Emerging technologies or techniques for the timeless challenge of communicating with small satellites

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Schedule
2014
Wednesday, August 6th
1:15 PM

Expanding CubeSat Capabilities with a Low Cost Transceiver

Scott Palo, University of Colorado
Darren O’Connor, University of Colorado
Elizabeth DeVito, University of Colorado
Rick Kohnert, University of Colorado
Gary Crum, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Serhat Altunc, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1:15 PM

1:30 PM

A Large Aperture Modulated Retroreflector (MRR) for CubeSat Optical Communication

David Wayne, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Dmitriy Obukhov, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Kevin Book, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Michael Lovern, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Phillippe Reed, SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic
Barry Solomon, SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

Iris Transponder – Communications and Navigation for Deep Space

Courtney Duncan, California Institute of Technology
Amy Smith, California Institute of Technology
Fernando Aguirre, California Institute of Technology

1:45 PM

2:00 PM

Deployable Helical Antenna for Nano-Satellites

Daniel Ochoa, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Kenny Hummer, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Mike Ciffone, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

2:00 PM

2:15 PM

Optical time transfer for future disaggregated small satellite navigation systems

John Conklin, University of Florida
Nathan Barnwell, University of Florida
Leopoldo Caro, University of Florida
Maria Carrascilla, University of Florida
Olivia Formoso, University of Florida
Seth Nydam, University of Florida
Paul Serra, University of Florida
Norman Fitz-Coy, University of Florida

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

Design of a Free-Space Optical Communication Module for Small Satellites

Ryan Kingsbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kathleen Riesing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kerri Cahoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Development of Low-profile Antennas for CubeSats

R. Montaño, University of Houston
N. Neveu, University of Houston
S. Palacio, University of Houston
E. Martinez, University of Houston
D.R. Jackson, University of Houston
J. Chen, University of Houston
P.W. Fink, NASA Johnson Space Center
R.S. Provence, NASA Johnson Space Center

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

The Small Satellite Integrated Communication Environment (ICE)

John Ploschnitznig, Riverside Research

3:00 PM