11th Annual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop

The Edge of Exploration

April 23-25, 2014

San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

A workshop bringing together global partners of the CubeSat Community

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

ACADEMIA Register HERE

INDUSTRY Register HERE

INTRODUCTION:

Distinguished members of the CubeSat Community will gather, in company with policy makers, government agency representatives, distinguished scientists, and leading Academicians from all over the world, on Wednesday 23 April 2014, in San Luis Obispo, CA for an educative and though-provoking forum.  In part with the gathering, attendees are encouraged to reach out to their fellow CubeSat researchers to build community collaboration.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Call for Paper Abstracts deadline was January 5, 2014.

The Cal Poly CubeSat Group has invited authors to present papers in all areas pertaining to the topics of CubeSat development and mission research.

Papers have been submitted for the following sessions:

1)    Education and Design Philosophy

2)    University Missions

3)    Science Missions

4)    Launch Capabilities, Testing, and Simulation

5)    Enabling Technologies for Subsystems/Payloads/Deployables

6)    Communication & Power

VENUE:

California State Polytechnic University – San Luis Obispo Advanced Technology Laboratories Presentation Room

1 Grand Avenue, Building 7, San Luis Obispo, CA 93410, USA

http://maps.calpoly.edu/

CONTACT:

Cal Poly CubeSat Group

1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93410, USA

Telephone 1 805 756 5087

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www.CubeSat.org

The NASA Centennial Challenges Program has announced a Request for Information (RFI) for deep space CubeSat missions being considered for start in 2014.

Please see the Federal Business Opportunities website for more information.

iCubeSat 3rd Interplanetary CubeSat workshop!!! 

Congressional Legislation to Remove Satellites from ITAR

The House of Representatives in the U.S. Senate recently passed a bill, H.R. 3288, with a clause to remove ITAR restrictions on commercial satellites. The specific wording for the purpose of the bill:

To authorize the President to remove commercial satellites and related components
from the United States Munitions List subject to certain restrictions,
and for other purposes.

Full test of the Bill can be found in PDF here:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3288ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3288ih.pdf

Status of the bill:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-3288

This bill only pertains to commercial satellites, and does not include scientific or educational in its current form. Make your voices heard and please write to your Representatives for the inclusion of these terms. Removing educational, scientific, and commercial satellites from ITAR control will help foster the international small satellite community.

Representatives Howard Berman, Don Manzullo, Adam Smith, Mike Coffman, Dutch Ruppersberger, Rob Bishop, Gerry Connolly, Jason Chaffetz, and Martin Heinrich introduced the bill, and are the best people to contact regarding updates and changes.