The Aerospace Corporation’s Sessions at SmallSat 2023

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ACTIVITIES

Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, 6 - 8 p.m. MT: Next-Gen Night Out

  • Logan Country Club 
  • Panelist: Catherine Venturini – The Aerospace Corporation 
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Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. MT: DiskSat Platform – Status and Opportunity 

Learn more about the latest developments with the DiskSat platform and participate in a discussion on future applications and opportunities to enhance mission capability. 

Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. MT: Space ISAC’s Watch Center and Threats to SmallSats 

Aerospace provides an overview of Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis (SPARTA). The SPARTA matrix aims address the information and communication barriers that hinder the identification and sharing of space-cyber Tactic, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP).

TECHNICAL PAPER 

Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, 11:30 a.m. MT: DiskSat SAR for Mega Constellation 

  • Hirobumi Saito – Waseda University 
  • Mitsuteru Kaneoka – CSP Japan 
  • Richard Welle and Anastasia Muszynski – The Aerospace Corporation 

TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS 

Saturday, Aug. 5, : Science/Mission Payloads – Research & Academia 1 

  • Session Chair: Rebecca Bishop – The Aerospace Corporation 

Monday, Aug. 7, : Missions at Scale 

  • Session Chair: Jeff Sherk – The Aerospace Corporation 

Tuesday, Aug. 8, : Propulsion 

  • Session Chair: Barbara Braun – The Aerospace Corporation 

Thursday, Aug. 10, : Ground Systems 

  • Session Chair: Don Sather – The Aerospace Corporation 

SWIFTIES 

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. MT: Adaptive Mission Assurance for the New Space Enterprise 

  • Barbara Braun and Catherine Venturini – The Aerospace Corporation 

Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. MT: The Rogue Alpha and Beta Mission: Operations, Infrared Remote Sensing, LEO Data Processing, and Lessons Learned from Three Years in Orbit with Two Laser Communication-Equipped 3U Cubesats [View Paper]

  • Dee Pack, Pradeep Thiyanaratnam, Brian Hardy, Tom Freeze, John Santiago, Dave Pietrowski, Michael Leon – The Aerospace Corporation