TY - GEN
T1 - Identifying global capacity building needs
T2 - 68th International Astronautical Congress: Unlocking Imagination, Fostering Innovation and Strengthening Security, IAC 2017
AU - Balogh, Werner R.
AU - Kawashima, Rei
AU - Ibrahim, Mohammed Khalil
AU - Miyazaki, Yasuyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
American Astronautical Society (AAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), supported by NASA
Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the Points of Contact of UNISEC-Global and many other international collaborators who participated in answering the questionnaires of the survey. This work was conducted while the first author was on special leave from UNOOSA. The study was financially supported by MEXT through the “Coordination Funds for Promoting AeroSpace Utilization”.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the International Astronautical Federation. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Since the late 1990s, advances in the field of small satellite development, including the widespread acceptance of quasi-standards such as CanSat and CubeSat platforms, the use of commercial off the shelf technology and access to affordable launch opportunities, have contributed to an increasing number of space technology developers in the World. These developments created new opportunities for international space cooperation, but also require the space community to address important challenges, such as the long-term sustainability of outer space activities and the responsibility of state actors for authorizing and supervising space activities. Japan, through activities of its space agency JAXA, through cooperation with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and through the efforts of the University Space Engineering Consortium-Global (UNISEC-Global), has taken a leading role in promoting space technology development for the peaceful uses of outer space. This paper discusses the world-wide status of space technology capacity building activities and the results of a global survey, focussing on CanSat and CubeSat-related activities and identifies options for future space technology development capacity building. UNISEC-Global and its activities are briefly introduced and the purpose and methodology of the survey are described and the survey results presented, followed by discussion of future plans for supporting world-wide capacity building in basic space technology development. The importance of the conclusions is also discussed in the context of thematic priority 7 "capacity building for the 21st century" of UNISPACE+50, to be held in 2018. This work is part of a project funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, in cooperation with UNISEC and with the Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University.
AB - Since the late 1990s, advances in the field of small satellite development, including the widespread acceptance of quasi-standards such as CanSat and CubeSat platforms, the use of commercial off the shelf technology and access to affordable launch opportunities, have contributed to an increasing number of space technology developers in the World. These developments created new opportunities for international space cooperation, but also require the space community to address important challenges, such as the long-term sustainability of outer space activities and the responsibility of state actors for authorizing and supervising space activities. Japan, through activities of its space agency JAXA, through cooperation with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and through the efforts of the University Space Engineering Consortium-Global (UNISEC-Global), has taken a leading role in promoting space technology development for the peaceful uses of outer space. This paper discusses the world-wide status of space technology capacity building activities and the results of a global survey, focussing on CanSat and CubeSat-related activities and identifies options for future space technology development capacity building. UNISEC-Global and its activities are briefly introduced and the purpose and methodology of the survey are described and the survey results presented, followed by discussion of future plans for supporting world-wide capacity building in basic space technology development. The importance of the conclusions is also discussed in the context of thematic priority 7 "capacity building for the 21st century" of UNISPACE+50, to be held in 2018. This work is part of a project funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, in cooperation with UNISEC and with the Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University.
KW - And CubeSat
KW - CanSat
KW - Capacity building
KW - Space education
KW - Space technology development
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051373849
SN - 9781510855373
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
SP - 5671
EP - 5683
BT - 68th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2017
PB - International Astronautical Federation, IAF
Y2 - 25 September 2017 through 29 September 2017
ER -