Day 2 - April 26

9:00AM PDT – 5:30PM PDT

9 AM to 10 AM — Welcome & Keynote

 9:00 AM — Welcome and Keynote Introduction

Dr. John Bellardo, Cal Poly CubeSat Lab

9:15 AM — Keynote Address II - Lessons Learned from Tactically Responsive Space

Doug Hulse, Director, Sensing Portfolio at Millennium Space Systems


10 AM to 10:30 AM — Break


10:30 AM to 12:00 PM — Testing & Reliability

10:30 AM — Acceptance Screening and Cell Matching: Achieving Optimal COTS Li-Ion Battery Performance for Space Applications

Hari Ram Shrestha, Kyushu Institute of Technology

10:45 AM — NASA Cube Satellite Technical Development Materials: Guidebooks, Manuals, and Templates to Create Better Hardware and Successful Projects

Ali Guarneros Luna, NASA/SSTP

11 AM — Melting of Phase Change Material - Terrestrial vs. Space

Boris Yendler, YSPM LLC

11:15 AM — Design, Testing, and Operation of a Beacon Laser for a Portable Satellite Laser Communication Ground Terminal

Nicholas Belsten, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:30 AM — Development of a Passive Propagation Resistant Battery for Smallsat Payloads

Chase Rodriguez, KULR Technology Corporation


12:00 PM to 1:00 PM — Lunch


1:00 PM to 2:30 PM — Launch

1:00 PM — CubeSat Launch Initiative Update

Liam Cheney and Norman Phelps, NASA

1:15 PM — Software Design of RHOK-SAT, a 1U CubeSat to Characterize Perovskites in LEO

Jose Pastrana, Rhodes College

1:30 PM — Developing a Comprehensive and Collaborative Application for the FAA License to Operate an Educational Access-Focused Commercial Spaceport

Speakers from the City of Paso Robles and Cal Poly

1:45 PM — Advancing Small Spacecraft Technologies Through Suborbital and Orbital Flight Testing

Danielle McCulloch, NASA Flight Opportunities

2:00 PM — New Perspectives and Options on Orbital Debris

Joe Carroll, Tether Applications, Inc.

2:15 PM — In Space experience providing InOrbit NOW services for satellite precise deployment and technology IOD

Matteo Andreas Lorenzoni, D-Orbit


2:30 PM to 3:00 PM — Break


3:00 PM to 5:00 PM — Subsystems

3:00 PM — CubeSat-scale Robotic Arms in Space

Max Thibault and Abigail Nance, United States Naval Academy RSAT team

3:15 PM — Demonstrating New Attachment Technology for On-Orbit Docking

Simon Lee, Cambrian Works

3:30 PM — Design and Qualification of SADA Systems for CubeSat Missions

Ryan Nugent, DHV

3:45 PM — Flying Ducks In Space

Steve Dunton and Abigail Outcalt, Cal Poly CubeSat Lab and Cal Poly EE Department

4:00 PM — From LEO to Mars: C Solutions For Non-LEO Missions On A Common Software Platform

Steve Stem, Blue Canyon Technologies

4:15 PM — Streaming Falcon Heavy Launch from Cape Canaveral

4:45 PM — Small Plasma RF Integrated Electrothermal Thruster

Mont Murad and Neil Bedagkar, Cal Poly CubeSat Lab


5:30 PM — Closing Announcements