von Karman Institute Lecture Series and Events
1st Belgian Cubesat Day
Thursday 25 August 2016 - Thursday 25 August 2016Jan Thoemel: +32 2 359 98 54
Preliminary Agenda
- 10:00 Welcome (J. Muylaert, VKI)
- 10:30 Status QB50 (J. Thoemel, VKI)
- 10:40 OUFTI-1: The pioneering nanosatellite of the University of Liège - A long, challenging, and fascinating scientific, technical, and human experience (ULG, J. Verly)
- 11:00 Status of SIMBA (RMI, S; Nevens and S. Dewitte)
- 11:20 Coffee Break
- 11:40 PiCASSO (BISA, D. Pieroux)
- 12:00 KUL ADCS ( KUL, T. Delabie)
- 12:20 Asteroid Geophysical Explorer (ROB, O. Karatekin)
- 12:40 Lunch Break
- 13:40 Space-borne Ka-band communication system for small satellites (AntwerpSpace, G. de Crombrugghe)
- 14:00 Status Qarman (VKI, V. Vanderhaegen)
- 14:20 Visit of the VKI cubesat facilities
- 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:00 Discussion: potential of cubesat technology for science, technology research and commerce. How to address reliability, cost over benefit and other cubesat features
- 15:30 Synthesis: View of universities (T. Delabie), research centers (J. Thoemel) and industry (TBD)
- 16:30 End of workshop
Workshop Committee
Tjorven Delabie (KULeuven)
Jan Thoemel (VKI)
Industry (TBD)
Free registration
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Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Waterloosesteenweg 72, B-1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, meeting room Stokes