IEEE Future Directions: Low Earth Orbit Satellites and Systems Workshop

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The IEEE Future Directions' Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites and Systems (LEO SatS) Small Project will host a virtual workshop to explore the opportunity for IEEE to make a significant impact in this area. 

The global connectivity expectations of the 1990s based on large satellites (e.g., Globalstar, Iridium, Odyssey, and Teledesic) did not materialize. The new plans based on massive constellation of robust and resilient, less complex and less costly LEO satellites (e.g., Starlink, Telesat, and Kuiper) may succeed because of the increasing demand for bandwidth and lower latency.

Within the next 10 years, the number of functioning satellites in the low Earth orbit (LEO) is expected to increase by 10,000 to 40,000 from the current fewer than 5,000, all sharing their orbits with millions of debris objects. How safe and sustainable will the current LEO services be. How can we help maintaining this critical infrastructure develop? How can we transform it to enhance various classes of communications and develop new ones?

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1. Workshop Open. -- All times are listed Eastern Time -- Event begins at 11:00 ET (8:00 Pacific)
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11:00 (05)      Welcome; Witold Kinsner & Team, LEO SatS Co-Chair
11:05 (05)      Future Directions Comm: LEO SatS Small Project;
        Bill Tonti (or Christine Miyachi, Kathy Grise)
11:15 (15)      IEEE and Space;
        Stephen Welby, IEEE Exec Dir, COO
11:30 (10)      IEEE's Technical Role in LEO SatS;
        Roger Fujii, IEEE VP TA
11:40 (15)      LEO SatS Overview;
        Witold Kinsner, LEO SatS Co-Chair
        (or Markus Gardhill, LEO SatS Co-Chair)

11:55 (05)      Break

2. Experiential Life-Long Learning
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12:00 (15)      University Development of Nano-satellites;
        Philip Ferguson, UofM/Magellan
12:15 (15)      Satellite Development Competitions;
        Lawrence Reeves, Geocentrix/ Canadian Satellite Design Challenge
12:30 (15)      Small Satellite Testing Facilities; IABG GmbH
12:45 (15)      Virtualization of CubeSat Downlink Ground Stations;
        Greg Linton, RCAF Barker College

13:00 (05)      Break

3. Current Developments
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13:05 (15)      Constellations of LEO Small Satellites;
        Amir Rahmani, NASA JPL
13:20 (15)      Small Satellites and Security;
        Kathleen Kramer, Univ of San Diego
13:35 (15)      Precision Time Synchronization in Data Networks;
        Ahmad Byagowi, Facebook
13:50 (15)      Sharing and Maintenance of Data with DataPort;
        Dave Belanger; Stevens Institute of Technology (or Melissa Handa)

14:05 (05)      Break

4. Applications & Collaboration
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14:10 (15)      Public Safety Technologies;
        Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College (or Doug Zuckermann)
14:25 (15)      Potential of Small Satellite Formations in Earth Observation and Telecommunication;
        Klaus Schilling, University of Würzburg

5. Panel Discussion
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14:40 (20)      Panel: S/C, OUs; FDC Initiatives;
                Ashutosh Dutta,
                Roberto Saracco,
                Anding Zhu,
                Grayson Randall,
                Steve Diamond.
 
15:00 (01)      Closing Remarks;  Witold Kinsner

 

 

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Pre-registration required.  Follow link https://bit.ly/3lhDUdb both to Register and to join the event when it's live on WebEx. 

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