Last update: 18 September 2008
Sunday, 1 June 2008 |
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13:00-17:00 |
Early Bird Registration at County Kerry Museum Welcome Drink sponsored by Enterprise Ireland |
Monday, 2 June 2008 |
09.00 |
Opening Address |
Session 1 - Current Missions Chairs: J.P. Lejault (ESA), J. Rouquet (ESA) |
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09.25 |
Qualification of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Flight Control Clerc, X.1; Delpy, P.1; Chaize, M.1; Clerc, H.2; Zink, M.1; Riccardi, P.A.1; Strandmoe, S.3 1EADS Astrium-ST (France); 2Astrium EADS-ST (France); 3ESA (Netherlands) |
09.50 |
The Gaia Attitude & Orbit Control System Colegrove, T.1; Chapman, P.1; Di Filippantonio, D.1; Walker-Deemin, A.1; Davies, A.1; Myatt, J.2; Ecale, E.3; Girouart, B.4 1Astrium Ltd (United Kingdom); 2Tessella plc (United Kingdom); 3Astrium SAS (France); 4ESTEC/ESA (Netherlands) |
10.15 |
Overview Aeolus AOCS Design Neal, M.1, Hardacre, S.1, Prezzavento, A.1, Lejault, J.P.2 1Astrium (United Kingdom), 2ESA (Netherlands) |
10.40 |
Coffee Break |
11.10 |
Struggling to Prevent Burning the Payload: Planck AOCS FDIR Zorita, D.1; Llorente, S.1; Bos, J.F.2; Bacchetta, A.3; Chlewicky, G.3; Pitaval, S.4; Rasmussen, I.5 1SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas (Spain); 2Dutch Space (Netherlands); 3Thales Alenia Space (Italy); 4Thales Alenia Space (France); 5ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands) |
11.35 |
PROBA-2: AOCS Software Validation Process and Critical Results de Lafontaine, J.1; Côté, J.1; Kron, A.1; Naudet, J.2; Van den Braembussche, P.2 1NGC Aerospace Ltd (Canada); 2Verhaert Space (Belgium) |
12.00 |
LEO GNC Design Evolution at Thales Alenia Space-France Renaud, P.Y.; Brethe, D.; Beaupellet, J.L.; Busseuil, J. Thales Alenia Space (France) |
12.30 |
Lunch Break |
Session 2 - Space Exploration: Entry Descent and Landing Chairs: R. Drai (ESA), J. de Lafontaine (University of Sherbrook) |
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14.00 |
SELENE "KAGUYA" Attitude and Orbit Control System and its Flight Results Matsumoto, S.1; Tayama, S.1; Ishijima, Y.1; Iwamoto, Y.2; Tanaka, K.2; Iwayama, Y.2; Ogo, K.2 1JAXA (Japan); 2NEC TOSHIBA Space System (Japan) |
14.25 |
Soft Landing on Mars: The GNC Tasks in the Exomars Descent Module Mission Martella, P.; Portigliotti, S. Thales Alenia Space (Italy) |
14.50 |
Autonomous Planetary Landing using a LIDAR Sensor: The Landing Dynamic Test Facility de Lafontaine, J.; Neveu, D.; Hamel, J.-F. NGC Aerospace Ltd. (Canada) |
15.15 |
Hazard Avoidance Developments for Planetary Exploration Devouassoux, Y.1; Reynaud, S.1; Jonniaux, G.1; Ribeiro, R.A.2; Pais, T.C.2 1ASTRIUM Space Transportation (France); 2UNINOVA (Portugal) |
15.40 |
Coffee Break |
16.10 |
Hazard Avoidance for Planetary Landing: GNC Design and Performance Assessment Parreira, B.1; Di Sotto, E.1; Rogata, P.1; Caramagno, A.1; Rebordão, J.2 1Deimos Engenharia (Portugal); 2Ineti/Laer (Portugal) |
16.35 |
Visual Navigation over Flat Terrain using Virtual Optical Flow Chernykh, V.; Beck, M.; Janschek, K. TU Dresden (Germany) |
17.00 |
Titan Flagship Mission 3-DOF Simulation Analysis Prince, J.1; Powell, R.W.2; Lockwood, M.K.3 1NASA Langley Research Center (United States); 2AMA (United States); 3Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (United States) |
19.00-22.00 |
Siamsa Tire Theatre Trip Sponsored by Selex Galileo & Cypress |
Tuesday, 3 June 2008 |
Session 3 - Advances in Sensors and Actuators I Chairs: S. Dussy (ESA), P. Guay (CNES) |
Session 4 - Control and Guidance Chairs: S. Bennani (ESA), M. Lovera (Politecnico di Milano) |
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09.00 |
New Earth Sensor Development: Design, Performance and Application Boldrini, F.1; Brogi, S.1; Monnini, E.1; Tremolizzo, E.2 1Galileo Avionica (Italy); 2European Space Agency (Netherlands) |
Collision Avoidance Maneuver Planning with Robust Optimization Mueller, J.1; Larsson, R.2 1Princeton Satellite Systems (United States); 2Swedish Space Corporation (Sweden) |
09.25 |
Reaction Wheel Unit Design Update and Re-Qualification Yüce, V.; van Put, P. Bradford Engineering BV (Netherlands) |
Satellite Attitude Trajectory Planning using the Flatness Framework Charbonnel, C.1; Louembet, C.2; Cazaurang, F.2; Zolghadri, A.2 1Thales Alenia Space (France); 2Université Bordeaux I, IMS Lab./Dept. LAPS (France) |
09.50 |
Development of Low Disturbance Magnetic Bearing Wheel (MBW) with Inclined Magnetic Poles Saito, M.1; Fukushima, K.1; Sato, N.2; Izawa, K.3; Hashimoto, T.3; Nakajima, A.3 1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan); 2Mitsubishi Precision Corporation (Japan); 3Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan) |
Robust Attitude Control Using mu-synthesis for Large Flexible Satellite ETS-VIII Ohtani, T.1; Hamada, Y.1; Nagashio, T.2; Kida, T.2; Mitani, S.1; Yamaguchi, I.1; Kasai, T.1; Igawa, H.1 1Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan); 2University of Electro-Communications (Japan) |
10.15 |
HYDRA Multiple Heads Star Tracker with Enhanced Performances Blarre, L.1; Perrimon, N.1; Piot, D.1; Oddos-Marcel, L.1; Martinez, P.E.2; Dussy, S.3 1EADS-SODERN (France); 2CNES Toulouse (France); 3ESA-ESTEC (Netherlands) |
Drag-Free Control Design for Misaligned Cubic Test Masses Schleicher, A.1; Brandt, N.1; Hirth, M.2; Fichter, W.2 1Astrium GmbH (Germany); 2Universität Stuttgart (Germany) |
10.40 |
Coffee Break |
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11.10 |
Qualification of HAS APS Detector for Space Van Aken, D.1; Cos, S.2 1Cypress Semiconductor Belgium BVBA (Belgium); 2Cypress Semiconductor Belgium (Belgium) |
System Identification for Control System Design and Demonstration by Flexlab Mitchell, J.; Irwin, R.D. Ohio University (United States) |
11.35 |
Experimental Studies of Four-Small CMG Cluster Rhee, S.-W. Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korea, Republic of) |
Comparison of Robust Outer Loop Design via Analytical Loop Shaping vs LMIs on the Control of Reentry Vehicle Renault, C.1; Duriau, F.2 1Astrium Space Transportation (France); 2SUPELEC (France) |
12.00 |
Next Generation Inertial Stellar Compass Brady, T. Draper Laboratory (United States) |
A Low-Order Linear Parametric Varying H infinity Loop-Shaping Controller for a Re-Entry Vehicle Menon, P.1; Prempain, E.2; Postlethwaite, I.3; Bates, D.G.3 1Control and Instrumentation Research (United Kingdom); 2Control and Instrumentation Research, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester (United Kingdom); 3University of Leicester (United Kingdom) |
12.30 |
Lunch Break |
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Session 5 - Micro Nano and Pico Challenges Chairs: R. Jansson (ESA), S. Theil (DLR) |
Session 6 - Simulation of Visually-Guided Autonomous Landing System of Unmanned Helicopter Chairs: A. Benoit (ESA), G.Andre (ESA) |
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14.00 |
Development of the Micro Reaction Wheel RW 1 Stoltz, S.1; Driescher, H.1; Kayal, H.2 1Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH (Germany); 2Technical University Berlin (Germany) |
Simulation of Visually-Guided Autonomous Landing System of Unmanned Helicopter Pan, S. China Academy of Space Technology (China) |
14.25 |
Sunsensors and the Limits of Scalability De Boom, C.W.; Leijtens, J. TNO Science and Industry |
Flight Results of the LOLA Demonstration of Optical Communications between an Aircraft and a GEO Relay Satellite Vaillon, L.; Planche, G.; Chorvalli, V.; Gendre, D.; Jobert, G. EADS Astrium (France) |
14.50 |
System on Chip Development for Attitude Sensors Boldrini, F.1; Monnini, E.1; Procopio, D.1; Alison, B.2; Ogiers, W.3; Innocent, M.3; Pritchard, A.4; Stace, C.4; Airey, S.5 1Galileo Avionica (Italy); 2Thales Alenia Space (France); 3Cypress Semiconductor Corp (Belgium); 4BAE Systems (United Kingdom); 5European Space Agency (Netherlands) |
ExoMars Rover Autonomous Localisation, Navigation and Control Silva, N.; Davies, A.; Watt, M.; Tovo, D.; Lancaster, R.; Grocott, S. Astrium Ltd, Stevenage (United Kingdom) |
15.15 |
PICARD - High Pointing Performances with a Microsatellite Samson, P.1; Fallet, C.2 1Thales Alenia Space (France); 2CNES (France) |
An Image-Based Sensor System for Autonomous Rendez-Vous with Uncooperative Satellites Miravet, C.; Pascual, L.; del Cura, J.M. SENER Ingenieria y Sistemas (Spain) |
15.40 |
Analysis of ITÜ NXG I Next Generation Technology Demonstrator from a Controls Perspective Kurtulus, C.; Inalhan, G. Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) |
The SOLAR Payload Pointing Control System Cometto, F.1; Musetti, B.1; Galeone, P.2; Salehi, S.3 1ThalesAlenia Space Italia (Italy); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands); 3Rhea @ ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands) |
17.30-20.30 |
GNC Product Exhibition Opening and Reception sponsored by Enterprise Ireland Dedicated Exhibition and Poster Session |
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008 |
Session 7 - Advances in Sensors and Actuators II Chairs: D. Temperanza (ESA), H. Suzuki (JAXA) |
Session 8 - Navigation and Estimation Chairs: T. Voirin (ESA), L. Valavani (University of Athens) |
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09.00 |
Development of High Performance Fiber Optical Gyro Inertial Reference Unit (FOG-IRU) for Satellite Applications Mitani, S.1; Ishijima, Y.1; Suzuki, H.1; Oono, A.2; Miyahara, Y.2; Okikura, H.2; Sakai, S.1; Toda, T.1; Hashimoto, T.1 1Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan); 2Japan Aviation Electronics, Ltd (Japan) |
Spacecraft Navigation Using X-ray Pulsars Graven, P.1; Collins, J.T.1; Hanson, J.E.2; Sheikh, S.I.3 1Microcosm, Inc. (United States); 2CrossTrac Engineering (United States); 3ASTER Labs (United States) |
09.25 |
The Feasibility of Applying Plug-and-Play (PnP) Concepts to Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Contro (GN&C) Systems to Meet the Challenges of Future Responsive Missions Hansen, L.J.1; Graven, P.2; Fogle, D.3; Lyke, J.4 1HRP Systems, Inc. (United States); 2Microcosm, Inc. (United States); 3Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate (RV), Kirtland Air Force Base, NM (United States); 4AFRL/RV, Kirtland AFB, NM (United States) |
Attitude Determination Tailored to Multiple Heads Star-Tracker Beaupellet, J.L.1; De Sanctis, S.2; Sechi, G.2; Girouart, B.3 1Thales Alenia Space France (France); 2Thales Alenia Space Italy (Italy); 3ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands) |
09.50 |
REGYS 20: A Promising HRG-Based IMU for Space Application Rosellini, L.; Caron, J.M. SAGEM Defense and Security (France) |
Combined Attitude and Orbit Determination Filter for Earth Observation Missions in GEO Using Ground Control Points and Inertial Measurements Lagadec, K.1; Ledez, C.1; Meixner, H.2; Righetti, P.-L.2 1EADS Astrium (France); 2Eumetsat (Germany) |
10.15 |
In Flight Star Sensors Self Calibration Using Inter-stars Angular Separation Measurements Montel, J.1, Martinez, P.E.2 1Guidance and AOCS Dept. CNES (France), 2AOCS Equipments and Mechanisms Dept. CNES (France) |
Optical Flow based GEO Satellite Attitude Estimation from Payload Image Data Zaunick, E.1; Janschek, K.J.1; Levenhagen, J.L.2 1Technische Unversität Dresden (Germany); 2EADS Astrium (Germany) |
10.40 |
Coffee Break |
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11.10 |
SiREUS - Status of the European MEMS Rate Sensor Durrant, D.1; Crowle, H.2; Robertson, J.3; Dussy, S.4 1SEA (United Kingdom); 2AIS (United Kingdom); 3SELEX S&AS (United Kingdom); 4ESA (Netherlands) |
Robust INS/GPS Hybrid Navigator Demonstrator Design for Launch, Re-entry and Orbital Vehicles Voirin, T.1; Polle, B.1; Frapard, B.1; Drai, R.2; Krauss, P.A.3; Peñin, L.F.4; D'Angelo, P.5; Zangerl, F.6; Belin, S.7; Reynaud, S.7 1Astrium Satellites (France); 2European Space Agency (Netherlands); 3Astrium Satellites (Germany); 4Deimos Space (Spain); 5Deimos Engenharia (Portugal); 6Austrian Aerospace (Austria); 7Astrium Space Transportation (France) |
11.35 |
GNSS Goes LEON - A LEON-2 Based GNSS Receiver for Space Applications Kuehl, C.T.F.; Mittnacht, M.; Krauss, P.A.; Heim, J.; Gottzein, E. Astrium GmbH Satellites (Germany) |
In-flight Performance Assessment of the Single Frequency MosaicGNSS Receiver for Satellite Navigation Yoon, Y.1; Montenbruck, O.1; Ulrich, D.2 1German Aerospace Center (DLR) (Germany); 2Astrium GmbH Friedrichafen (Germany) |
12.00 |
AEOLUS Magnetometer for Attitude Determination Vieira, I.1; Felix, C.1; Borda, C.1; Pepe, C.1; Temperanza, D.2; Furano, G.2 1LUSOSPACE (Portugal); 2ESA (Netherlands) |
Simultaneous Spacecraft Attitude and Orbit Estimation Using Magnetic Field Vector Measurements Abdelrahman, M.; Park, S.-Y. Yonsei University (Korea, Republic of) |
12.30 |
Lunch Break |
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Session 9 - Space Exploration - Rendezvous and Docking Chairs: A. Cropp (ESA), T.Crain (NASA) |
Session 10 - Launch Vehicles and Atmospheric Re-Entry Chairs: S. Bennani (ESA), F. Corraro (CIRA) |
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14.00 |
Autonomous Rendezvous Control System: a High Fidelity Functional Engineering Simulator Developed for GNC/AMM/FDIR Validation Le Peuvédic, C.1; Colmenarejo, P.2; Guiotto, A.3 1Thales Alenia Space (France); 2GMV (Spain); 3Thales Alenia Space (Italy) |
Re-Entry Demonstrator Mission: Scenario Definition with Vega Launcher Espinosa Ramos, A.; Pascal, Ph.; Guedron, S.; Baiocco, P.; Casalino, S. CNES (France) |
14.25 |
Navigation and Guidance Strategies for High-Velocity Impact of a Near Earth Asteroid de Lafontaine, J.1; Kron, A.1; Ulrich, S.1; Clerc, S.2 1NGC Aerospace Ltd (Canada); 2Thales Alenia Space (France) |
Scheduling Schemes and Control Law Robustness in Atmospheric Flight of VEGA Launcher Roux, C.R.; Cruciani, I. ELV SpA (Italy) |
14.50 |
HARVD Development, Verification and Validation Approach (from Traditional GNC Design/V&V Framework Simulator to Real-Time Dynamic Testing) Colmenarejo, P.1; Tarabini-Castellani, L.1; Le Peuvédic, C.2; Guiotto, A.3 1GMV (Spain); 2TAS-F (France); 3TAS-I (Italy) |
Fault Analysis for Robust FDI Design during RLV Ascent and Re-Entry Phases Marcos, A.1; De Zaiacomo, G.1; Penin, L.F.1; Bornschlegl, E.2 1Deimos Space S.L. (Spain); 2ESA ESTEC (Netherlands) |
15.15 |
Realistic Image Generation for Testing Vision Based Autonomous Rendezvous McCrum, M.; Dunstan, M.N.; Parkes, S. University of Dundee (United Kingdom) |
Launchers Analytical Loop Shaping Design and Validation Renault, C.; Saunois, P. Astrium Space Transportation (France) |
15.40 |
Coffee Break |
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16.10 |
Vision Based GNC For Autonomous RVD in Circular and Elliptical Orbit Di Sotto, E.1; Parreira, B.1; Branco, J.1; Caramagno, A.1; Peñin, L.F.2; Rebordão, J.3 1Deimos Engenharia (Portugal); 2Deimos Space (Spain); 3Ineti/Laer (Portugal) |
Gain-Scheduled and LPV Control for Re-Entry Vehicle Ganet-Schoeller, M.1; Charbonnel, H.1; Pita-Gil, G.2 1Astrium Space Transportation (France); 2Supelec (France) |
16.35 |
Autonomous Optical Navigation for Manned Lunar Missions Prieto-Llanos, T.; Gil-Fernández, J.; Corral van Damme, C. GMV (Spain) |
Time Variant Notch Filter for Bending Modes Active Supression in Aerospace Systems França, S.; Brito, A.G. Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Brazil) |
17.00 |
Autonomous RendezVous System: the HARVD Solution Kerambrun, S.1; Frapard, B.1; Silva, N.2; Ganet, M.2; Philippe, C.3; Cropp, A.3 1Astrium Satellites (France); 2Astrium Space Transportation (France); 3ESA (Netherlands) |
CIRA Technologies and Flight Test Results for Innovative Terminal Area Energy Management GN&C Systems Corraro, F.; Cuciniello, G.; Morani, G.; Nebula, F.; Russo, M.; Filippone, E. CIRA-Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italy) |
19.00 |
ESA GNC 2008 Conference Dinner at Ballyseede Castle sponsored by ESA & Bradford Engineering |
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Thursday, 5 June 2008 |
Session 11 - In Orbit Experience Chairs: Peter Zentgraf (ESA); J. Fertig (ESOC) |
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09.00 |
Proteus/Corot AOCS Flight Results Brethé, D.1; Tello, M.2; Auvergne, M.3 1Thales Alenia Space (France); 2CNES (France); 3LESIA (France) |
09.25 |
Enhancement of Performances for Metop-A Short Maneuvers Righetti, P.L.1; de la Taille, L.1; Crozat, C.2; Klinc, M.3; Batilliot, E.4; Reuilh, A.4 1EUMETSAT (Germany); 2Telespazio at EUMETSAT (Germany); 3Klinc at EUMETSAT (Germany); 4ASTRIUM Toulouse (France) |
09.50 |
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10.15 |
"SMART" Features Evolution of Russian IR Horizon Sensors Vetrov, O.V.; Medvedev, B.V. JSC “NPP “Geofizika-Cosmos” (Russian Federation) |
10.40 |
Coffee Break |
11.10 |
Giove-A AOCS: An Experience from Verification to Flight Johnston, G.; Holt, A.; Jackson, C. SSTL (United Kingdom) |
11.35 |
On Orbit Performance and Lessons Learnt of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Spacecraft Attitude Control System Lin, C.T. National Space Organization (Taiwan) |
12.00 |
Science and Lifetime Maximization My AOCS Means Peschke, S.1; Denis, M.1; Fischer, J.2; Jayaraman, P.2 1ESA/ESOC (Germany); 2Vega IT GmbH (Germany) |
12.25 |
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Flight Control Achievements Strandmoe, S.1, DePasquale, E.1, Escane, I.2, Augelli, M.2, Personne, G.3, Cavrois, B.3, Fau, N.3, Yu, M.3, Zink, M.3, Clerc, X.3, Chaize, M.3, Clerc, H.3, Gogibus, E.3, Brun, P.3, Roussel, S.3, Requiston, H.3, Delage, R.3, Martel, F.3, Chavy, S.3, Veltz, Ch.3, Martinez Fadrique, F.M.4, Juarez, I.4, Casas-Cuadrado, C.M.4, Bonnet, M.5, Caluwaerts, D.6 1ESA (France); 2CNES (France); 3EADS Astrium-ST (France); 4GMV (Spain); 5Booz-Allen (France); 6Booz-Allen (The Netherlands) |
13.00 |
Lunch Break |
Session 12 - Future Missions Chairs: P. van den Braembussche (ESA), S. Berrivin (CNES) |
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14.30 |
Rapid ADCS Design for Commerical Leo Constellations – Designing for Deadline Gittins, D.1, Dungate, D.1; Siliverdis K.1, Rouat, O.2, Charbonnel, P.2 1Tessella Support Services plc (United Kingdom); 2Thales Alenia Space (France) |
14.55 |
Wheel and Pulsed Thrusters Based Architecture for the Pégase Mission Villien, A.1; Morand, J.1; Delpech, M.2; Guidotti, P.Y.2 1Astrium Satellites (France); 2CNES (France) |
15.20 |
Application of the Embedded Model Control to Satelite-To-Satellite Tracking for Future Earth Observation Missions Massotti, L.1; Silvestrin, P.1; Canuto, E.2 1ESA (Netherlands); 2Politecnico di Torino (Italy) |
15.55 |
Geostationary AOCS based on STR Only Gaudic, L. Thales Alenia Space (France) |
16.20 |
Coffee Break |
16.50 |
Microscope: Debris Impacts on a Drag-free Mission Lefebve, J.1, Prieur, P.1, Josselin, V.2 1Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales CNES (AACS Team) (France); 2Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales ONERA (Scientific Instrument) (France) |
17.15 |
ADCS Implementation of Operationally Responsive Space Bus Standards for a HEO Communication Mission Sandhoo, G.1; Lim, T.2; Delahunt, P.2; Raynor, W.2; Johnson, M.2; Stadter, P.3; Dellinger, W.3; Griswold, J.4 1United States Naval Research Lab (United States); 2U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (United States); 3The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (United States); 4Rapid Reaction Technology Office, DDR&E, DOD (United States) |
17.40 |
Challenges of Accurate Attitude Control for a High-Resolution Earth Observation Platform in Geostationary Orbit Lagadec, K.; Roche, C.; Levy, E. EADS Astrium (France) |
18.05-18.20 |
Closing Address |
Poster Session |
Sensors and Actuators |
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ASTRIX FOG Family, a Step Beyond Cros, G.1; Muller, G.2 1Astrium SAS (France); 2Astrium (France) CMG Test Bed Development Endo, T.; Kawai, H. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan) Standardization of GNC Units: A Necessary Evil? Alison, B.1; Renaud, P.Y.1; Zentgraf, P.2; Lappas, V.3 1Thales Alenia Space (France); 2ESA (Netherlands); 3Surrey Space Center (United Kingdom) A Low-Power, Miniaturised GPS Receiver Design for Low and High Earth Orbit Spacecraft de Vos van Steenwijk, R.; Unwin, M.J.; Myatt, R.M. SSTL (United Kingdom) Reaction Wheel Unit Life Test Status and Analysis Yüce, V.; van Put, P. Bradford Engineering BV (Netherlands) Qualification and Real Sky Test Results Derived from the ASTRO APS Star Tracker Schmidt, U.; Meck, U.; Michel, K. Jena-Optronik GmbH (Germany) Complete Agile Solutions for a Wide Range of Satellites Ghezal, M.; Vecco, L. EADS Astrium (France) Model Development and Adaptive Imbalance Vibration Control of Magnetic Suspended SGCMG Tang, L.; Chen, Y. Beijing Institute of Control Engineering (China) Modular and Low-Cost Earth Sensor for LEO and GEO Applications Shea, H.1; Scheidegger, N.1; Gubbini, E.2; Weigel, T.2; Rugi-Grond, E.2 1EPFL (Switzerland); 2Oerlikon Space (Switzerland) |
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In Orbit Experience |
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Evolutionary not Revolutionary! - SSTL AOCS Subsystem Design, 1981 to 2007 Liddle, J.D.; Hashida, Y.; Oosthuizen, P.J.; Holt, A.P. SSTL (United Kingdom) |
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Navigation and Estimation |
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Two Different Implemented Relative Position/Velocity Estimations using GPS Sensors On-Board ATV Cavrois, B.1; Delpy, P.1; Strandmoe, S.2; Reynaud, S.1; Narmada, 1; Zink, M.1 1EADS-Astrium ST (France); 2ESA (Netherlands) The Flow of Information from the Inertial Sensors - A Panoramic View Freire de Lima, J.; Castro Leite Filho, W. Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (Space and Aeronautics Institute) (Brazil) Methods to improve the accuracy in thruster parameter estimation Rodriguez, J.; Theil, S. ZARM University of Bremen (Germany) An Overview of Argo Navigation System Modeling and Simulation You, H.; Jan, Y.-W. National Space Organization (Taiwan) A New Improved Nonlinear Filter For Robust Estimation Valavani, L.; Anastasiou, G.; Dontas, G. Hellenic Space Systems (Greece) Autonomous Navigation of Satellite Constellation using X-Ray Pulsars Xiong, K.; Wei, C.; Liu, L. National Laboratory of Space Intelligent Control (China) |
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Exploration - RVD |
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Autonomous GNC Algorithms for NEO Rendezvous Missions Gil-Fernandez, J.1; Prieto-Llanos, T.1; Cadenas-Gorgojo, R.1; Drai, R.2 1GMV (Spain); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands) Guidance Algorithm for Rendezvous on Elliptical Orbits Gogibus, E.; Delpy, P.; Augros, P. Astrium Space Transportation (France) Linear Dynamic Modeling of Spacecracft Various Flexible Appendages Alazard, D.1; Tantawi, K.1; Cumer, C.2 1Université de Toulouse - ISAE (France); 2ONERA/DCSD (France) |
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Exploration - EDL |
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ExoMars Descent and Landing System Sizing and Optimisation Northey, D.1; Gittins, D.1; Riley, D.1; Haya Ramos, R.2; Caramagno, A.2; Portigliotti, S.3 1Analyticon (United Kingdom); 2Deimos Space (Spain); 3Thales Alenia Space (Italy) Autonomous Navigation and Control for Pinpoint Lunar Soft Landing Huang, X.; Wang, D.; He, Y.; Guan, Y. Beijing Institute of Control Engineering (China) Sensing and Autononmous Navigation of High Precision Planetary Landers Wild, A.1; Gao, Y.2; Sweeting, M.N.2 1University of Surrey (United Kingdom); 2Surrey Space Centre (United Kingdom) |
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Future Missions |
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The SWARM AOCS - Tailored from the CryoSat AOCS to the Specifics of a Magnetic Mission Usbeck, T. Astrium GmbH (Germany) Rapid AOCS Design for Globalstar 2 - Designing for Cost Gittins, D.1; Dungate, D.1; Siliverdis, K.1; Rouat, O.2; Forestier, D.3; Guidal, Y.3; Rouzier, L.3; Charbonnel, P.2 1Analyticon (United Kingdom); 2Thales Alenia Space (France); 3Thales Alenia Space (external) (France) Impact of Electric Propulsion on the Collocation of GEO Satellites Boquet, F.; Huard, E. Astrium Satellites (France) Analysis of the Impact of the Electric Propulsion on the Collocation of Geostationary Satellites Pérez-Cambriles, A.1; Tomassini, A.1; Praile, C.1; Dussy, S.2 1GMV (Spain); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands) Scalable Bus-Based Attitude Control System for Solar Sails Adeli, S.N.1; Lappas, V.1; Wie, B.2 1University of Surrey (United Kingdom); 2Iowa State University (United States) Use of Galileo for Launch Services Application Belin, S.1; Reynaud, S.1; Dubuc, F.1; Resta, P.D.2 1Astrium Space Transportation (France); 2ESA-ESRIN (Italy) International Berthing and Docking Mechanism Demonstration Mission Fernandez Ibarz, J.M.1; Del Cura, J.M.1; Urmston, P.2; Gracia, O.2 1SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. (Spain); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands) ECSS E-60-10A Control Performance Standard and Handbook Laurens, P. Astrium Satellites (France) GNC of a GEO On Orbit Servicing Mission del Cura, J.M.; Sánchez-Maestro, R.; Rodríguez-Fernández, G.; Vicente, C.J.; Barrios, I.; García-Riaño, E. SENER Ingenieria y Sistemas, S.A. (Spain) |
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Robust Control |
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Preshaping Profiler for Astro-G Rest-to-Rest Maneuvers Kamiya, T.1; Ogura, N.1; Haruna, Y.2; Maeda, K.3; Sakai, S.4; Bando, N.4; Nakamura, T.5 1NEC Toshiba Space Systems, Ltd. (Japan); 2NEC Aerospace Systems, Ltd. (Japan); 3NEC Corporation (Japan); 4JAXA-ISAS (Japan); 5Tokyo University (Japan) Classical vs Modern Magnetic Attitude Control Design: A Case Study Pulecchi, T.1; Lovera, M.1; Varga, A.2 1Politecnico di Milano (Italy); 2DLR (Germany) Attitude Control of Magnetically Actuated Satellites with Uneven Inertia Distribution Chen, W.; Wood, M. Loughborough University (United Kingdom) Near Minimum Time Steering Laws for Attitude Maneuvers for Agile Spacecraft Verbin, D.1; Darbyshire, A.2; Lappas, V.3 1IAI/MBT-SPACE (Israel); 2Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey (United Kingdom); 3Lecturer, Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey (United Kingdom) Stability and Control of Solar Sail Formations in Displaced Planetary Orbits Bhatta, P.; Thomas, S.J. Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc. (United States) |
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Launchers |
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On-board model-based Robust FDIR strategy for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) Falcoz, A.1; Henry, D.1; Zolghadri, A.1; Bornschlegl, E.2; Ganet, M.3 1IMS lab - Université Bordeaux1 (France); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands); 3Astrium Space Transportation (France) Adaptive Control Based on Characteristic Model for a Hypersonic Flight Vehicle Meng, B.; Wu, H. Beijing Institute of Control Engineering (China) A Hybrid Approach to Robustness Analyses of Flight Control Laws in Re-entry Applications Tancredi, U.1; Grassi, M.1; Corraro, F.2; Filippone, E.2; Verde, L.2 1University of Naples Federico II (Italy); 2Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italy) Vega Launcher Trajectory/Guidance Loop: Overall Performance Optimisation Espinosa Ramos, A.1; Resta, P.D.2; Barbagallo, D.2; Perrot, L.3; Baudin, M.3 1CNES Launchers Directorate (France); 2ESA/ESRIN (Italy); 3ALTRAN (France) Vision-Based Navigation Demonstrations Polle, B., Villien, A., Lheritier, J., Frapard, B. Astrium Satellites (France) |
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Current Missions |
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LISA Pathfinder AOCS Fenal, T.1; Fayard, R.1; Giulicchi, L.2 1EADS Astrium (United Kingdom); 2European Space Agency (Netherlands) Cryosat AOCS Operations: Small Muscles, Big Responsibilities Marchese, F.; Mardle, N. ESA/ESOC (Germany) ADM-AEOLUS: Advanced AOCS Concepts to Increase Observations Accuracy and Spacecraft Autonomy Alonso, M.1; Bargellini, P.2; Barbieri, A.2; Matatoros, M.G.2 1SciSys GmbH c/o ESOC (Germany); 2European Space Operations Centre (ESOC-ESA) (Germany) |
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Highly Autonomous |
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On-Board FDIR and ESR for Future ISRO Geosynchronous Spacecrafts Kumar, V.; Kulkarni, A.K., Malik, N.K. CSG, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore (India) |
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Micro Nano Pico |
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Mini & Micro Sensor Systems: Great Promises for the Future de Boom, K.; Leijtens, J. TNO Science and Industry (Netherlands) |
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