1.0https://jossonline.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qQ2joRp5IR"><a href="https://jossonline.com/selectedmeetingsblog">Selected Meetings Blog</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://jossonline.com/selectedmeetingsblog/embed/#?secret=qQ2joRp5IR" width="600" height="338" title="“Selected Meetings Blog” — " data-secret="qQ2joRp5IR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://jossonline.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>   June 16, 2022 4S Conference Re-opens in Portugal (May 16-20, 2022) by Ravi Deepak, JoSS Assistant Managing Editor On May 16-20 this year, the bi-annual Small Satellite Systems and Services (4S) Symposium returned with an ever-growing small satellite community in beautiful Vilamoura, Portugal, after a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus. 4S Chairpersons Dr. Luca Maresi, ESA, and Dr. Jean-Noel Bricout, CNES; Technical Program Chair Dr. Ana Baselga Mateo, ESA; and the 4S Technical Committees gave an overview of the program on the Science Data “Made in the Space,” past, present, and future missions, instruments and payloads. In addition, Roger Walker, ESA, hosted a tailored CubeSat Workshop that encouraged community discussions on development and flight experiences from recent missions and payloads, as well as plans for future missions to LEO and beyond.   Dr. Hugo Costa, from the Portuguese Space Agency, opened the ceremonies with highlights from their recently established Agency’s successes and vision for the future (https://ptspace.pt). Chuck Finley, NASA Ames Research Center, and Prof. Andrew Kwas, Northrup Grumman, shared a vision for the small satellite community beyond LEO in support of the NASA Artemis Program. Prof. Tomaz Rodic, a former host of the 2012 4S in Slovenia, shared the Slovenia Space successes from NEMO-HD mission combining video and multispectral imaging, launched in 2020. Dr. Marco Esposito presented his vision of “Thinking Inside the Box” in Day 1’s keynote address, highlighting the success of the HyperScout Hyperspectral mission through the pandemic and envisioning future opportunities in the miniature form factor.   Over the next four days, the carefully curated technical program proved the pandemic didn’t stop research and development from the small satellite community. Day 2 opened with a CubeSat Plenary Session with talks from Prof. Steve Raising, Colorado State University, who shared the successful Tempest-D; and Prof. Robert Wright, University of Hawaii, who shared the upcoming mission, HyTI Hyperspectral, with talks later in the program from Profs. Frederik Bruhn (discussing HyTi’s on board processing and AI) and Klaus Schilling, Zentrum,  who discussed CloudCT formation flying network of small satellites for modeling the computer tomography to characterize the interior clouds. Dr. Simone Tanelli, JPL, featured the upcoming combination of the successes from RainCube and Tempest-D missions to form the INCUS mission. Roger Hunter delivered an excellent overview from the NASA Small Satellite Technology Program (SSTP), managing their 5th round of SmallSat Technology Partnerships (STPs), which includes exciting upcoming partnership for laser and 5G communication network between a small satellite constellation and lunar surface, and the DiskSat concept from the Aerospace … Read more →https://jossonline.com/storage/2022/06/4S-Marquee-300x212.jpg