Papers from the Tech Track 2016 program can be viewed below. Information for the upcoming Tech Track program can be found on the Tech Track page, while information about the Tech Track Call for Papers can be found here.
LEGAL AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES TO LEVERAGING INSURANCE FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE
Andrea J. Harrington
COMMERCIAL CAPABILITIES TO IMPROVE MISSION SUCCESS
Bruce Chesley, Ph.D.
FalconSAT‐7, A Deployable Membrane Optic Telescope
Brian A. Smith
WHAT’S NEXT: VULCAN AEROSPACEv
Charles Beames & Kyu J. Hwang
GPS OCX BLOCK 1 NETCENTRIC INTERFACES
Walid Al-Masyabi
GLOBALISATION OF SPACE MANUFACTURING: RECENT TRENDS AND PUBLIC POLICY RESPONSE
Marit Undseth & Claire Jolly
Extending Rideshare: Mission Case Studies Using Propulsive ESPA
Marissa Stender & Chris Loghry
THE USE OF SPACE QUALIFIED COTS DATA HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR THE ESA INTERMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE (IXV) MISSION
Milos Melicher, M.Sc. & Danny Gleeson, M.Sc.
DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING A CUBESAT MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (MBSE) REFERENCE MODEL
David Kaslow
COMMERCIAL DEDICATED RIDESHARE TO CATALYZE THE SPACE INDUSTRY
Daniel Lim
Multi-Mission Ground Based Radars and Advanced Processing for Space
Edward Taylor, Christian Salini, George Blaha
CONSTELLATION OF CUBESATS FOR REALTIME IONOSPHERIC E-FIELD MEASUREMENTS FOR GLOBAL SPACE WEATHER
Geoff Crowley
MARTIAN GREENHOUSE DESIGN FOR THE NASA EXPLORATION HABITAT PROGRAM
Geoff Kibble & Jamey Jacob
IMPROVING COST ESTIMATION IN AN ERA OF INNOVATION
Gary Oleson & Linda Williams
RIDESHARE-INITIATED CONSTELLATIONS: FUTURE CUBESAT ARCHITECTURES WITH THE CURRENT LAUNCH MANIFEST
Joseph W. Gangestad
Virtualization Approaches and Lessons Learned An Analysis of Mission Operations Centers
Justin Gronert
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR MINIMIZING EMI/RFI
Justin Luczyk
SMALLSAT/CUBESAT GROUND COMMUNICATION METHODS AND LIMITATIONS
Jim Startup
EXPANDING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT BEYOND THE EXCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT PROVINCE
Kathryn L. Lueders
A SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF GROUND-BASED AND SPACE-BASED APPROACHES TO OPTICAL DETECTION AND TRACKING OF SATELLITES
Mark R. Ackermann
COMPACT SAR AND MICRO SATELLITE SOLUTIONS FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
M. L’Abbate
SATELLITE TIMING MODULES
Peter Cash
SOFTWARE ASSURANCE CHALLENGES FOR THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
Patrick Cuyno
ARCTIC WEATHER EVERY 10 MINUTES: DESIGN AND OPERATION OF ABI FOR PCW
Dr. Paul Griffith & Sue Wirth
Evolved Commercial Solar Electric Propulsion: a Foundation for Major Space Exploration Missions
Peter W. Lord & Gerrit van Ommering
iMESA-R: AN INTEGRATED, MINIATURIZED, ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZER- REFLIGHT
Dr. Parris C. Neal
A CRITICAL CONNECTION: SUPPORTING THE 21ST CENTURY WARFIGHTER THROUGH COMMERCIAL SATELLITE AUGMENTATION
Rebecca Cowen‐Hirsch
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE AIR FORCE SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK
Raul J. Diaz
FAULT MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURES AND THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING SOFTWARE ASSURANCE
Shirley Savarino, Rhonda Fitz, Lorraine Fesq, Gerek Whitman
MoonRIDERS – PISCES and Hawai’i High School’s Lunar Surface Flight Experiment
R. Kelso
Optical Free Space Communications Status of the First Commercial Operational System
Dr. Reinhold Lutz & David Robie, PhD
HIGH CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS – COST-EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH TECHNOLOGY
Richard (Ric) VanderMeulen & Bruce Cathell
CUBESAT‐SCALE LASER COMMUNICATIONS
Richard P. Welle
THE NEED FOR MODULAR CYBERSECURITY IN SPACE SYSTEMS
Srikant Mantravadi
Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects
S. Oakley
MBSE IN TELESCOPE MODELING: EUROPEAN EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE – WORLD’S BIGGEST EYE ON THE SKY – TOOL VENDOR PERSPECTIVE
Saulius Pavalkis, Ph. D
S2Ops, an Autonomous CubeSat Ground System
Teck Choo
FRAMEWORK FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF SENSOR DATA IN MULTIPLE ROVER DEPLOYMENTS
Tyler Hook
Small Satellites – Evolving Innovation for the Entire Market
Thomas D. Rivers
TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE USAGE OF SATELLITE RF POWER
Dr. X.T. Vuong