Last update: 20 January 2009
The abstract booklet can be downloaded here (doc).
Wednesday, 14 January 2009 |
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09:00 |
Registration |
09:45 |
Opening and Welcome Rémi Drai (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands) – Control Engineering Section |
10:00 |
Presentation Assessment of AOCS in-orbit performance during Rosetta flyby at asteroid Steins Mathias Lauer (ESA/ESOC, Germany) |
10:40 |
Presentation GNC Aspects of the Marco Polo Mission David Agnolon (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands) – Planetary exploration studies section |
11:20 |
Coffee Break |
11:40 |
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12:20 |
Presentation Small Body Proximity Operations Small Body Proximity Operations Autonomous GNC Concepts Based Autonomous GNC Concepts Based on Novel on Novel Gravi Gravitational ational Field Field Modelling and Estimation Modelling and Estimation Techniques Luis, F. Peñín (DEIMOS, Spain) |
13:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 |
Presentation Vision-based navigation for approach and landing on small bodies Cyril Cavel (ASTRIUM, France) |
14:40 |
Presentation Autonomous GNC Systems Applied to Interplanetary Missions: the NEO Descent and Landing case Jesus Gil (GMV, Spain) |
15:20 |
Presentation Mathematical Aspects in Estimating Rotational Parameters of Small Celestial Bodies Karlheinz Spindler (Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, Germany) |
16:00 |
Presentation Navigation and Motion Control of the Phobos-Soil S/C during Approach and Landing A. Zhakarov (IKI, Russia) |
16:40 |
Wrap-up discussion day 1 |
17:30 |
Adjourn |
Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
09:00 |
Registration |
09:30 |
Presentation PANGU Planet and Asteroid Natural scene Generation Utility Martin Dunstan (U. of Dundee, UK) |
10:10 |
Presentation Proximity Operations at Small Bodies - Findings of the ASTEX Study Sven Schaeff (Astos, Germany) |
10:50 |
Presentation Small-Body Mission Analysis & Design at Delft University of Technology Jeroen Melman, (DUT, The Netherlands) |
11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:50 |
Presentation Guidance and Navigation Scheme for HAYABUSA Asteroid Exploration and Sample Return Mission Takashi Kubota (JSPEC/JAXA, Japan) |
12:30 |
Presentation Orbital Dynamics at Binary Asteroid Systems: Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints Julie Bellerose (JSPEC/JAXA, Japan) |
13:10 |
Discussions day 2 – Round table |
13:45 |
Lunch - Adjourn |



