From heike.bock at aiub.unibe.ch Mon Jan 27 03:52:10 2014 From: heike.bock at aiub.unibe.ch (Heike Bock) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:52:10 +0100 Subject: [IGSMAIL-6859] COSPAR Scientific Assembly 2014: call for papers Satellite Dynamics Message-ID: <52E6486A.8070904@aiub.unibe.ch> COSPAR Moscow 2014, 40^th COSPAR Scientific Assembly /2-10 August 2014, Moscow, Russia/ https://www.cospar-assembly.org http://cospar2014moscow.com Dear colleagues The next COSPAR meeting will attract about 2500 scientists and engineers from the world over. The 119 symposia will cover all areas of space science: Space studies of the Earth's surface, meteorology and climate, Space Studies of the Earth-Moon, Planets and small bodies of the solar system Space studies of the upper atmospheres of the Earth and Planets including reference atmosphere, Space plasmas in the Solar system, including planetary magnetospheres, research in astrophysics from space, life sciences as related to space, material sciences in space, fundamental physics in space, and several Panel meetings. Interdisciplinary lectures will also be given by key scientists and several associated events, such as meeting organized by Elsevier for young scientists to help them publish or review scientific articles. In particular, we would like to draw the attention of geodesists of a 2-day meeting, organized by the COSPAR Panel on Satellite Dynamics, in conjunction with IAG Commission 1 The aim of the Panel on Satellite Dynamics is to support activities related to the detailed description of the motion of artificial celestial bodies. This should be achieved by improvement of the theories of motion and by more sophisticated evaluation of their determining forces. Detailed theoretical understanding of the dynamics of satellites should be matched with the results of precise tracking in order to obtain the most precise knowledge possible of the orbit itself and the corresponding orbital positions.??The scope of the Panel on Satellite Dynamics is positioning of a wide range of objects, including Earth orbiting satellites for observing geopotential fields such as GRACE and GOCE, sea and ice level, and navigation satellite systems such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, or tracking systems such as SLR and DORIS. In addition, positioning plays an important role for the continuously growing number of today's and future planetary and solar system missions. Limiting errors in Precise Orbit Determination (solar radiation pressure, time variable gravity fields, phase center corrections, etc...) are of critical interest for this discipline. Moreover, formations of satellites are being realized and proposed for Earth observation and fundamental sciences, that pose very high demands on (relative) positioning and orbit and attitude control solutions (e.g. micro-propulsion).??Satellite orbit determination requires the availability of tracking systems, well established reference frames and accurate station coordinate solutions, detailed force and satellite models, and high-precision time and frequency standards. ??Contributions are solicited covering all recent developments and plans in ground, satellite or probe positioning and navigation. _Important dates:_ 14 February 2014: Abstract submission deadline 17 May 2014: end of early registration fees Kind regards, Pascal Willis and Heike Bock Convenors of the Satellite Dynamic Panel session -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heike Bock Astronomical Institute, University of Bern bock at aiub.unibe.ch Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland http://www.aiub.unibe.ch/ Tel: +41 31 6318602 Fax: +41 31 6313869 http://ftp.unibe.ch/aiub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part --------------