Call for papers
OBJECTIVES
The great number of scientists, engineers, and manag-ers who participated in the hitherto existing symposia reflects the high interest in the use of small satellites for dedicated missions applied to earth observation, from scientific earth observation missions to technol-ogy demonstration missions.
These types of missions can be conducted relatively quickly and inexpensively and provide increased op-portunity for access to space.
The spacecraft bus and instruments can be based ei-ther on optimized off-the-shelf systems, with little or no requirements for new technology, or on new high-technology systems. Thus a new class of advanced small satellites, including autonomously operating "intelligent" satellites may be created, opening new fields of application for scientific purposes as well as operational, public and commercial services.
The symposium will provide a forum for scientists, engineers and managers to exchange information about planned and on-going programs and missions, and present new ideas, covering small satellite mis-sion objectives as well as technology and management aspects for dedicated earth observation satellites. Ar-eas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Small Satellite Mission Programs
- International and national programs
- University programs
- Planned and on-going programs
Objectives for Small Satellite Missions
- Scientific earth observation missions
- Operational systems for disaster prevention and rescue
- Technology demonstration missions
- Commercial service and applications
Mature (off the Shelf) Systems
- Sensors and instrumentation
- Spacecraft concepts and sub-systems
- Ground stations and communication
- Mission operation and facilities
- Launch systems
Advanced Technology Approaches
- Sensors and instrumentation
- Microelectronics and micromechanics
- Optics and filters
- Communication and ground stations
Low-Cost Management Aspects
- Project management
- Quality assurance
- International co-operation
- Data base functions and data distribution
Results of Small Satellite Missions
User Requirements and Expectations
Student Prize Paper Competition
The symposium will consist of
- Lectures by invited speakers
- Contributed papers selected from abstracts received in response to the call for papers
- Poster sessions
- Panel discussions
The official language will be English.
SCHEDULE
| Schedule |
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| August 1, 2008 |
Call for Papers |
| November 15, 2008 |
Abstracts Due |
| December 12, 2008 |
Final Announcement |
| December 12, 2008 |
Notification to authors |
| February 16, 2009 |
Extended abstracts due (4 pages) |
| May 4, 2009 |
Final Paper due (max 8 pages) |
| May 4 - 8, 2009 |
7th Symposium |
| November 2009 |
Selected Procceedings |
CALL FOR PAPERS
You are invited to contribute a paper for presentation at the symposium. The one-page, single-spaced abstract of no less than 300 and no more than 500 words must be received by
31 October, 2008.
Please note: Students, who want to submit their abstract for the Students Conference need to prepare an
extended abstract (4 pages).
Abstracts should be in English and should include the symposium topic addressed, the problem explored, the methodology used, results and conclusions so as to al-low the Scientific Program Committee to make an in-formed decision regarding their suitability for inclusion into the symposium.
Notification of your paper's acceptance and author's instructions will be sent by 12 December 2008.
One copy of the symposium digest comprising the ex-tended abstracts (four pages) will be part of the registra-tion package handed over when registering on-site.
Final papers for the symposium proceedings are limited to eight pages, including tables and illustrations. The symposium proceedings will provide a record of se-lected contributed papers and interactive poster session papers presented at the symposium. One copy of these proceedings will be distributed to the participants after the conference.
Send your abstract by e-mail: iaa.symp@dlr.de or fax (+49) (0)30 67055-532 or mail to DLR, Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Optical Information Systems, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- L. Alkalai (NASA/JPL, USA)
- K. Brieß (TU Berlin, Germany)
- J. Esper (NASA/GSFC, USA)
- L. Fröbel (DLR, Germany)
- E. Gill (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
- H. Jahn (DLR, Germany)
- B. Meurer (USU/AIAA, USA)
- O. Montenbruck (DLR, Germany)
- A. da Silva Curiel (SSTL, UK)
- S. Theil (DLR, Germany)
REGISTRATION
To partially offset the cost of the Symposium, there will be a registration fee in the order of € 500 for participants registering by February 15, 2009. After that date, the registration fee will raise to € 550. The registration fee for students amounts to € 190.
The fee will cover admission to the sessions, the symposium digest, a copy of the proceedings published after the symposium, coffee breaks and lunch. A social program for accompanying persons will be organized. Registration forms will be placed onto the symposium webpage in January as part of the Final Announcement. To assure your name is included into the mailing list, please complete and return the attached form.
You can also use the online form http://www.dlr.de/iaa.symp. Please provide your complete mail/delivery address, e-mail and fax number on all correspondence.
LOCAL ORGANIZING AGENCY
Dietmar Hennig
CMT ConTour GmbH, Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30-20962-131
Fax: +49 (0) 30-20962-133
e-mail: contour.berlin@t-online.de
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE
HONORAEY CHAIRMEN
- Jan Wörner (DLR, Germany)
CHAIRMEN
- Rainer Sandau
Chairman IAA Commission Space System Operation & Utilisation (Germany)
- Hans Peter Röser
Director Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
- Arnoldo Valenzuela
IAA Commission Space System Operation & Utilisation ( Italy)
MEMBERS
- G. A. Avanesov (IKI, Russia)
- M. N. Barbosa (UNESCO, IAF)
- J.-M. Contant (IAA, France)
- C. Elachi (NASA/JPL, USA)
- A. Ginati (ESA)
- R. Hornstein (NASA/HQ, USA)
- F. B. Hsiao (NCKU, Taiwan, China)
- A. de Leffe (CNES, France)
- L. Maresi (ESA/ESTEC)
- O. Marsal (CNES, France)
- S. Nakasuka (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
- S. Neeck (NASA/HQ, USA)
- P. Patterson (USU/SDL, USA)
- L. Paxton (JHU/APL, USA)
- H. Reile (DLR, Germany)
- U. Renner (TU Berlin, Germany)
- Sir Martin Sweeting (SSTL, UK)
- K. Thyagarajan (ISRO, India)
- C. F. Varotto (CONAE, Argentina)
- Y. Zhu (CAST, Beijing, China)