On January 29th, 2021, 1-3 PM UTC, we had our first Thematic Special Session of the year, which focused on nanosatellites. The speakers were Roger Walker (ESA – European Space Agency), Ernest Teye Matey (ANU – All Nations University, Ghana), Milton Kampel (INPE – Brazilian National Institute for Space Research) and Stewart Bernard (SANSA – South African National Space Agency). André Oliveira (CoLab +Atlantic, Portugal) will be the moderator.
Programme:
00:00:00 - Welcome address / introductions: André Oliveira (moderator)
00:04:42 - Roger Walker (ESA) – ESA Technology CubeSat nanosatellite activities
00:28:11 - Milton Kampel (INPE) – Satellites and Small Satellites at INPE, Brazil
00:41:35 - Stewart Bernard (SANSA) – SANSA: The emerging role of nanosatellites in developing South African space infrastructure
01:02:01 - Ernest Teye Matey (ANU) – The African Constellation Satellite Project (AFCONSAT)
01:20:31 - Q&A
01:57:28 - Closing remarks
Links of Interest:
ESA Technology CubeSats: [ Ссылка ]
Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE): [ Ссылка ]
Integration and Testing Laboratory (LIT/INPE): [ Ссылка ]
Mission Amazonia: [ Ссылка ]
INPE Programs: [ Ссылка ]
Geral Division of Images (DIDGI): [ Ссылка ]
Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC): [ Ссылка ]
Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC) Rio de Janeiro: [ Ссылка ]
Center of Satellite Tracking and Control (CRC): [ Ссылка ]
Wildfires (Queimadas): [ Ссылка ]
General Coordination for Earth Observation: [ Ссылка ]
Brazilian Space Agency: [ Ссылка ]
SANSA: [ Ссылка ]
All Nations University: [ Ссылка ]
All Nations University Space Systems Technology Laboratory (ANU-SSTL): [ Ссылка ]
More information on the session here: [ Ссылка ]
