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

Deadline for Abstract Submission is January 5, 2014

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 Papers deadline is January 5, 2014.

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

Papers are solicited in 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

To submit your presentation abstract please complete and submit the following linked form

To submit your poster abstract please complete and submit the following linked form

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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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.

NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) has announced a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a high altitude launch service for demonstration of Nano-Satellites. The response date is August 10, 2011 (12:00 PM EST). This solicitation is the next step in the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) initiative and will provide more flight opportunities for university CubeSats.

Click here to see the official solicitation on FedBizOpps.gov

Update:

NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate announced today its third CubeSat Launch Initiative in anticipation of launch opportunities planned for 2012, 2013, and 2014. Responses are due November 14, 2011.

Click here to see the official announcement.