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National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

NASA Participation GuideSmallSat2021 

smallsat.org 

This compendium of live and pre-recorded 

events is limited to those sponsored by and/or have NASA 

participation. Visit the SmallSat 2021 website for the complete 

list of conference events and to confirm scheduled times. 

LIVE EVENT Side Meetings https://smallsat.org/conference/side-meetings/

3:00PM MT 

MONDAY, AUGUST 9 

NASA Town Hall — Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute

Technical 

Sessions https://smallsat.org/conference/technical sessions 

PRE-RECORDED On Demand Talks 

HyTI: Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy from a 6U Platform 

— NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory

NEXT ON PAD MON., AUG. 9 

11:30AM-1:00PM MT 

LIVE 

Session Q&A

Webinars 

CORRESPONDING 

SCIENCE/MISSION

PAYLOADS 

The NASAAdvanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) Flight

Demonstration: A Technology Pathfinder for Practical Smallsat 11:30AM-1:00PM MT 

Solar Sailing — NASALangley Research Center

Dynamically Controlling Image Integration Onboard the Star-Planet

Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) — NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory

2:00PM - 3:00PM MT 

The EZIE Way to Measure the Ionospheric Electrojets with a

Three-CubeSat Constellation — NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory

2:00PM - 3:00PM MT 

The Pandora SmallSat: Multiwavelength Characterization of Exoplanets

and their Host Stars — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center; NASA Ames Research Center

2:00PM - 3:00PM MT 

FUTURE TUES., AUG. 10 Future Directions — NASAHeadquarters DIRECTIONS 9:00AM - 10:00AM MT 

COORDINATING 

SUCCESSFUL Online Small-Sat Knowledge Repositories and Modeling Tools for Risk 11:00AM 12:00PM MT EDUCATIONAL Reduction and Enhanced Mission Success — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center

PROGRAMS 

ADVANCED NASA SpaceCube Edge TPU SmallSat Card for Autonomous Operations 12:00PM - 1:00PM MT TECHNOLOGIES 1 and Onboard Science-Data Analysis — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center

PROPULSION 2:00PM - 3:00PM MT A Comparison of the Technological Maturation of In-Space Propulsion

Systems from 2018 to 2020 — NASASmall Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute

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SPACE ACCESS NASA Science Mission Directorate Rideshare Office — NASAHeadquarters WED., AUG. 11 

9:00AM - 10:00AM MT 

NASA Leveraging Commercial Communication Ground Stations GROUND SYSTEMS 12:00PM - 1:00PM MT for Small Satellites — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

2:00PM - 3:00PM MT Design and Validation of an Autonomous Mission Manager towards

Coordinated Multi-Spacecraft Missions — NASAAmes Research Center 

CONSTELLATION 

MISSIONS 

ADVANCED Development of a COTS-Based Propulsion System Controllerfor THUR., AUG.12 

TECHNOLOGIES 3 NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat Mission — NASAMarshall Space Flight Center 9:00AM - 10:00AM MT 

Design and Overview of the Solar Cruiser Mission 

— NASAMarshall Space Flight Center 

FUTURE MISSIONS/

CAPABILITIES 11:00AM - 12:00PM MT 

Optical Time Transfer for Bistatic SAR Small Spacecraft 

— 11:00AM - 12:00PM MT NASAAmes Research Center; NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory; NASAGoddard Space 

Flight Center 

Swifty PRE-RECORDED On Demand Talks 

Sessions https://smallsat.org/conference/swifties NO LIVE Sessions 

COMMUNICATIONS Deployable Optical Receiver Array CubeSat Demonstration — NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory 

PROPULSION Design and Optimization of Steering Laws for Geocentric Solar Sailing 

— NASALangley Research Center; NASAMarshall Space Flight Center 

THERMAL The Active Thermal Architecture: Thermal Control for Small-Satellites — NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory 

NASA PRE-RECORDED On Demand Talks 

Short Talks https://smallsat.org/conference/nasa short talks NO LIVE Sessions 

ACS3 – A 12U Solar Sail Technology Demonstration — NASALangley Research Center 

Framework for Autonomous Planning of Distributed Space Systems — NASAAmes Research Center 

Let’s Work Together: How Industry Can Help GSFC Achieve SmallSat Technology Goals 

— NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

NASA Flight Opportunities: Competitive Access to Suborbital Flight Testing — NASAAmes Research Center 

NASA SSTP’s SmallSat Technology Partnerships for Universities — NASAAmes Research Center 

Novel Communication Experiments in the Nano-Orbital Workshop (NOW) Series, Closing the Link

to Geostationary Orbit with Automated Doppler Correction — NASAAmes Research Center 

Sabertooth Avionics - Improving SWaP, Cost, and Performance in Space Computing — NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory 

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NASA Short PRE-RECORDED On Demand Talks 

Talks (cont.) https://smallsat.org/conference/nasa short talks NO LIVE Sessions 

Smart Technology for an Autonomous Future — NASALangley Research Center 

The SSRI Knowledge Base Tool: An Update and Future Plans — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

Suborbital Flight Testing for SBIR/STTR Funded SmallSat Technologies — NASAAmes Research Center 

How to Partner with NASA and Use Patented Technologies— NASAAmes Research Center 

Long-Duration Wear Testing of the ASTRAEUS Hall Thruster: Overview & Status Update — NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory 

NASAArt in Space: A Rich History and the PACE-1 Flight Mission— NASAAmes Research Center 

NASA 

Posters 

GROUND SYSTEMS 

OPERATIONS 

https://smallsat.org/conference/posters/ 

NASA CubeSat/SmallSat Reference Model — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

Navigation and Control Performance Utilizing Precision Formation Flying Along a

Propellent Optimized Trajectory for the VTXO Mission 

— NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

BJTs in Space: ELDRS Experiment on NASA Space Environment Testbed 

— NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

Using the Decision Tree to Help Scientists Navigate the Commercial Access

to Space (ATS) Options — NASAGoddard Space Flight Center 

Model Based Systems Engineering for CubeSat Mission Reliability 

— NASAJohnson Space Center; NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory 

INSTRUMENTATION 

SPACE ACCESS 

SYSTEMS 

NASA 

Exhibits https://smallsat.org/exhibitors/exhibit hall 

NASA Ames Research Center Engineering 

NASA Game Changing Development Program 

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Wallops Flight Facility 

NASA Headquarters Space Technology Mission Directorate 

NASA Kennedy Space Center - Launch Services Program 

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 

NASA Science Mission Directorate 

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