The Aerospace Corporation joins the entire SmallSat community for this year’s virtual Small Satellite Conference hosted by Utah State University. While we will miss the in-person collaboration, discussion and education about the latest in SmallSat innovation this year, Aerospace is eager to demonstrate new research and technology with a robust presence on the virtual SmallSat agenda.
Read further on our page to learn about our latest innovation and fly through an Aerospace CubeSat using our new interactive demo. Join us in the discussion online using the #SmallSat.
Aerospace on the Agenda: Technical Sessions
Mission Operations & Autonomy
- A Sat-to-Sat Inspection Demonstration with the AeroCube-10 1.5U CubeSats
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Aerospace authors: Joseph Gangestad, Catherine Venturini, David Hinkley, Garrett Kinum
Year in Review
- Flight Operations of Two Rapidly Assembled CubeSats with Commercial Infrared Cameras: The Rogue-Alpha, Beta program
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Aerospace authors: Dee Pack, Darren Rowen, Brian Hardy, John Santiago, Paul Zittel, David Pietrowski, Jon Mauerhan, Paul Su
Propulsion
- HyPer - a Green Monopropellant for Small Satellite Propulsion
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Brandie Rhodes, Madison Piechowski, David Hinkley, Evan Ulrich - The Aerospace Corporation
Future Missions/Capabilities
- How Satellites are Moving Beyond the Class System: Class Agnostic Development and Operations Approaches for Constraints-Driven Missions
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Aerospace author: Barbara Braun
Co-author: Lee Jasper - Space Dynamics Laboratory
- The DiskSat: A Two-Dimensional Containerized Satellite
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Aerospace authors: Richard Welle, Catherine Venturini, David Hinkley, Joseph Gangestad
Coordinating Successful Educational Programs
- Online Small-Sat Knowledge Repositories and Modeling Tools for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Mission Success
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Aerospace author: Allyson Yarbrough
Co-authors: Arthur Witulski, Brian Sierawski, Gabor Karsai, Nag Mahadevan, Robert Reed, Ronald Schrimpf - Vanderbilt University; Michael Campola - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Aerospace on the Agenda: Swifties
Ground Systems & Operations
- New Approaches to NOAA's Mission Operations: Leveraging Innovation from the SmallSat Community
Aerospace presenter: Stephen Marley
Co-presenters: Frank Gallagher, Vanessa Griffin, Xiaokun Li, Raad Saleh, Ajay Mehta - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Register for SmallSat 2021 Here
The 35th Annual Small Satellite Conference (Aug. 7-12, 2021) will explore the realm of the possible in new space mission operations and autonomy enablers that will drive the speed of information exchange.
Slingshot Platform Fast-Tracks Space Systems Using Modularity and Open Standards
Aerospace's Slingshot looks to advance on-orbit experiments using modular and autonomous technologies on next-generation satellite systems.
Interactive Flythrough Inside an AeroCube
Take a virtual ride to explore the inside of an AeroCube! This experience gives you full control to view all the intricate components and complexities of an Aerospace CubeSat while explaining how they all work together.
Aerospace CubeSats Blaze a Faster Trail to Space
The challenge: Build and launch a pair of cube satellites on a tight budget and even tighter timeline. Here is how Aerospace engineers designed the Aerospace Rogue Alpha/Beta CubeSats as pathfinders for studying rapid reconstitution.
Who’s Who in Space? Resolving CubeSat Confusion With Identification and Tracking
The Aerospace Corporation convened a two-day workshop to discuss identifying and tracking the growing number of CubeSats launched into orbit.
