August 10–13, 2009 · Utah State University · Logan, Utah USA

Technical Sessions

Session VII: Spacecraft Systems

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

8:30 a.m. Advanced System of Micro Satellite for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Mission
Yoshihide Aoyanagi, Shin Satori – Hokkaido Institute of Technology; Tsuyoshi Totani – Hokkaido University; Toshihiko Yasunaka – Uematsu Electric Co., Ltd; Akihiro Nakamura – AIDMA Inc.; Yusuke Takeuchi – Hokkaido Satellite, Inc.
8:45 a.m. Autonomous Pose Estimation for In‒Orbit Self‒Assembly of Intelligent Self‒Powered Modules
Samia Smail, David Wokes, Craig Underwood, Phil Palmer – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd./Surrey Space Centre
9:00 a.m. Multi‒Mission Suitability of the NASA Ames Modular Common Bus
Sascha Tietz – SGT, Inc.; James Bell, Butler Hine – NASA Ames Research Center
9:15 a.m. Advanced Middleware for Space Plug‒and‒play Avionics (SPA) Architecture Standardization and Rapid Systems Integration
Grant Holcomb – ATK Launch Systems
9:30 a.m. A Framework over Present Standards to Choose EEE Parts in Commercial Satellites
Mohammad Talebpour – Sharif University of Technology
9:45 a.m. SatTherm: A Thermal Analysis and Design Tool for Small Spacecraft
Cassandra Allison – National Space Grant Foundation/San Jose State University; Millan Diaz‐Aguado – ASRC Research and Technology Solutions; Belgacem Jaroux – NASA Ames Research Center
Alternate  Small Satellite Design for Very Low Earth Orbit Applications
Toshihiro Obata – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Alternate  Ristretto: A French Space Agency Initiative for Student Satellite in Open Source and International Cooperation
Malecka Saleman – CNES; Daniel Hernandez – Devil‐Hop
Alternate  How to Effectively Configure and Package a Small Spacecraft
Poti Doukas, Thomas Sarafin, Patrick O'Grady, Seth Kovnat – Instar Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Alternate  Simulation‒Based testing of Embedded Attitude Control Algorithms of a FPGA based Micro Satellite
Muhammad Yasir, Toshinori Kuwahara, Class Ziemke, Michael Fritz, Hans‐Peter Roeser – Institute for Space Systems, Universitaet Stuttgart
[Small Satellites: Elements of new space systems]

23rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
August 10–13, 2009 · Utah State University · Logan, Utah USA