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The Potential of Small Satellites
2 December 2009
The Potential of Small Satellites

Overview:

This Masterclass will provide you with a comprehensive survey of both the current and future technologies involved in small satellite design, and also the current and future applications to which those technologies can be applied.

Delegates will spend a full day at the headquarters of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, on the Surrey Research Park in Guildford. Opportunities will be provided to see SSTL’s ground control facilities, and also their satellite assembly facilities on the University of Surrey Campus.

 


Benefits of Attending:

Upon completion of this Masterclass, through a combination of presentations, discussions and interactive learning, you will:

  • Acquire an understanding of the current potential of small satellites and receive an insight into their future capabilities
  • Explore the whole field of small satellite engineering, since system design, satellite technology and data processing applications will all be covered
  • See some of the world’s latest small satellite technology “in the flesh”
  • Learn from extremely experienced lecturers with international reputations


 

 About your Masterclass Leaders:

Dr Stuart Eves is currently responsible for military business at the world-leading small satellite company, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in Guildford. Previously, he spent 16 years with the UK Ministry Of Defence, in various space-related posts, before joining SSTL in January 2004.

During his time with the MOD, Stuart initiated the TopSat satellite programme, which is currently conducting its Earth-observation mission. TopSat established a new world record for “resolution per mass of satellite”, and has now been operating on-orbit for more than 3 years. Indeed the mission has been so successful that the engineering model of the satellite now forms part of the recently re-vamped space gallery at the Science Museum in London.

 

Dr. Craig Underwood graduated from the University of York in 1982 with a B.Sc.(Hons) in Physics with Computer Science. After gaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from York in 1983, he began a teaching career at Scarborough Sixth-Form College where he developed satellite activities.

In 1993, Craig became a Lecturer in Spacecraft Engineering advancing to Senior Lecturer in 1999, and Reader in April 2003. He is now Deputy Director of the Surrey Space Centre, and head of the Planetary Environments Group

 


 

Dr. Mackin is a geologist by training, but has worked in a diverse set of application areas in remote sensing over the last 20 years. His initial specialisation was in the application of hyperspectral remote sensing for geological exploration. Since that time he has been a lecturer in Remote Sensing at both the Universities of Madrid, Spain and Surrey in the UK.

Dr. Mackin is currently Chief Scientist for DMC International Imaging (DMCii), a wholly owned subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and a Principal Research Scientist at the National Physical Laboratory, one of the world’s leading Metrology laboratories.

 

In association with:

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is widely regarded as the world-leader in small satellites. SSTL has built this reputation on delivering low-cost satellites to short delivery schedules. With a planned launch in July 2009, the company will then have launched 34 increasingly capable small satellites for a wide variety of applications. These have included communications, remote sensing, navigation, and a number of specialist demonstration missions for scientific investigation and demonstration. Founded by Professor Sir Martin Sweeting in 1985, the company was principally owned by the University of Surrey until 2008, when it was purchased by Astrium NV.

 

Masterclass agenda

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8:45

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

A Brief Introduction to Small Satellites

  • An introduction to the subject area, including definitions of what constitutes a small satellite, the fundamental differences in design philosophy between small and large satellites, and a brief history of small satellite technology development
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    9:30

    Small Satellite Technologies

  • Small satellites require a range of technologies in order to perform their missions. This presentation will briefly cover the range of hardware currently used on small satellites, again drawing the distinction between large a small satellite approaches 
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    10:30

    Visit to the Ground Station

  • SSTL’s ground station relies on computers here on Earth to control the computers in orbit. Don’t expect to see a host of human operators!
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    10:45

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    The Current Capabilities of Small Satellites

  • A look at the ever-increasing range of applications of small satellites
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    11:45

    The state of the art in processing of small satellite surveillance data (DMCii)

  • A surveillance satellite collects raw data. Useful information can only be derived when that data is processed appropriately. Dr Steve Mackin of SSTL’s imagery processing subsidiary DMCii will explain the techniques that are currently used
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    12:30

    Networking Lunch

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    13:30

    Thinking at the Constellation Level

  • Small satellites are often operated in constellations, rather than as “stand-alone”, (orbit-alone?) assets. This presentation will illustrate the way that this requirement changes the whole satellite design process
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    14:15

    The next generation of space technologies (SSC)

  • Dr Craig Underwood, Reader in Spacecraft Engineering at the University of Surrey, will describe the broad range of research activities that will define the next generation of small satellites
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    15:00

    Visit to Assembly Facilities on University of Surrey Campus

  • An opportunity to see the hardware under construction in SSTL’s clean rooms
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    15:45

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    A Vision of the Future, Highly Responsive "Space-Wide-Web"

  • A look at the range of novel applications that the next generation of space technologies will make possible
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    16:45

    Question and Answer Session

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    17:00

    End of Masterclass

    Surrey Research Park

    Guildford
    United Kingdom

    Surrey Research Park

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