13th European CubeSat Symposium 2023

The next symposium will be organised in 2025.

The European CubeSat Symposium is organized every two years. The next CubeSat Symposium took place in Leuven, Belgium from December 11th to 13th, 2023. The symposium is co-organized by KU Leuven and the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics .

The programme of the 13th Symposium is still available here: https://www.conftool.com/cubesat2023/sessions.php

The Symposium will provide a snapshot of the most relevant topics in the CubeSat world, from technology demonstrators and scientific missions to the future technologies and the space exploration with CubeSats.

We would like to thank the ESA Education Office for providing financial support for 3 students to attend the 13th European CubeSat Symposium.

Topics

Beyond Earth: Space Exploration Missions with Cubesat

Cubesat Missions

Flight Dynamics and AOCS

Earth Observation and Novel Scientific Instruments / Sensors on Cubesats

Cubesat Subsystems and Technologies

Telecommunication and Ground Segment

Cubesat Constellations

Launchers and Deployers, Propulsion and Rendez-Vous

Cubesat Flight Experience and Lessons Learned

+ Dedicated Poster Session

 

Photos Gallery of the 13th Symposium

All the photos are available here.
 
 
 

Programme of the symposium

The submitted abstract shall:

  • have between 500 and 700 words (excluding authors and affiliations and without illustration or references)
  • have a maximum of two pictures
  • include a maximum of 6 references
  • include the contact details of the author

The template for the abstract can be downloaded here. Please do not modify the given template. Abstracts should be submitted in English via the online submission system . The abstract submissions has been extended to June 25th, 2023. Upon submitting the abstract, authors will be asked to choose between oral or poster presentation.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPENED

 

The Symposium is welcoming the following topics:

  • Beyond Earth: Space Exploration Missions with Cubesat
  • Cubesat Missions
  • Flight Dynamics and AOCS
  • Earth Observation missions and instruments
  • Novel Scientific Instruments / Sensors on Cubesats
  • Cubesat Subsystems and Technologies
  • Telecommunication and Ground Segment
  • Cubesat Constellations
  • Launchers and Deployers
  • Propulsion and Rendez-Vous
  • Cubesat Flight Experience and Lessons Learned
  • Modeling and system engineering
  • Making and keeping space accessible
  • Very Low Earth Orbit

Only abstracts of active participants will be printed in the Symposium booklet. 


Selection Process

All abstracts submitted to the conference will go through a peer-review process carried out by the conference Scientific Committee. The highest-scoring abstracts will be selected for oral talks. The remaining abstracts will be selected for presentation in the poster sessions. The conference Scientific Committee reserves the right to reject low quality abstracts, as well as those not pertinent to the themes of the Symposium. Abstract acceptance will be notified via email to all authors before July 25th, 2023.

Oral Presentation

The available speech time is 15 mins (including questions). Speakers will not be allowed to use their own computer during their talk, but must transfer their presentation in PDF or PPT PowerPoint to the Symposium Secretary or USB flash drive (preferred), a day before the presentation. The slides of all presentations will be made available after the Symposium upon authors’ clearance.

Poster Presentation 

The suggested poster format is A1 vertical layout, (H:841mm, W:594mm).

  • Make sure to maintain paragraph clarity by using a font size which can be read at some distance.
  • It is recommended that all text be limited to 1/5th of the poster.
  • Contact details of the authors must be present.
  • The accepted participants shall bring their own posters to the Symposium; no printer will be available at the venue.