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14/10/2019, 09:00Talk
Welcome to OSCW 2019
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Milenko Starcik (VisionSpace Technologies)14/10/2019, 09:30
An Open Source Implementation of the CCSDS SLE Services in Python
Milenko Starcik (1), Fabian Burger (1), Artur Scholz (1, 2), Tiago Nogueira (1)
(1) VisionSpace Technologies GmbH
(2) LibreCube InitiativeThe Open Source CubeSat community is currently lacking the capability to use existing radio amateur...
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Mr Boris Segret (C²ERES - Paris Observatory - PSL University)14/10/2019, 09:50
DOCKS is a C²ERES endeavour to provide everybody with free tools for mission design, in Earth vicinity or in deep space. Modules in DOCKS include:
- A carefully validated Deep-Space propagator with enough flexibility to simulate cruise trajectories or proximity operations at a non-sphérical asteroid; for Earth vicinity, user-friendly interfaces to STELA, free software by the French agency...
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Mr Guillaume Roux (ISAE-SUPAERO)14/10/2019, 10:10
Classical way of calculating link budgets consists of considering static values of every parameter taken at their worst-case scenarios. This usually provides a good overview for mission analysis, sizing of the communication sub-system and preliminary link design. However, considering geometry, the worst-case scenario mainly concerns station visibility windows limits when the Free Space...
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Alexandru Csete (AC Satcom)14/10/2019, 10:30
Software-defined radios (SDR) have become an integral part of many CubeSat missions. The availability of low cost, high-performance SDR hardware enables cost-effective solutions to complex telecommunication tasks, including unattended, interactive, and remote operations.
In this presentation, we take a look at recent developments in open-source SDR applications and demonstrate how they can be...
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Mr Xabier Crespo Álvarez (Co-founder of scrobotics)14/10/2019, 10:50
More than 60 years after the first orbiting human-made space object (1957), we’ve reached about 1800 satellites in Earth orbit (2018). They are currently operated by private corporations, governmental and multi-governmental space agencies. They orbit along with about 2600 other satellites, whether decommissioned, retired or non-functioning.
The recent trends in New Space involve space...
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Noel Janes (University of Glasgow, Luleå University of Technology)14/10/2019, 11:10
The SatNOGS network is a global network of open-source ground stations that allows users to track, monitor, receive telemetry, and command satellites without the need to build their own network of stations. This helps to reduce the costs and complexity of operating and communicating with a spacecraft, which is especially important for CubeSat missions which are usually run by small teams with...
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Manolis Surligas, Alexandru Csete (AC Satcom)14/10/2019, 11:30
The SDR Makerspace is an initiative of European Space Agency (ESA), implemented by
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Libre Space Foundation (LSF). The goal of this program is to bring together makers,
open-source hackers, radio amateurs, and a passionate community for dealing with
challenges related with Software Defined Radios in space communications. This activity
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Anita Bernie (KISPE Space Systems Limited), Dr John Paffett (KISPE Space Systems Limited)14/10/2019, 13:00
Whilst there are examples in many software and some hardware business of the commercial success and sustainability of the open source approach, the philosophy is still very much in its infancy in the space domain.
The few examples of open source missions have been limited to very small satellites (PocketQubes and Cubesats), with a primary focus on technology demonstration within the academic...
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Sheila Christiansen (Libre Space Foundation)14/10/2019, 14:00
Despite efforts, large quantities of space debris end up in various orbits threatening, not only current and future missions, but also space exploration as a whole. The addition of mega constellations will most likely only worsen the probability of collisions and visual exploration. Added to this, there is the fast-growing telecommunications industry, and with cube-sats becoming more in...
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Katie Frey (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), Daniel Chivvis (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)14/10/2019, 15:00
MetaSat, an open metadata schema in development, will function as a common way of describing hardware, software, and data across small satellite missions to improve interoperability between them. This new digital infrastructure will help missions learn from each other now, and help people share information about past missions with future generations.
Capturing the breadth of work being done...
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Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez14/10/2019, 16:00
poliastro is an open source (MIT) Python library for Astrodynamics and Orbital Mechanics that is easy to use, powerful and interactive. It works with physical units to avoid common errors, implements several propagation algorithms, provides common impulsive and low-thrust maneuvers, and makes visualization simple. [Its source code is on GitHub][1], it has a growing community of developers, and...
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Artur Scholz (LibreCube Initiative)15/10/2019, 09:00
The control and monitoring bus is the backbone for routing commands and telemetry among spacecraft subsystems. Typically, a central processing unit is commanding other intelligent nodes (such as the power system, communication system, and payloads) and collects status information from them. The data to be exchanged on this bus is of moderate volume but must be transmitted in a reliable...
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Alfredos Panagiotis Damkalis (Libre Space Foundation)15/10/2019, 10:00
In order to track a satellite you need to know its orbit. In most cases orbit is described by TLE (Two Line Elements) set which is a data format encoding a list of orbital elements. The main source of TLE sets for objects orbiting Earth is the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) through the space-track.org website.
Soon after satellites deployment, tracked objects show up in...
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Manolis Surligas15/10/2019, 11:00
This workshop will be performed in two parts.
The first part will present the Software Defined Radio technology and the most popular SDR platform, the GNU Radio. Using the GNU Radio, the attendants will have the opportunity to follow a tutorial for signal processing. Aspects like modulation, filtering, coding and digital communications will be covered with visual examples using the GNU...
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George Vardakis (Librespace Foundation)15/10/2019, 13:00
In this work we present a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Ground Station comprising of multiple Software Defined Radio devices (SDRs) and uses a novel approach to time-synchronize them. The array employs four receiving antennas and one transmit antenna which is used for device synchronization using the long training sequence of the IEEE 802.11 protocol. The antennas are mounted on four...
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Dr Cees Bassa15/10/2019, 13:20
Orbital elements, in the form of two line element sets, are provided by a limited number of organizations. While the vast majority is published by the US military, a small group of dedicated amateur satellite trackers maintains a catalog of orbital elements for mostly classified satellites whose elements are not made public. As part of this amateur effort, I have developed open source software...
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Alfredos Panagiotis Damkalis (Libre Space Foundation)15/10/2019, 13:40
An overview of the SatNOGS project, a network of satellite ground stations around the world, optimized for modularity, built from readily available and affordable tools and resources.
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite launches rate increases with the participation of old and new entities. In this growing environment SatNOGS provides a scalable and modular solution to track, receive telemetry,...
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Artur Scholz (LibreCube Initiative)15/10/2019, 14:00
LibreCube – Open Source Space and Earth Exploration
LibreCube's vision is to enable everyone to get involved in building systems for exploration of near and remote locations using open source hardware and software. We believe that discovering new worlds and getting scientific insights should be a matter to all humankind.
This presentation reviews the various activities conducted in 2019....
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Anita Bernie (KISPE Space Systems Limited), Mr John Paffett (KISPE Space Systems Limited)15/10/2019, 14:20
We have initiated the development of a flexible, fully Open Source, flexible microsatellite platform, embracing an open source approach, to create an efficient fail-safe microsatellite platform that is performant, capable, modular and robust.
The platform can be readily tailored for different missions, can be upgraded and configured after launch and can operate with multiple ground station...
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Ms Talia Bessone (UTN-FRC)15/10/2019, 16:00
National Technological University - Córdoba Regional Faculty
Space Development Program "Edu CubeSat"
Robotics Club [1]
Córdoba, Argentina
July 21, 2019As the result of the enthusiasm for space environment, the researches and studies done, brought us to different activities and networking throughout this two years.
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Mr Agis Zisimatos (Libre Space Foundation)15/10/2019, 16:20
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Michael Bretti15/10/2019, 16:40
High vacuum testing is a crucial and integral part of space hardware qualification for Cubesats and other small satellites, but presents a major hurdle and challenge in terms of cost and technical barrier of entry. In particular, thermal vacuum (TVAC) systems are necessary for testing hardware such as electronics boards and other subsystems to the extreme temperature variations encountered in...
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Mr Jacob Leiken16/10/2019, 09:00
As electronics decrease in size and complexity, CubeSats have become more popular and more accessible than ever. Thousands of high schools, universities, companies, and hobbyists have launched or are working on CubeSats. However, the industry is dominated by premade modules that sell for massive markups, meaning that cost is still a barrier to entry for many groups. EQUiSat, a 1U CubeSat...
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Michael Bretti16/10/2019, 09:20
Since the first successful use of electric propulsion aboard the Zond 2 in the 1960s, electric propulsion has served an important and critical role in satellite applications. However, despite the numerous advances over the decades in the field, cost and accessibility of propulsion has remained prohibitive for lower funded educational and enthusiast groups. With current trends in research...
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Mr Petri Niemelä (Aalto University)16/10/2019, 09:40
The FORESAIL project is a scientific Cubesat-satellite project by the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland and it focuses on research of the solar wind interactions in the Earth’s magnetosphere in high temporal resolution [1] and investigates new sustainable methods for space technology and research. The project aims to...
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Mr Ioannis Kotsakiachidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Mr Anastasis Retselis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)16/10/2019, 10:00
Plans for the return of humans to the Moon and the imminent manned exploration of Mars drive an increased need for research in the fields of space physiology and biology. This need can be fulfilled with low cost solutions such as CubeSats, by obtaining results from experiments which were previously possible only on crewed spacecraft such as the International Space Station and required...
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Mr Joshua Barrios Pérez (TeideSat)16/10/2019, 10:20
Free-space optical communications for CubeSats
Abstract
The TeideSat project was born as an initiative of students from the University of La Laguna with the desire to know more about satellites and space, which led to constitute a team whose objective is the design, construction, placement in orbit and operation of a nanosatellite based on the CubeSat ESA standard.
It is the first...
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Manolis Surligas, Ilias Daradimos (Libre Space Foundation)16/10/2019, 10:40
Libre Space Foundation in collaboration with ESA is developing a novel versatile Cubesat communication system. The product will support UHF and S-band frequency configurations and shall be part of an end to end (E2E) turnkey solution for satellite communications. The proposed solution covers the CubeSat onboard transceiver, the ground segment for Command and Control as well as analysis of the...
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Daniel Chivvis16/10/2019, 11:00
Open source satellite missions need open metadata standards. Without open metadata, interoperability between missions and systems is impossible and the ability for the community to learn from each other’s past experiences is limited. MetaSat, an open metadata schema in development, aims to address these needs with input from the community of people already planning and participating in...
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Artur Scholz (LibreCube Initiative)16/10/2019, 11:04
Do you need to create a link budget? If so, chances are high you download Jan King's Excel spreadsheet, fill in your numbers, and take the result from there.
But that is a cumbersome, manual process that only outputs one result per case.
Now there is LinkPredict!
LinkPredict is a Python3 library for defining radio links in a generic and modular way and provides time-dependent outputs of the...
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Ilias Daradimos (Libre Space Foundation)16/10/2019, 11:08
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Konstantinos Kanavouras (Aristotle Space and Aeronautics Team (ASAT))16/10/2019, 11:12
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Mr Pierros Papadeas (Libre Space Foundation)16/10/2019, 11:16
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Mr Andre Esteves (HackAveiro and FHP - Frezite High Performance Aeroospace), Sandra Esteves16/10/2019, 11:20
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Dimitrios Stoupis16/10/2019, 11:24
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Michael Bretti16/10/2019, 11:28
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Jordan Trewitt (Planetary Transportation Systems)16/10/2019, 11:32
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Marek Sedláček16/10/2019, 11:36
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Daniel Chivvis (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), Katie Frey (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)16/10/2019, 13:30
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Agis Zisimatos (Libre Spaca Foundation), Ilias Daradimos (Libre Space Foundation)16/10/2019, 13:30
Help us define the PQ9ISH Bus for pocketqubes
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Electra Karakosta-Amarantidou16/10/2019, 14:00
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Mr Alfredos Panagiotis Damkalis (Libre Space Foundation), Ilias Daradimos (Libre Space Foundation)16/10/2019, 14:30
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Anita Bernie (KISPE Space Systems Limited), Mr John Paffett (KISPE Space Systems Limited)16/10/2019, 14:30
Help us define the repository structure!
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Mr Jo Hinchliffe (LSF)16/10/2019, 15:30
Amateur rocketry is abundant with global uptake of High Power rocketry through organisations like the Tripoli, NAR, UKRA. We see organisations like Copenhagen sub orbitals build large scale projects with a roadmap towards human flight beyond the Karman line. We also see innumerable student teams building larger airframes, for projects such as the Spaceport America Cup, we see limited...
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Milenko Starcik (TU Darmstadt Space Technology e.V.)16/10/2019, 15:30
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Mr Pierros Papadeas (Libre Space Foundation), Manthos Papamatthaiou16/10/2019, 16:00
A round table discussion on the future of Open Source Cubesat Workshop, its audience, possible directions, broader ecosystem and format considerations.
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Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez16/10/2019, 16:15
Learn the basics of git and open source contributions
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16/10/2019, 16:30Round Table
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16/10/2019, 17:00
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Mr Hannes Zöllner (EAH-Jena)Development, Testing, and Lessons LearnedPoster
In this presentation, an overview and update of a compact laser setup for generating Single Event Effects (SEE) of cosmic radiation is presented. After my talk at OSCW'17, many new features were developed and will be addressed. Especially the Laser-Scanning-Microscope functionality opens the door for generating SEE with a known absolute position on the chip. The attached pictures show a...
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Thibault GateauPoster
NSS (Nanostar Software Suite) aims at helping to get a strong data consistency between expert software during a mission analysis preliminary design. In fact, designing a nanosatellite requires close interrelation between different fields, with respectively strong level of expertise, all the more so as development progresses.
A lot of software bricks already exist for such a purpose, e.g....
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Mr Pierros Papadeas (Libre Space Foundation)Round Table
A round table discussion on the developments so far of the open source cubesat community and industry.
The goal of this round table is to bring together developers, integrators and operators of open source (or partially open source) cubesat missions, to identify synergies, gaps and opportunities, in an effort to map a way forward as a broader roadmap with milestones.
OSCW is the perfect...
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Mr Artur Scholz (LibreCube Initiative)SoftwarePoster
PLUTO (Procedure Language for Users in Test and Operations) is a domain specific language for writing procedures to be used for testing and operation of space systems. It was created by the European Committee for Space Standardization (ECSS) in the frame of the ECSS-E-ST-70-32C standard and is published as an open standard, freely available on the ECSS website (ecss.nl).
The PLUTO language...
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Mr Ben Cartwright (The Flame Trench)Talk
TFTqube is a 1p pocketqube currently under development by an amateur and professional group of electronic engineers, scientists, teachers and more called The Flame Trench. The pocketqube is tentatively scheduled to launch in the early 2020s and aims to fly a selection of student payloads from both British and American universities. As development progresses, the designs of the hardware will...
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