PROGRAM :1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions

1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions

and

1st CubeSat Winter Workshop in Europe

QUO VADIS,CUBESAT?






Where we are and where we are planning to go:

State-of-the-art and new perspectives for university satellites missions.

“From nanosatellites to femtosatellites”

WELCOME TO THE 1st IAA CONFERENCE ON UNIVERSITY SATELLITES MISSIONS

AND THE 1st CUBESAT WINTER WORKSHOP IN EUROPE

The Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale of Sapienza University of Roma is honoured to host the 1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and the 1stCubesat Winter Workshop, dedicated to the new generation of university satellites: micro, pico, femtosatellites, from cubesats to pocketsats. In particular the 1stCubesat Winter Workshop will provide the opportunity to students to have an overview of the current status of the university microsatellites, as well as to exchange different points of view through a variety of sessions, laboratories and forums.

We are also very proud to recall that the Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale itself initiated the university satellite program, exactly fifty years ago.

In fact, the year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Astronautical Era: on April 12th, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth! However, another important event occurred on that very same day.

During the COSPAR session, held in Florence that year, where the Russian space representatives announced the breaking news:”The first human in outer space”, our very own Professor Luigi Broglio, Dean of the Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale for over thirty five years, invited some of his dear American colleagues and friends to dinner . And while having dinner that night, he proposed a joint program to investigate upper-air density and associated ionosphere phenomena related to the solar activity in the equatorial region, using small satellites.
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“You are brave” said the Americans, and then readily continued”we will support you”. The idea of the San Marco Project was hence born!

The activity on small satellite design, manufacture and integration involving Professors and Researchers of the Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale of the University of Roma therefore began, based on the suggestions and supervision of the Nasa people. An important operational objective was to establish since 1967 a mobile launch capability in a equatorial region (Kenya) to carry out mainly direct low equatorial orbits by using efficiently a mid-size vehicle.

Small satellites at that time meant 150 kilos of weight, but compared to today’s miniaturized components can be easily scaled at least to one order of magnitude less!

The Conference and the Workshop are directed also to both past and present students already skilled and experienced in satellite design and manufacture, as well as to beginner students for which special laboratories will be organized during the workshop, and last but not least to future students (high school students) for which a full half-day meeting is specially dedicated.

Professors and Industry Representatives are warmly invited to offer their experience and valuable support to the young people attending this workshop.

Moreover, since Conference and the Workshop are inserted in the memorial week dedicated to the memory of Professor Luigi Broglio (1911-2001), all participants are invited to see the films on the San Marco Project (San Marco satellites and San Marco Equatorial Range in Kenya).

Also, off the beaten track tourist walks in the streets of Ancient Roma will be organized, as we wish that the glorious past history of Roma and the prestigious future projects of the Astronautical Era can mix together in the present Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat Workshop!

We invite you to participate and we are looking forward to meeting you in Roma

Roma, August 25, 2010 Filippo Graziani Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale

WELCOME TO THE 1ST CUBESAT WINTER WORKSHOP IN EUROPE

The low cost of developing and launching a CubeSat has opened the possibility of bringing CubeSats as educational tools into the classrooms of many universities and even some high schools. Unlike larger projects, the short development time for CubeSats of typically two years from initial design to launch is very compatible with the duration of Master and PhD theses. As educational hands-on projects CubeSats are ideal and it is, therefore, no surprise that the CubeSat community is rapidly growing. The CubeSat standard was defined in 1999 by Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University. Now, only 10 years later, about 200 CubeSats worldwide have already been launched or are in different stages of development.

Industry is also getting involved by launching CubeSats for technological applications, by developing and selling CubeSat subsystems and deployers and offering launch services. Space agencies and other institutions are using CubeSats for biological, microgravity and re-entry research. More and more large rocket companies are beginning to cater for the needs of this emerging new market segment. A number of CubeSats can be equipped with common instruments and launched, deployed and operated together as a distributed sensor network for atmospheric or space weather research, for Earth environment monitoring or ship identification and tracking at very low cost.

Each year, numerous conferences in different parts of the world are organised which include CubeSat sessions. However, there are currently only two workshops which are dedicated to CubeSats and are held every year on a regular basis. These are the CubeSat Developers’ Workshop in April in San Luis Obispo in California and the CubeSat Developers’ Summer Workshop in August in Logan, Utah.

The Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA) organised a Vega Maiden Flight CubeSat Workshop on 22-24 January 2008 at ESTEC in the Netherlands. The Workshop was the first of its kind at European level and gathered almost all of the European CubeSat teams together for the first time. The Workshop was attended by over 140 participants, and 24 CubeSat teams from 13 European countries presented their CubeSat designs. While the Workshop was dedicated to the flight opportunity of the Vega Maiden Flight, many participants expressed an interest in having an annual workshop in Europe to bring the European CubeSat community together on a regular basis for further information exchange and fostering a network of cooperating institutes in this area. A year later, on 20-22 January 2009, the Second European CubeSat Workshop was organised by ESA’s Education Office at ESTEC and was attended by 190 participants.

Nowadays, there are an estimated 100 universities in 30 European countries interested in developing CubeSats and there is, therefore, clearly a need for continuing this series of European CubeSat conferences. The 1st CubeSat Winter Workshop in Europe on 24-29 January 2011 in Rome is the third in the series, the European CubeSat Symposium on 30 January-1 February 2012 in Brussels will be the fourth in the series. The conferences in Rome and Brussels and future conferences in this series will be held at the end of January each year and will be jointly organised by the University of Rome, ESA’s Education Office and the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.

Francesco Emma, Head, ESA's Education Office

Jean Muylaert, Director, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Filippo Graziani, Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale

Conference Location and Dates:

Roma, Italy, January 24-29, 2011




Local organizing committee:

+ F. Graziani, School of Aerospace Engineering (SIA)
+ C. Ulivieri, Director, Research Center San Marco Project (CRPSM)
+ P.Teofilatto, Professor of Space Launchers Flight Mechanics (SIA)
+ C.Cappelletti, PhD Candidate, GAUSS team Coordinator (SIA)
+ S.Battistini, PhD Candidate, (SIA)



Principal Sponsor:

International Academy of Astronautics

Sponsors:

Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)

European Space Agency (ESA)

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Von Karman Institute (VKI)

Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale (SIA)

Morehead State University (MSU)

ISC Kosmotras

Centro Ricerche Progetto San Marco (CRPSM)

FILAS s.p.a.

Thales Alenia Space Italia SpA

AeroSekur srl

DMA srl

IMT srl

APAAS

Scientific committee

Jean-Michel Contant, Robert J. Twiggs, Martin Sweeting, Filippo Graziani, Jean Muylaert, Jordi Puig-Suarl, Rainer Sandau, Rheinard Ruedeger, Francesco Emma, Vladimir Andreev, David M. Klumpar, Sergio Chiesa, Michael Ovchinnikov, Piero Galeone, Paolo Teofilatto, Benjamin K. Malphrus, Helen Page, Carlo Ulivieri, Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Fernando Aguado.

Goal and Topics of the Conference:

The Conference sponsored by International Astronautical Accademy has the goal to provide to the international space community a forum for presentation and discussion in the area of University Satellites.

Inside the Conference two days are completely dedicated to Cubesat community.

The main topics are related to the theme: “Innovative aspects of the field related to science and engineering for university nano, pico and fempto satellites.”


* Proposed topics:

Space Environment

Remote sensing and Earth observation

Innovative solutions for university satellite subsystems

Launch opportunities

Space Debris

Ground Segment and Stations Network

New Perspectives for Cubesats

Cubesats Future Payloads and Experiments

Micro-propulsion Subsystems, Formation Flying

Cubesat In-Orbit Experience

Cubesats Scientific Missions and “applications” activities

* Programme:



MONDAY , January 24, 2011

17.30 – 18.30 Registration

18.30 – 19.30 Ice Breaking Cocktail

TUESDAY, January 25, 2011

9:00 – 9:45 Opening Ceremony

Introduction

o Filippo GRAZIANI, Conference Chair

Welcome address of Academic, Military, and Political Authorities

o Col. Carmine GIORDANO, Comandante Centro Logistico Guardia di Finanza
o Luigi FRATI, Rector of Sapienza University of Roma
o Elisabetta BELLONI, General Director Ministero Affari Esteri
o Enrico SAGGESE, President of Italian Space Agency (ASI)
o Stefano TURI, General Director of FILAS SpA
o Cristiano BONELLI, Rome 4th City Hall Mayor
o Carlo ULIVIERI, Director, Centro Progetto Ricerche San Marco
o Carlo BUONGIORNO, Sapienza University of Roma
o Paolo TEOFILATTO, Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale

Chairman: Giovanni CAPRARA, Corriere della sera

9:45 - 10.30 Opening Lecture

The International Academy of Astronautics and the new generations

o Jean-Michel CONTANT, General Secretary of IAA

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 --LUIGI BROGLIO MEMORIAL SESSION--

o Ugo PONZI
o Nazzareno CARDINALI

12:00 – 13:30 Technical Session I

o Space Environment

Introduction: Carlo ULIVIERI

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30- 16:00 Technical Session II

o Remote Sensing and new perspectives in the applications of microsatellites

Introduction: Rainer SANDAU

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30- 18:30 Technical Session III

o Space Missions Overview

Introduction: David M. KLUMPAR

18.30 – 20.30 Welcome Reception and Poster Session

WEDNESDAY, January 26, 2011

9:00 - 9:15 Special announcement

o Ten years from UNISAT launch in Dnepr LV

Filippo Graziani

9:15 - 10:45 Technical Session IV

o Attitude Determination and Control Systems

Introduction: Craig UNDERWOOD

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00 Technical Session V

o Launch Opportunities for University Missions

Introduction: Vladislav SOLOVEY - I.S.C. KOSMOTRAS

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Technical Session VI

o Space Debris

Introduction: Heiner KLINKRAD

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30- 18:30 Technical Session VII

o Ground Segment and Stations Network

Introduction: Piero GALEONE

20.30 – 22.30 Dinner in a typical restaurant in Rome

THURSDAY, January 27, 2011

--1st CubeSat Winter Workshop in Europe--

9:00 - 10:45 Keynote lectures

* Robert TWIGGS - The role of Cubesats and Pocketsats in education
* Benjamin K. MALPHRUS - Future payloads and experiments
* Piero GALEONE - Overview of ESA Education Office activities
* Jean MUYLAERT - QB50 and education

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00 CubeSat Technical Session I

* The panorama: where do we stand now? An overview of student activities

Chairman: Abe BONNEMA, ISIS

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 CubeSat Technical Session II

o The panorama: where do we stand now? An overview of student activities

Chairman: Simone BATTISTINI, GAUSS

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30- 18:30 CubeSat Technical Session III

o The panorama: where do we stand now? An overview of student activities

Chairman: Pietro BERARDINO, Agusta Westland

20.30– 22.30 Rome by-night walking tours and pizza

FRIDAY, January 28, 2011

9:00 - 10:45 Keynote lectures

o Vladimir ANDREEV – the effective cooperation between Kosmotras and

University: UNISAT Program

o Jordi PUIG-SUARL - P-POD deployer Future Missions
o Michael Ovchinnikov - Overview of Attitude Control Systems for Cubesats

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00 CubeSat Technical Session III

o Cubesat Subsystems 1

Chairman: Nathan FITE, ASL - Morehead State University

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 CubeSat Technical Session IV

o Cubesats Scientific Missions and “applications” activities

Chairman: Sabrina CORPINO, Politecnico di Torino

16:30- 18:15 CubeSat Technical Session V

o Cubesat Subsystems 2 (Attitude Determination and Control)

Chairman: Chantal CAPPELLETTI, GAUSS

18:30 - 19:30 CubeSat Technical Session VI

o Cubesat Subsystems 3 (Attitude Determination and Control)

Chairman: Michele COLETTI, Mars Space Ltd


SATURDAY, January 29, 2011

9:00 - 11:45 Half-a-day with the High School Students:

“Astronautics in the class-rooms”

o Chairman: Maurizio DE RENZI, Preside Liceo L. A. Seneca



o Jennifer CARTER MALPHRUS, Rowan County Senior High School
o Giuseppina Pulcrano, ASI- Italian Space Agency
o Armando ClemENTI, Chris Cappell College
o Chantal CAPPELLETTI, GAUSS team coordinator

Arrivederci next year in Bruxelles!

Technical Tours:

The following technical tours are proposed, with bus transportation provided by sponsors:

* Telespazio Fucino (L’Aquila)
* Vigna Di Valle: Aeronautics Museum and SICRAL control center



Registration Fee:

Ordinary 300 Euro, students 100 Euro, accompanying person 150 Euro (until January 3rd, 2011)

Ordinary 400 Euro, students 150 Euro, accompanying person 200 Euro (after January 3rd, 2011)

* Items included in the full registration and students fee: badge, symposium documentation, admission to the opening ceremony, ice breaking cocktail, welcome reception, Rome-by-Night walking tour, typical Italian dinner in Rome, access to all workshop sessions, lunches and coffee breaks
* items included in the accompanying person registration fee: admission to the opening ceremony, ice breaking cocktail, welcome reception, Rome-by-Night walking tour,

Confirmation of registration

You will receive a copy of your registration application by email. Confirmation of registration will only be sent by email once payment has been received by effe erre congressi.

Terms of Payment

The Registration must be accompanied with payment of the corresponding registration fee. For payment by Bank Transfer the registration will be completed only after receiving the copy of the payment sent by email or by fax (info@frcongressi.it: Fax: + 39 0812429572).

All payment must be in Euro. Registration fees are inclusive of Italian VAT (20%).

The payment can be made by: • bank transfer • credit card (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX) In the next few days will be available the Online Form. All payments will go through the Secure Online Registration System. Payment must be sent to the Conference Office as follows:

o By Credit Card: please fill in the box on the Registration Form, and do not forget to mention the credit card holder's name, the expiry date and to sign it.
o By Banks Remittance to the following account:

Beneficiary: Effe Erre Congressi srl

Address: Corso Vittorio Emanuele 347 – 80135, Napoli - Italy

UNICREDIT BANCA DI ROMA NAPOLI MERGELLINA VIA GIORDANO BRUNO, 172/A

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ESA student sponsorship

As part of the ESA Conference Opportunities for Students Programme (ECOSS), the ESA Education Office is pleased to be able to offer sponsorship to European students interested in attending the event. Full-time students from ESA Member or Cooperating states that have - or are planning to - submit(ed) an abstract are encouraged to apply for ESA Sponsorship.

Students selected by ESA Education will be reimbursed their conference registration fee and up to a maximum of 300€ in travel and accommodation expenses. Sponsorship will be in the form of a single reimbursement after the conference.

More details can be found on the website of the Conferente, under the section ‘Sponsorships’.


Proceedings

The proceedings of the Conference will be published in a special issue of the international journal "Actual Problems of Aviation and Aerospace Systems". This issue will be edited by Prof. Lyudmila Kuzmina (Kazan State University) and Prof. Filippo Graziani (guest editor).

Full papers for publication are due by the end of the workshop.


Conference site:

The Conference will be held in the Centro Logistico della Guardia di Finanza – Villa Spada.

Via Castiglion Fiorentino

00138 Roma

Accommodation

Hotels available:

* Grand Hotel Ritz ****

Via D. Chelini, 41 00197 Roma

* Grand Hotel Regent ****

Via Filippo Civinini, 46 00197 Roma
Prices per day (breakfast included):

* Single room 55 €
* Double room 60 €
* Triple room 75 €

Tourist tax: 3 € per day. To perform registration visit the website of the conferente under the section ‘Accommodation’.


Visa handling:

An invitation letter will be sent upon request

Exhibition:

The Workshop will be accompanied by an industrial exhibition of space engineering tecnologies and equipment

Pre - and Post-Symposium Excursions and Accompanying Person Social Program:

The following sightseeing excursions and tours can be booked through the organizers:

- Classical Rome (Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona)

- Imperial Rome (Roman Forums, Capitol Hill, Colosseum, Circus Maximus)

- Vatican (St. Peter Basilica, Papal Tombs, Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel)

- Christian Rome (St. Mary, St. John in Lateran, Ancient Appian Way, Catacombs)

- Castelli Romani (Caracalla Baths, Ancient Appian Way, Colli Albani, Frascati)

- Tivoli (Villa Adriana, Villa Gregoriana, Villa d’Este)

- Museum of Ancient Roman Civilization and Palazzo Valentini

Upon request other excursions as well as 2- or 3- days tours can be organized


Contacts:

Chantal Cappelletti e-mail: chantal.cappelletti@gmail.com

Simone Battistini e-mail: simone.battistini@uniroma1.it
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