enablers of their size, which resulted in particular system designs

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Schedule
2013
Tuesday, August 13th
10:30 AM

The Incremental Cost of One or More Copies – Quantifying Efficiencies from Building Spacecraft and Instrument Constellations

Sally Whitley, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Meagan Hahn, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Nicole Powers, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

10:30 AM

10:45 AM

Radiation Effects and COTS Parts in SmallSats

Doug Sinclair, Sinclair Interplanetary
Jonathan Dyer, Skybox Imaging

10:45 AM

10:59 AM

Realization of Minimal Attitude Determination System for Small Spinner Spacecraft IKAROS

Yuichi Tsuda, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
Takanao Saiki, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
Yuya Mimasu, JAXA Space Exploration Center

10:59 AM

11:14 AM

CICERO - A Distributed Small Satellite Radio Occultation Pathfinder Mission

Lee Jasper, University of Colorado
Danielle Nuding, University of Colorado
Elliot Barlow, University of Colorado
Erik Hogan, University of Colorado
Steven O'Keefe, University of Colorado
Pete Withnell, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Thomas Yunck, GeoOptics Inc.

11:14 AM

11:29 AM

NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Mission – Temporal Resolution of a Constellation Enabled by Micro-Satellite Technology

Randy Rose, Southwest Research Institute
Will Wells, Southwest Research Institute
Jillian Redfern, Southwest Research Institute
Debi Rose, Southwest Research Institute
John Dickinson, Southwest Research Institute
Chris Ruf, University of Michigan
Aaron Ridley, University of Michigan
Kyle Nave, Applied Defense Solutions

11:29 AM

11:44 AM

Constellation of Earth Observation Micro-satellites with Multi-spectral High-resolution Telescopes

Toshinori Kuwahara, Tohoku University
Kazuya Yoshida, Tohoku University
Yuji Sakamoto, Tohoku University
Yoshihiro Tomioka, Tohoku University
Kazufumi Fukuda, Tohoku University
Nobuo Sugimura, Tohoku University
Junichi Kurihara, Hokkaido University
Tetsuya Fukuhara, Hokkaido University
Yukihiro Takahashi, Hokkaido University

11:44 AM

11:59 AM

Compact Terrestrial Weather Sensing for Small Satellites and Hosted Payload Applications

Robert Erlandson, JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
Michael Kelly, JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
Charles Hibbitts, JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
John Boldt, JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
Kristin Sotzen, JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory

11:59 AM