COSMIC October Newsletter
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New COSMIC Focus Area Leads Selected
We are excited to announce the new member Focus Area Leads who will be taking over organizing and leading FA meetings, coordinating workshops, and representing FA interests and needs:
Codie Petersen of Asteres Technologies
Ben Rupp of NASA
Diane Howard of Sur L’Espace
Tony Lin of Cooley LLP
Mathis Shinnick of Hanserd Holdings
Alaan Franklin of Tactical Nexus Technologies
Matt Klicka of Quartus Engineering
Matt Brunner of NRL
John Mulvaney of NASA
Dennis Terry Trevino of University of North Dakota
Upcoming COSMIC Programming
A COSMIC Community Brief will be held on Friday, October 31st at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Presentations will be:
- Laser Beam Welding in Thermal Vacuum and in Microgravity to Mature In-Space Welding by Andrew O’Connor, NASA MSFC,
- WRC-27 Preparations: Current State of Play by Colin Alberts, Balzenwyl Consulting
- Computer Aided Engineering for Space 3.0 by Alaan Franklin and Miguel Machado, Tactical Nexus Technologies
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Policy and Regulations Framework for Multinational ISAM Missions Workshop Part II will be held on Tuesday, October 14th from 2:00pm – 4:00pm ET
This workshop is planned to take place as a continued panel discussion exploring the topic of the need for a multinational ISAM mission framework.
October COSMIC Working Meetings
The Research & Technology Focus Area meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 15th at 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT.
The Missions & Ecosystems Focus Area meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 22nd at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT.
The Demonstration Infrastructure Focus Area meeting will be held on Thursday October 23rd at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT.
The Workforce Development Focus Area meeting will be held on Monday, October 27th at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT.
The Policy & Regulation Focus Area meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 29th at 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT.
ISAM and COSMIC News
COSMIC Member contracted for the rescue of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory: NASA awards Katalyst Space contract to reboost Swift spacecraft
ISAM in Air and Space Forces Magazine: Space Force Wants to Maneuver in Orbit. The Question Is How
ISAM in Aerospace America: London university opens robotic simulation center for servicer satellites
ISAM Discussed in Breaking Defense: In a first, Space Force to require refueling capability for next-gen neighborhood watch sats
COSMIC Member featured in Payload: New Partnership Aims to Make Semiconductors in Spacemerica
COSMIC Highlighted in SpaceNews: Next chapter in space defense: Satellites that never stop moving
COSMIC Member Runs RPO Testing at NASA Facility: Astroscale U.S. Partners with NASA for RPO Testing
COSMIC Opportunities to Participate
C3 Recruitment
Registration for our annual Cosmic Capstone Challenge (C3) — a dynamic design competition for U.S.-based college students to develop conceptual missions and spacecraft operations designs, ranging from in-space assembly to lunar infrastructure—officially closes October 13th
Thank you to everyone who has already registered to be a mentor and a special thank you to all of our student teams and advisors! We are so excited to see what great new ideas this new round of students brings to our showcase this year.
Stayed tuned as we get closer to the C3 Midpoint Showcase, held December 8th, for additional opportunities to participate. Read more about C3 here: cosmicspace.org/c3/
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Upcoming ISAM Conference Sessions and Panels
Satellite Innovation Conference, Oct 28 in Mt. View, CA will hold a panel led by COSMIC member Andrew Kwas entitled “Building a Responsive Space Architecture: ISAM, Logistics, and Autonomy.”
Find out more information and register here.
Spacepower Conference, December 10-13 in Orlando, FL hosted by Space Force Association. Find out more here.
SciTech Forum, January 12-16 in Orlando, FL hosted by AIAA. Find out more here.
The Space Mobility Conference and Expo, January 28th-30th in Orange County, CA. Find out more here.