The 4S Symposium
 
8:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 11:00 Opening Ceremony & Invited Speakers
Chairs: Loïc Boloh & Luca Maresi
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:10 Dynamic Small Satellites in a Dynamic Economy 1
Chair: Stan Kennedy
11:30 - 11:50 Distributed Satellite Systems: The Next Big Thing is Already Here 
Jesús Quirce, Elecnor Deimos Satellite Systems
Laura Samsó, Elecnor Deimos Satellite Systems
Jonathan Becedas, Elecnor Deimos Satellite Systems
11:50 - 12:10 Revisited Lessons from the Past for the Future of the Smallsat Market 
Rachel Villain, Euroconsult
Jean Marc Ruault, CNES DLA
12:30 - 12:50 Myriade Evolutions: a New Satellite Platform for LEO Missions 
Thibéry Cussac, CNES
Gregory Pradel, CNES
Paul Rodrigues, CNES
Corinne Salcedo, CNES
Didier Vassaux, CNES
Eric Maliet, Airbus Defence and Space
Philippe Terrenoire, Thales Alenia Space France
Frédéric Aigle, Thales Alenia Space France
12:50 - 13:10 A Necessary, Capable and Affordable Satellite Communication System for the Arctic 
Flemming Hansen, RadioLab Consulting
13:10 - 15:00 Lunch Break
Pre-Registration & Welcome Drink
Registration
Chairs: Loïc Boloh & Luca Maresi
Coffee Break
Distributed Satellite Systems: The Next Big Thing is Already Here
Chairs: Stan Kennedy & Constantinos Stavrinidis
Revisited Lessons from the Past for the Future of the Smallsat Market
Small Satellites: The Shift from Competition to Collaboration in a Dynamic Economy
Myriade Evolutions: a New Satellite Platform for LEO Missions
A Necessary, Capable and Affordable Satellite Communication System for the Arctic
Lunch Break
The Global Test Bed (GTB) – Borderless Design & Development Implications
Chairs: Thom Davis & Klaus Steinberg
Possible Futures in Low Cost Space Efforts
Smallsat miniSAR: a ‘New Space’ Approach
AstroSAT-300 : Next Generation Optical Earth Observation Systems
Coffee Break
On-Orbit Performance of the BRIght Target Explorer (BRITE) Astronomy Nanosatellite Constellation
Chairs: Philippe Landiech & Bob Meurer
AISSat-1 – Happily Working Overtime
The Canadian CASSIOPE Small Satellite Mission: the Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe and CASCADE Technology Demonstration Payloads
GF-1 Satellite On-Orbit Test and Evaluation
Icebreaker Reception
Chairs: Roger Walker & Jasper Bouwmeester
Coffee Break
ESA CHEOPS Mission: Implementation Approach and Status
Chair: Johan Kohler & Koichi Inoue
Finalizing the Integration of TROPOMI, the Space Air Quality Sensor, and Application in Small Satellites and Services
CHEOPS: ESA First Small Science Mission - Scientific Objectives, Mission Concept, and Challenges for the Scientific Community
The Altius Payload
CHEOPS Spacecraft Challenges
Sea State Determination with GNSS Reflectometry on TechDemoSat-1
Lunch Break
Mission Success of TET-1 for On-Orbit Verification
Chairs: Aaron Rogers & Tomaz Rodic
ADS-B over Satellite - The world’s first ADS-B Receiver in Space
SDS-4 Attitude Control System: Two years in-orbit Operation Results
System Design for Better Survivability and Adaptability: In-Orbit Experience from X-Sat
Coffee Break
LauncherOne: Revolutionary Orbital Transport for Small Satellites
Chairs: José Gavira Izquierdo & Gianluigi Baldesi
North Star – The Flexible, Green and Safe Sounding Rocket and Satellite Launch Service
The Small Satellite Launch Dilemma – Choosing the Cost Effective Launch verse the Optimal Orbit
Launchers Round Table
Poster & Exhibition Session
On-Orbit Calibration of Photodiodes for Attitude Determination
Chairs: Sreeja Nag & Keith LeGrand
Orbital Parameters Drift of Seven Vega Maiden Flight CubeSats
The ESEO Development: Merging Technical with Educational Challenges
CubETH: Low Cost GNSS Space Experiment for Precise Orbit Determination.
Optimal Multiple Access Protocol for Inter-satellite Communication in Small Satellite Systems
The “Fly Your Satellite!” Programme of the ESA Education Office
Coffee Break
Keynote Speeches
PROBA-V in-flight Results, One Year after Launch
Chairs: Jean-Noël Bricout & Gurpartap Sandhoo
VENUS: A Small Agile Satellite for a New Type of Earth Observation
LQ Satellite Developing for Validation of Push-broom Imaging During Attitude Maneuver
MYRIADE Evolutions - MERLIN: MEthane Remote sensing LIdar missioN
Lunch Break
Development and Test Results of SINPLEX, a Compact Navigator for Planetary Exploration
Chairs: Demosthenes Tsairides & Paolo Tortora
The CanX-4&5 Formation Flying Mission: Achieving Sub-Meter Formation Control at the Nanosatellite Scale
The IRIDES Experiment: PRISMA Rendezvous with the non-cooperative Satellite Picard
Coffee Break
PROBA-V: An Operational and Technology Demonstration Mission – Results after Commissioning and One Year of In-orbit Exploitation.
Chairs: Frederic Teston & Gurpartap Sandhoo
Myriade Microsatellite End-of Life as in Flight Test Bench
PROBA-2: Over Four Years of Autonomy, Technology Demonstration, Solar Science and Space Weather Monitoring
In-Flight Results of the PROBA-V Three-Axis Pointing Safe Magnetic Mode
Chairs: Frederic Teston & Gurpartap Sandhoo
Small Satellite Reliability Research on Spacecraft under 50 kg: Analysis on Component Level
Conference Dinner
Ultra-secure Encryption Key Distribution Using a Microsatellite - QEYSSAT
Chairs: Jian Guo & Jamie Esper
Flexible Solar Generator for On-Orbit Verification on a Small Satellite Mission
The SHIELD Mission: Demonstrating a Mini-Magnetosphere Spacecraft Radiation Shield
New Advancements in Electrospray Micropropulsion for Small Satellites
Development Status of an Open Capillary Pulsed Plasma Thruster with Non-Volatile Liquid Propellant
Coffee Break
Small mission design at the ESTEC Concurrent Design Facility (CDF)
Chairs: Pat Patterson & Alex da Silva Curiel
Very Low Altitude Satellites: A Promising Option for Future EO Missions?
Small Satellite Missions - A step closer to Multi-Use Designs and Assembly Line Production
De-Orbit Analysis of a Tumbling Sailcraft
Android, Small Mission for Active Debris Removal
A System Design for Space-based Space Surveillance
Lunch Break
The Deimos-2 Program
Chairs: Didier Fussen & Kyle D. Kemble
A Critical Assessment of the Benefits of Small Satellite Constellations for Fine Scale Ocean Measurements
NEMO-AM: High Fidelity Autonomous Nanosatellite for Earth Observation and Aerosol Monitoring
Early Operation Result of DubaiSat-2, a 1-m Resolution Small Satellite
Coffee Break
In-flight Experience and Results of the PROBA-V Low Cost X-Band HDR-TM Transmitter
Chairs: Flemming Hansen & Darius Nikanpour
Small Satellites Systems – Challenges from a Frequency Coordination Perspective
Enabling Technologies for a Microsatellite-Based Global Sensor Network
Through Link Digital Predistortion for Satellite Communications Transponders Power Amplifier
Reliable Networked Distributed On-Board Data Handling Using a Modular Approach with Heterogeneous Components
Chairs: Klaus Schilling & Peter Wegner
Maintenance Feasibility of a Small Satellite Cluster making Bi-Directional Reflectance Measurements
The 3Cat-2 Project: GNSS-R In-Orbit Demonstrator for Earth Observation
The HexSwarm Mission
New Gateway to Space for Small Satellites by the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory
Coffee Break
CIOMP-1 Lightweight High Resolution Multispectral Small Satellite
Chairs: Amanda Regan & William Edmonson
SAOCOM-CS: Developing a SAR Companion Satellite based on a Small Platform
Kent Ridge 1 - A Hyperspectral Small Satellite Mission
Free-Form Diffraction Grating for Hyperspectral Imagers
Beyond the SDS Program - Innovative 100kg class MicroXSAR Mission -
PRISMA: An Hyperspectral Earth Observation Mission
Closing
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