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Technical Session I
EXISTING & NEAR TERM MISSIONS
Monday, August 12, 2002
3:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Chair: Amnon Ginati, European Space Agency/ESTEC
SSC02-I-1 TU Sat 1: A Novel Communications and
Scientific Satellite
Presenter: Will Holmes - Taylor University
SSC02-I-2 MicroVacuum Arc Thruster Design For a
CubeSat Class Satellite
Presenter: Filip Rysanek - University of Illinois
in Urbana & Champaign
SSC02-I-3 Demonstration of Small Satellite Technologies
by the BIRD Mission
Presenter: Sergio Montenegro - Deutsches
Zentrum fur Luft - und Raumfahrt (DLR)
SSC02-I-4 Overview of the NPS Spacecraft Architecture
and Technology Demonstration Satellite,
NPSAT1
Presenter: James Horning - Naval
Postgraduate School
SSC02-I-5 PCSat and Follow-On Payloads
Presenter: Bob Bruninga - US Naval Academy
Withdrawn* SaudiSat Experimental Micro-Satellites
Presenter: S. Alhumaidi - KACST, Saudi Arabia
SSC02-I-7* Status of the Icarus Student Satellite Mission -
A Fully Autonomous Student Built Small
Satellite
Presenter: Hannah Goldberg - University of
Michigan
Withdrawn FalconSAT-2: A Student-Built Microsatellite
to Investigate Plasma Depletions in the
Ionosphere
Presenter: Linda Krause - USAFA
Alternates*
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Technical Session II
BOLD NEW MISSIONS USING
"BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES" I
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Chair: Roy Gladden, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
SSC02-II-1 The Inertial Stellar Compass: A New
Direction in Spacecraft Attitude Determination
Presenter: Tye Brady - Draper Laboratory
SSC02-II-2 Next Generation Solar Array Technologies for
Small Satellites
Presenter: David Goldstein AeroAstro, Inc.
SSC02-II-3 FFDEM: Demonstrating Formation Flying
with Small Spacecraft
Presenter: Luis Gomes - Surrey Satellite
Technology Limited
SSC02-II-4 Determining Optimum Modulation for Inter-
Satellite Communications Systems
Presenter: Gary Mitchell AeroAstro, Inc.
SSC02-II-5 Preliminary Design of a High Performance
Solar Sailing Mission
Presenter: Dan Cohen AeroAstro, Inc.
SSC02-II-6 Product Platform Concepts Applied to Small
Satellites: A New Multipurpose Radio Concept
Presenter: Robert Caffrey - NASA/Goddard
Space Flight Center
SSC02-II-7* VISTA - A Constellation for Real Time
Regional Imaging
Presenter: Chad Smithies - Surrey
Satellite Technology Limited
Withdrawn* SIMONE: Smallsat Intercept Missions to
Objects Near Earth
Presenter: Nigel Wells - QINETIQ
Alternates*
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Technical Session III
BOLD NEW MISSIONS USING
"BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES" II
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
2:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Chair: Linda Krause, United States Air Force Academy
SSC02-III-1 Arc-Second Attitude Control for the NESS
Asteroid Tracking Microsat
Presenter: Dr. Kieran Carroll Dynacon
Enterprises, Ltd
SSC02-III-2 A Small-Satellite Demonstrator for Generating
Artificial Gravity in Space via a Tethered System
Presenter: Andre Mazzoleni - Texas Christian
University
SSC02-III-3 Design of a Pico Satellite for the Monitoring of
a Thin Film Solar Array's Performance
Presenter: Jerry Teshirogi Lockheed Martin
Space Systems Company
SSC02-III-4 A Nanosatellite to Demonstrate GPS
Oceanography Reflectometry
Presenter: Luis Gomes - Surrey Satellite
Technology Limited
SSC02-III-5 Design and Implementation of a Sparse
Aperture Array Satellite
Presenter: Soon-Jo Chung - MIT
SSC02-III-6 NanoObservatoryTM: A Technology Solution to
Enable Earth Imaging for Everyone
Presenter: Todd Harrison AeroAstro, Inc
Withdrawn* The Single Smallsat: Coverage Efficiency vs
Lowest-Cost Approach
Presenter: J. Draim - Space Resource
America Corp
SSC02-III-8* Spaceframe: Modular Spacecraft Building
Blocks for Plug and Play Spacecraft
Presenter: Jon Miller AeroAstro, Inc.
Alternates*
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Technical Session IV
INNOVATIVE MISSION
OPERATION CONCEPTS
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
4:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m.
Chair: Professor Robert Twiggs, Stanford University
SSC02-IV-1 Precise Orbit Determination of LEO
Formation Flights Using Carrier-Phase
Difference and Pseudorange Measurements
Presenter: Egemen Imre Surrey Space Centre
SSC02-IV-2 AUTOGEN: The Mars 2001 Odyssey and the
"Autogen" Process
Presenter: Roy Gladden - Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
SSC02-IV-3 A Novel Method for Achieving SAR Imaging
with a Pair of Micro-Satellites by Means of a
Bi-Static Configuration
Presenter: Chris Jackson - Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd
Withdrawn* CHIPSat's TCP/IP Mission Operations
Architecture - Elegantly Simple
Presenter: Jonathan Wolff - SpaceDev
SSC02-IV-5 Epoch Time Assisted Orbit Determination for
Near Equatorial Low Earth Orbiting Satellites
Presenter: Hilmi Sanusi University of
Stellenbosch
SSC02-IV-6 A Distributed Computing Architecture for
Small Satellite and Multi-Spacecraft Missions
Presenter: Christopher Kitts Robotic Systems
Laboratory, Santa Clara University
SSC02-IV-7* Commanding via the CCSDS Forward
CLTU Service
Deane Sibol The John Hopkins University,
Applied Physics Laboratory
SSC02-IV-8* A Recovery-Oriented Ground System
James Cutler Stanford University
Alternate*
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Technical Session V
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES,
SUBSYSTEMS, COMPONENTS & SENSORS I
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
8:30 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
Chair: Howard Runge, Orbital Sciences Corporation
SSC02-V-1 Electrical Design and Testing of an Uplink
Antenna for Nanosatellite Applications
Presenter: Christian Hearn Virginia Tech
SSC02-V-2 Active Antennas for CubeSat Applications
Presenter: Timothy Fujishige - University of
Hawaii at Manoa
Withdrawn* Mass Storage Techniques for Micro-Satellites
Presenter: Prof. Pieter Bakkes University of
Stellenbosch
SSC02-V-4 A Low Power Command and Control Module
for Small Satellites
Presenter: Chad Fish - Space Dynamics
Laboratory
SSC02-V-5 Dynamics and Control of Tethered Spacecraft
Formations for Multiscale Precision
Reconfiguration and Data Collection
Presenter: M. Quadrelli - Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
SSC02-V-6 Continuous Operation of Micro Plasma
Thruster "Microwave Engine"
Presenter: Shin Satori Hokkaido Institute of
Technology
SSC02-V-7* Moved to Session VIII
SSC02-V-8* STPSat-1: A New Approach to DoD
Experiment Spaceflight
Presenter: Glen Cameron AeroAstro, Inc.
Alternate*
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Technical Session VI
10TH ANNUAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
COMPETITION
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
10:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Technical Chair: Doug Freesland, Applied Systems Engineering
Technical Chair: Ann Grandfield, Orbital Sciences Corporation
SSC02-VI-1 Attitude Determination for Small Satellites
With Modest Pointing Constraints
Presenter: Todd Humphreys - Utah State
University
SSC02-VI-2 Canada's Smallest Satellite: The Canadian
Advanced Nanospace eXperiment (CanX-1)
Presenters: James Wells, Luke Stras & Tiger
Jeans - University of Toronto
SSC02-VI-3 Design Analysis for Solar Sailing from
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Presenter: Kyle Ressler - Washington University
in St. Louis
SSC02-VI-4 Practical Results on the Development of a
Control Moment Gyro Based Attitude Control
System for Agile Small Satellites
Presenters: Vaios Lappas & W.H. Steyn -
University of Surrey
SSC02-VI-5 The Electrical System Design, Analysis,
Integration, and Construction of the Cal Poly
State University CPI CubeSat
Presenter: Jake Schaffner - California
Polytechnic State University
SSC02-VI-6 Two-Axis MOEMS Sun Sensor for Pico
Satellites
Presenters: Jan Hales & Martin Pedersen -
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
SSC02-VI-7* Predictive Thermal Analysis of the Combat
Sentinel Satellite
Blake Moffitt - Utah State University
Alternate*
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Technical Session VII
LAUNCH SYSTEMS & ORBITAL
MANEUVERING
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Chair: Major Jim Shoemaker,
DARPA Tactical Technology Office
SSC02-VII-1 Enabling Technologies for Small Satellite
Orbit Transfer from the Space Shuttle
Presenter: Arnold Nowinski AFRL
SSC02-VII-2 Aerobraking Technology for Earth Orbit
Transfers and Microsatellite Aerocapture
Presenter: Dan Cohen AeroAstro, Inc.
SSC02-VII-3 A Deployment Strategy for Multiple
Secondary Payloads on the MLV-05 Mission
Presenter: Donald Keenan - The Aerospace
Corporation
SSC02-VII-4 A Monopropellant Multi-Newton Thruster
System for Attitude Control of Nanosatellites
Presenter: Donald Platt Micro Aerospace
Solutions, Inc.
SSC02-VII-5 Multiple Payload Adapters for Low Cost
Space Lift
Presenter: John Higgins - AFRL/USAF
Kirtland AFB
SSC02-VII-6 "Where Do I Start?" Rides to Space for
Scientific and Academic Payloads
Matt Bille Booz Allen Hamilton
SSC02-VII-7* Series of Satellite Encounters to Solve
Autonomous Formation Assembly Problem
Presenter: Tamas Kormos - Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd
SSC02-VII-8* Forced Precessions of IMAGE
Presenter: Mark Tapley Southwest Research
Institute
Alternates*
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Technical Session VIII
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, SUBSYSTEMS,
COMPONENTS & SENSORS II
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
4:15 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
Chair: Yolanda King, Air Force Research
Laboratory/VSSS
SSC02-VIII-1 Development of a Micro-Newton Thruster for
a Drag-Free Control System
Presenter: Dr. Rachel Leach - Design Net
Engineering
Withdrawn* On the Dynamics of an Elastically Supported
Reaction Wheel in a Rigid Leo Satellite
Presenter: Dr. K. Alsaif Sunspace, King
Saud University
SSC02-VIII-3 A Real Time Image Processing Subsystem:
GEZGIN
Presenter: Oguz Benderli - TUBITAK-BILTEN,
Turkey
SSC02-VIII-4 The Ultrasonic Piezo Drive - An Innovative
Solution for High Accuracy Positioning
Presenter: Rene Seiler - European Space Agency
(ESA/ESTEC)
SSC02-VIII-5 Self Deploying, Lightweight, Thin-Film PV
Solar Array Structure
Presenter: Mary Krohnfeldt - MicroSat
Systems Inc.
SSC02-VIII-6 NPSAT1 Magnetic Attitude Control System
Presenter: Barry Leonard - Naval Postgraduate
School
SSC02-VIII-7* BalloonSat: Missions to the Edge of Space
Presenter: Chris Koehler - Colorado Space Grant
Consortium, University of Colorado at Boulder
Withdrawn* TMR Implementation Via Time Redundancy
on a Single High-Speed Commercial Processor
with a Rad-Tolerant Voter
Presenter: Gary Grisbeck General Dynamics
Alternates*
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Technical Session IX
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION
Thursday, August 15, 2002
8:30 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
Chair: Gil Moore, Project Starshine
SSC02-IX-1 Target of Opportunity Multipoint in Situ
Measurements with Falcon-SAT-2
Presenter: Linda Krause - United States Air
Force Academy
SSC02-IX-2 MEMS Technology Demonstration on
Traveler I
Presenter: Brian D'Souza University of
Southern California
SSC02-IX-3 The Ionospheric Nanosatellite Constellation,
Exploring Space Weather
Presenter: Charles Swenson Utah State
University
SSC02-IX-4 Design and Test of a Solid State Charged
Particle Detector for Cubesat
Presenter: Michael Dowler - Lockheed Martin
Missiles & Space Operations
SSC02-IX-5 Earthquake Forecast Science Research with a
Small Satellite
Presenter: Martin Sweeting - Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd
SSC02-IX-6 A CubeSat Derived Design for a Unique
Commercial Science Application
Presenter: Eric Tapio - Stanford University
SSC02-IX-7* Moved to Session VIII
Alternate*
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Technical Session X
LESSONS LEARNED
Thursday, August 15, 2002
10:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Chair: Dr. Todd Mosher, Utah State University
SSC02-X-1 Kodiak Star - The Mission, the Challenges,
the Success - A Look at Lessons Learned from
the First Orbital Flight From Alaska
Presenter: Garrett Skrobot - Kennedy Space
Center, NASA
SSC02-X-2 University Developed Hardware for the Space
Shuttle: Strategies for Success
Presenter: Andrew Peffer Jackson & Tull
SSC02-X-3 Results from the Advance Power Technology
Experiment on the Starshine 3 Satellite
Presenter: Phillip Jenkins - Ohio Aerospace
Institute/NASA
SSC02-X-4 Preparing a COTS Radio for Flight - Lessons
Learned From the 3 Corner Satellite Project
Presenter: Stephen Horan - New Mexico State
University
SSC02-X-5 Lessons Learned of NSPO's Picosatellite
Mission: YamSat - 1A, 1B & 1C
Presenter: Chen-Joe Fong - National Space
Program Office, Taiwan
SSC02-X-6 AO-40 RUDAK Experiment Controller
Presenter: Jim White - Colorado Satellite Services
SSC02-X-7* Picosats as Payload Carriers
Presenter: Michael Obland - Montana State
University, Space Science & Engineering
Alternate*
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