Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 11/Dec/2023
9:30am - 10:30amRegistration & Welcome Coffee
10:30am - 10:45amOpening remarks
10:45am - 11:15amKeynote1: Elena Eyngorn, Exolaunch
11:15am - 12:00pmPlenary 1: Making and keeping space accessible
Session Chair: Artur Scholz, LibreCube non-profit
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 2:15pmPlenary 2: Cubesat Subsystems and Technologies
Session Chair: Alexander Kinnaird, European Space Agency
2:15pm - 3:00pmPlenary 3: Telecommunication and Ground Segment
Session Chair: Jan Thoemel, University of Luxembourg
3:00pm - 4:30pmPoster Session & Coffee
4:30pm - 6:00pmPlenary 4: Flight Dynamics and AOCS
Session Chair: Dirk Vandepitte, Professor, KULeuven
6:30pm - 7:30pmWelcome drink
Leuven Town Hall
Grote Markt 9, 3000 Leuven
Date: Tuesday, 12/Dec/2023
8:00am - 9:00amRegistration
9:00am - 9:30amKeynote 2: Prof. Marcello Romano (Politecnico di Torino, Italy, & Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
Dynamics, guidance and control of small satellite Rendez-vous and Proximity maneuvers: analysis, simulations and experiments
9:30am - 10:30amPlenary 5: Very Low Earth Orbit
Session Chair: Damien Le Quang, von karman institute
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break & poster session
11:00am - 12:00pmPlenary 6: Earth Observation missions and instruments
Session Chair: Bart Vandenbussche, KU Leuven
12:00pm - 1:00pmPlenary 7: Novel Scientific Instruments / Sensors on Cubesats
Session Chair: Bart Vandenbussche, KU Leuven
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
2:00pm - 6:30pmTechnical visits
The participants will be invited to chose among 4 possibilities:
- von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (30 participants)
- Centre Spatiale de Liège - ULiège (CSL) (20 participants)
- Redwire Space - Formerly QinetiQ Space (30 participants)
- ESA Academy’s Fly Your Satellite!: An Interactive Journey into Educational CubeSat Projects (25 STUDENT participants)
7:00pm - 11:00pmGala dinner
Date: Wednesday, 13/Dec/2023
8:00am - 9:00amRegistration
9:00am - 10:45amPlenary 8: Cubesat Missions
Session Chair: Luca Bucciantini, CSEP, LPP, Ecole Polytechnique
10:45am - 11:15amCoffee break & poster session
11:15am - 11:45amKeynote3: Alexander Kinnaird, ESA Education Office, ESA Academy
CubeSats and the European Space Agency
11:45am - 12:45pmPlenary 9: CubeSat testing
Session Chair: Artur Scholz, LibreCube non-profit
12:45pm - 1:45pmLunch
1:45pm - 2:30pmPlenary 10: CubeSat propulsion
Session Chair: Thierry Magin, VKI / ULB
2:30pm - 3:15pmPlenary 11: Beyond Earth: Space Exploration Missions with Cubesat
Session Chair: Gilles BAILET, University of Glasgow
3:15pm - 3:30pmClosing remarks