April 14-15-16, 2010
Canadian Space Agency
John H. Chapman Space Centre
6767 Route de l'Aéroport
Saint-Hubert, Quebec J3Y 8Y9
| Presentations Made in Plenary and Breakout Sessions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - Plenary | Day 2 - Parabolic Flights | Day 2 - Earth Observation Aircraft | Day 2 - Nanosatellites | Day 2 - Sounding Rockets | Day 2 - Balloons |
| Day 1 - Plenary Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Link |
| Welcome and Update on CSA programs | David Kendall, Alain Berenstain and Louise Beauchamp, Canadian Space Agency | PDF in English PDF en Francais |
| Aircraft Status | Andrew Higgins, McGill University and David Hudak, Environment Canada | PDF in English |
| Balloons Status - Atmospheric | Tom McElroy, Environment Canada | PDF in English PDF en Francais |
| Nanosatellites Status | Alfred Ng, Canadian Space Agency | PDF in English PDF en Francais |
| Sounding Rockets Status | Gordon James, Communications Research Centre | PDF in English PDF en Francais Video |
| Day 2 - Parabolic Flights (Aircraft) Breakout Session Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Link |
| Capabilities and operational conditions of the NRC Falcon-20 parabolic aircraft | Carl Swail and Tim Leslie, NRC | PDF |
| Parabolic flights with A300 ZERO-G: aircraft capabilities and opportunities | Frederic Gai, NOVESPACE | PDF |
| Rapid Solidification of Al-Cu, Al-Fe and Al-Ni particles under diffusion-limited conditions | Hani Henein, University of Alberta | PDF |
| Electromagnetic forces in particle dust clouds | Claude Rioux and Rodolfo Slobodrian, Laval University | PDF |
| Gravitational effect in phase separation process | Mohammad Movassat and Nasser Ashgriz, University of Toronto | PDF |
| Day 2 - Earth Observation Aircraft Breakout Session Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Link |
| NRC Airborne Research: Facilities and Research Focus | Mengistu Wolde, National Research Council | PDF |
| The Convair 580 SAR Facility - Recent Activities and Future Opportunities | Carl Brown, Environment Canada | PDF |
| Research aircraft applications: Processes, retrieval algorithms and verification | Stewart Cober, Environment Canada | PDF |
| Airborne measurements for the validation of satellite sea ice products | Christian Haas, University of Alberta | PDF |
| The combined role of aircraft and space-based platforms in assessing aerosol indirect radiative forcing | Richard Leaitch, Environment Canada | PDF |
| Aircraft Atmospheric Research and Planetary Exploration | Jim Whiteway, York University | PDF |
| EC Aircraft Measurements of Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry | Tom McElroy, Environment Canada | PDF |
| Airrcraft Observations of the Lower Atmosphere and Surface Exchange Processes | Jennifer Murphy, University of Toronto | PDF |
| Utility of aircraft and satelite measurements: Examples from STAR and UNSTABLE | John Hanesiak, University of Manitoba | PDF |
| How can aircraft measurements tell us about the source/sink distribution of greenhouse gases? | John Lin, University of Waterloo | PDF |
| Day 2 - Nanosatellites Breakout Session Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Link |
| Overview of SFL missions and the new Microsatellite Science and Technology Center (MSTC) | Robert Zee, University of Toronto | PDF |
| The YuSEND (York University Space Engineering Nanosatellite Demonstration) Program | Hugh Chesser, York University | PDF |
| Tethered nanosatellites | George Zhu, York University | PDF |
| Technology Demonstration Missions for Orbit and Attitude Control of Nanosatellites | Krishna Kumar, Ryerson University and Arun Misra, McGill University | PDF |
| A 40s (40 kg, 40 Watts, 40 km, 40 days) Small Balloon/Satellite Platform for Space Science Research in Space and from Space | Yunlong Lin, York Unviersity | PDF |
| PROBA nanosatellites - design capabilities for autonomous guidance, navigation and control | Jean de Lafontaine, NGA Aerospace | PDF |
| Navigation and atmospheric profiling based on GNSS technologies for nanosatellite missions | Susan Skone, University of Calgary | PDF |
| MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars) - Canada's first astronomy space teelscope | Slavek Rucinski, University of Toronto | PDF |
| BRITE (Bright Telescope Explorer)-Constellation, the world's first nanosat space telescope | Tony Moffat, University of Montreal | PDF |
| Pre-launch testing of the BRITE nanosat telescope | Stefan Mochnacki, University of Toronto | PDF |
| NASA/Ames: Observing planet transits with BRITE | Jason Rowe, NASA/Ames Research Center | PDF |
| BRITE and chaotic pulsation in Cepheids | David Turner, St. Mary's University | PDF |
| Day 2 - Sounding Rockets Breakout Session Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Link |
| Exploring Geospace Using NASA Sounding Rockets | Robert Pfaff, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | PDF |
| Japanese Sounding Rocket Activities | Abe Takumi, JAXA | PDF |
| International collaboration in sounding rocket experiments: the benefits, potentials and limitations | Andrew Yau, University of Calgary | PDF |
| Non-Equilibrium Solidification of Al Alloys in a Microgravity Environment | Hani Henein, University of Alberta | PDF Video |
| Active two-point plasma wave experiments on OEDIPUS | Gordon James, Communication Research Centre | PDF |
| Ionospheric Thermal Electron Current | Jonathan Burchill, University of Calgary | PDF |
| Magellan's suborbital rocket capabilities | Diane Koltelko, Magellan Aerospace | PDF |
| Swedish Space Corporation | Olle Persson, Swedish Space Corporation | PDF |
| Day 2 - Balloons Breakout Session Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Link |
| The EBEX balloon-borne experiment for measuring the polarization of the microwave background radiation | Francois Aubin, McGill University | PDF |
| Spider: a sub-millimeter polarimeter for inflation, dust and the epoch of reionization | Natalie Gandilo, University of Toronto | PDF |
| BLASTpol: a submillimeter polarimeter for determination of impact of magnetic fields in star formation | Laura Fissel, University of Toronto | PDF |
| PIPER and ICarIS | Don Wiebe, University of British Columbia | PDF |
| Cosmic ray studies from balloons | Patrick Boyle, McGill University | PDF |
| Balloon-borne optical telescopes | Barth Netterfield, University of Toronto | PDF |
| Verification of the big bang | Mark Halpern, University of British Columbia | PDF |
| Requirements for balloon-borne infrared spectrometers: Small, Medium and Large | Pierre Fogal, Environment Canada | PDF |
| A role for small-balloon capability in the Canadian space science program | Gordon Shepherd, York University | PDF |
| Targeted Measurements and Instrument Miniaturization | Brian Solheim, York University | PDF |
| Limb Imaging of Aerosols (LIMA) - Observation of aerosols from a high-altitude balloon platform | Marianna Shepherd, York University | PDF |
| A proposal for a balloon campaign for the Minature Earth Observing Satellite (MEOS) | James Sloan, University of Waterloo | PDF |
| Synergy between ballooning and satellite missions - validation and instrument development | Kaley Walker, University of Toronto | PDF |
| Dynamics/Control of Lighter-than-Air Systems | Meyer Nahon, McGill University | PDF |
| Balloon based diagnostics of space based instrumentation | Tom McElroy, Environment Canada | PDF |
| Ballooning capabiliites that exist within Scientific Instrumentation Ltd. of Saskatoon | Dale Sommerfelt, S.I.L. | PDF |
| Launch Capabilities of Colmbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) | Mark Halpern for NASA Balloon Program Office | PDF |
| A Canadian-Based Turnkey Mission Service For Stratospheric Payloads | Arny Sokoloff, Continuum Aerospace | PDF |
| ASI Stratospheric balloon program | Enrico Flamini, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana | PDF |
| Status of French balloon programme and possible cooperation with Canada | Claude Camy-Peyret, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales | PDF |
| ESRANGE Launch Facilities and Student Program | Olle Persson, Swedish Space Corporation | PDF |