PROGRAM
Days: Monday, May 23rd Tuesday, May 24th Wednesday, May 25th Thursday, May 26th
Monday, May 23rd
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19:00-20:30 Session : Registration at Palmer Commons
Registration desk available at Palmer Commons for those who wish to register before Tuesday morning's conference opening.
Tuesday, May 24th
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07:30-08:30Continental Breakfast
Continental breakfast available at Palmer Commons.
08:30-09:00 Session 1: Welcome
Conference Opening with welcome by Incoming Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Prof. Alec Gallimore
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09:00-09:45 Session 2: Keynote
Chairs:
| 09:00 | Unique Results and Lessons Learned from the TSS Missions ( abstract ) |
09:45-10:45 Session 3: Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion (Missions and Mission Concepts)
Chair:
| 09:45 | Mission Overview of an Electrodynamic Tether Experiment on the H-II Transfer Vehicle (Invited) ( abstract ) |
| 10:05 | An Update on EDDE, the ElectroDynamic Delivery Express (Invited) ( abstract ) |
| 10:25 | REVIEW: The PROPEL Electrodynamic Tether Demonstration Mission ( abstract ) |
10:45-11:05Coffee Break
11:05-12:45 Session 4: Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion
Chair:
| 11:05 | REVIEW: Analysis of Electrodynamic Tethers for Orbit Maneuvering, Deorbit, and Power Generation (Invited) ( abstract ) |
| 11:25 | Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion Technology for Active Debris Removal ( abstract ) |
| 11:45 | LESSONS LEARNED: Development of the PROSEDS Electrodynamic Tether Mission ( abstract ) |
| 12:05 | REVIEW: Investigating the Potential of Miniature Electrodynamic Tethers to Provide Propulsion to Picosatellites and Femtosatellites ( abstract ) |
| 12:25 | Comparison of technologies for de-orbiting spacecraft from Low-Earth-Orbit at end of mission ( abstract ) |
12:45-14:00Lunch
Lunch provided in the Palmer Commons.
14:00-14:45 Session 5: Keynote
Chairs:
| 14:00 | The Long Slog toward Technology Flight Demonstration – One PI’s Journey and Lessons Learned ( abstract ) |
14:45-16:05 Session 6: Momentum Exchange Tether Propulsion and Space Tugs
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| 14:45 | REVIEW: Analysis of Momentum Exchange Tethers for NEA Capture, Debris Removal, and Translunar Injection ( abstract ) |
| 15:05 | Modeling of Active Tether Systems for Planetary Exploration ( abstract ) |
| 15:25 | Study of Dynamical Stability of Tethered Systems during Space Tug Maneuvers ( abstract ) |
16:05-16:25Coffee Break
16:25-17:45 Session 7: Formation Flying and Enabled Missions
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| 16:25 | Study of tether- and wing-based balloon guidance system for extra-terrestrial exploration ( abstract ) |
| 16:45 | Rationale and Design for a Manned Partial-Gravity Research Facility ( abstract ) |
| 17:05 | Tethered CubeSat Mission Investigating System Dynamics and Interferometric Techniques ( abstract ) |
| 17:25 | Simulation of a Tethered Microgravity Robot Pair and Validation on a Planar Air Bearing ( abstract ) |
18:30-21:00 Session : "Strolling Dinner" and Reception at Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Reception at Ann Arbor Hands On Museum
Wednesday, May 25th
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07:30-08:00Morning Coffee
08:15-09:00 Session 9: Keynote
Zurbruchen
Chairs:
| 08:15 | Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box ( abstract ) |
09:00-10:20 Session 10: Subsystem Technologies to Enable Space Tether Missions
Chair:
| 09:00 | Examination of Deployment Performance of Super-Tether in Inverse-Origami Method (Invited) ( abstract ) |
| 09:20 | Past Results and Future Plans for Tether Technology Demonstration in STARS Project ( abstract ) |
| 09:40 | ARACMO: Tethered Mobility for Planetary Exploration ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Instant-Start Hollow Cathodes for Electrodynamic Tether Applications ( abstract ) |
10:20-10:40Coffee Break
10:40-12:00 Session 11: Space Tether Modeling Techniques I
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| 10:40 | Distributed Control Law for Nonovershooting Deployment of Tethered Satellites System ( abstract ) |
| 11:00 | Deorbit with Bare Tether System from High Eccentricity Initial Orbit: Analyses and Numerical Simulations ( abstract ) |
| 11:20 | A New Control Law Based on Barrier Lyapunov Function for Deployment of Space Tether System ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:30Lunch and Poster Session
Lunch provided in the Palmer Commons.
13:30-15:10 Session 12: Space Tether Modeling Techniques II
Chair:
| 13:30 | Collision Risks to and from Space Tethers ( abstract ) |
| 13:50 | Experimental Validation for the Deployment Behaviour of Orbiting Tethers Using an Air-Bearing Turntable ( abstract ) |
| 14:10 | Multiphysics Finite Element Analysis for Current Profile and Libration of Bare Electrodynamic Tether Systems ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Effect of Electromagnetic Force on The Deployment of Electrodynamic Tether System ( abstract ) |
14:50-15:10Coffee Break
15:10-17:40 Session 13: Electric Sails for Interplanetary Exploration and Science
Chair:
| 15:10 | Using charged tether Coulomb drag: E-sail and plasma brake (Invited) ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | MAGNETOUR: Surfing Planetary Systems on Electromagnetic and Multi-Body Gravity Fields ( abstract ) |
| 15:50 | ESTCube-1 lessons learned from the first Coulomb drag in-orbit experiment ( abstract ) |
| 16:10 | Sensitivity Analysis of Deployment Dynamics Parameters for the Electric Sail ( abstract ) |
| 16:40 | Refined Analysis of Electric Sail-Based Displaced Orbits ( abstract ) |
Thursday, May 26th
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07:30-08:00Morning Coffee
08:00-09:00 Session 15: Space Elevators
Chair:
| 08:00 | Space Experiments of Basic Technologies of Space Elevator by Using Microsatellites ( abstract ) |
| 08:20 | Experimental Study of a Prototype Climber for the Partial Space Elevator ( abstract ) |
| 08:40 | Study about the Simultaneous Deployment Performance of the Cables from GEO Station at the Space Elevator Construction ( abstract ) |
09:00-10:20 Session 16: Plasma Physics and Interactions I
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| 09:00 | Electrically Isolated System Response to Hollow Cathode Based Charge Emission ( abstract ) |
| 09:20 | Rethinking Use of the OML Model ( abstract ) |
| 09:40 | Current to Positive Probes in Magnetized Drifting Plasma ( abstract ) |
10:20-10:40Coffee Break
10:40-11:40 Session 17: Plasma Physics and Interactions II
Chair:
| 10:40 | Particle Emission and Collection in the Presence of Biased Spacecraft ( abstract ) |
| 11:00 | On the unique capabilities of tethered space vehicles to advance our scientific understanding of the near-Earth space environment ( abstract ) |
| 11:20 | Plasma Contacting Methods for Small-scale Electrodynamic Tether Systems ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:30Lunch
Box lunches from Zingerman's available to those who registered and selected.