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 ECS Student Competition provides students with the opportunity to share their work on cubesat design and missions. Awards are given to competition finalists.

The presentations may be on relevant study and research related to:

  • Cubesats, systems and subsystems
  • Mission concepts
  • Related infrastructure : launchers and deployers, ground stations, etc.

 

Eligibility

Preference will be given to full-time graduate or undergraduate students in a scientific or technical discipline at a University or Technical College.

Are not eligible

  • Students enrolled in a PhD degree program
  • Students graduating prior to April 2024

The competition is open for both individuals and teams. The whole team can participate to the presentation.

Selection process

Six abstracts will be selected by the scientific comity to be presented during the 13th ECS. The presentation will be scored by a panel of judges drawn from academia, industry and agency.

Criteria

The scoring criteria used by the panel includes Technical and Scientific content and relevance, as well as clarity of writing of the abstract (English, figures, etc.)

Abstract guidelines

The paper for the student competition shall follow the same rules of the other papers. See the Abstract Guidelines. During the submission process, select the Topic “Student competition” for the paper to be taken into consideration.

The abstract not selected for the final will be included in a thematic plenary session, so you should not be afraid to participate in the competition !