Constellations

Satellite Constellations 2026 - Survey, Trends and Economic Viability

Erik Kulu, NewSpace Index

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

1:30 PM

Design Mechanism Framework for Autonomous Small Satellite Constellations – A NewSpace Outlook

Mohammed Irfan Rashed, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

1:45 PM

Scaling High-Resolution Operations: Implementing Automated Anomaly Response in the SkySat Constellation via Dove Heritage

Hira Nadeem, Planet
Shannon Kyle Cabrera Deleon, Planet
Alexander Bauer, Planet

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2:00 PM

SAR DiskSat Demonstration Mission for Constellation in vLEO

Hirobumi Saito, Sarmony Inc.
Mitsuteru Kaneoka, Sarmony Inc.

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2:15 PM

The Space Cognitive Network: From Fractionated Spacecraft to Collaborative AI-Enabled Space Infrastructure

Owen Brown, Scientific Systems
Dennis Gatens, LEOcloud, Inc.
Fred Kennedy, Dark Fission
John Moberly, Trident Systems
Rusty Thomas, Ghost Wolf Orbital
Derek Tournear, Auburn University

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2:30 PM

Software Defined Swarms

Nathan Benz, NASA Ames Research Center
Scott Miller, NASA Ames Research Center
Jeff Huang, NASA Ames Research Center
Sonny Hwang, NASA Ames Research Center
Todd Sarshad, NASA Ames Research Center
Edmund De La Cruz, NASA Ames Research Center
Thomas Magesarcher, Cesium Astro

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2:45 PM

DANTE: A Spaceborne Radar Constellation for Debris Detection and Tracking

Leonardo Carrer, Aresys
Davide Giudici, Aresys
Bernhard Niedermayer, iSEE
Christian Federspiel, iSEE
Wolfgang Ebner, iSEE
Robert Greinecker, iSEE

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

3:00 PM