Schedule
2026
Monday, August 24th
3:30 PM

Demonstration of Bidirectional Tracking and Data Transfer With the CubeISL Optical Communication Terminal

Jan Hildebrand, German Aerospace Center
Hannes Zeihsel, German Aerospace Center
René Rüddenklau, German Aerospace Center
Jorge Rosano Nonay, German Aerospace Center
Lukas Rodeck, German Aerospace Center
Olman Quiros Jimenez, German Aerospace Center

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Design and Qualification of a Compact, Deployable Dual-Monopole Antenna System for Remote Sensing Microsatellites

Alexander J. Murphy, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory
Bryan Johnston-Lemke, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory
Robert E. Zee, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Intel® Government Technologies Space Products: Leading Edge Compute for Space

Robert Ciccariello, Intel Government Technologies
Ricardo Ascazubi, Intel Government Technologies
Kyle Dobkins, Intel Government Technologies
Nitesh Melwani, Intel Government Technologies
Ed Mily, Intel Government Technologies
Mike Nassan, Intel Government Technologies
Sean O’Neill, Intel Government Technologies
Ruchika Singh, Intel Government Technologies
Dan Weinstein, Intel Government Technologies

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Recovery of GRUS-1E From Magnetic Torquer Loss Using Data-Driven Open-Loop Attitude Steering

Nader Ganaba, Axelspace Corporation
Takanori Iwata, Axelspace Corporation
Minoru Kurata, Axelspace Corporation

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

The Genesis of the Annual USU Conference on Small Satellites

Rex Ridenoure, IZUP LLC
Alex da Silva Curiel, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Martin Sweeting, University of Surrey

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM