The 5th European CubeSat Symposium takes place on June 3-5, 2013 at the premises of Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium.
Last year this event attracted more than 250 participants and industrial exhibits of 7 specialized companies. This year, they are expecting more participation. Applicants from all around the world are welcome.
The call for proposals and the online abstract submission system is available at http://www.CubeSatSymposium.eu/
The important dates are:
15 Mar 2013: Deadline for the submission of abstracts
15 April 2013: Notification of acceptance
15 May 2013: Publication of the programme and the abstracts
24 May 2013: Deadline for online registration
3-5 June 2013: 5th European CubeSat Symposium at ERM, Brussels (3 full days)
6 June 2013: 6th QB50 Workshop at VKI, Brussels (by invitation only)
The session topics are:
CubeSat networks/constellations/swarms
Scientific instruments/sensors on CubeSats
Biology and microgravity experiments on CubeSats
Technology demonstration on CubeSats
Micropropulsion subsystems, formation flying
Attitude determination and control subsystem
Telecommunications, ground stations, ground station networks
Orbital dynamics for CubeSats, lifetimes of CubeSats in orbit
CubeSat flight experience, lessons learned
Other topics (e.g. expandable solar arrays, atmospheric re-entry, CubeSats as free-flying payloads for the exploration of the Solar System)
Future technologies on CubeSats
Deployment systems for CubeSats
Cem O. Asma, PhD
Aeronautics & Aerospace Dept
von Karman Institute – http://www.vki.ac.be/
Tel: +32 2 8889970
Skype: cemozanasma