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A RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting organised by *Helen Walker (STFC/RAL); Andrew Holland (Open); Ross Burgon (Open)Venue: Royal Astronomical Society Lecture Theatre*Contact: helen.walker@stfc.ac.ukPlease note the meeting is a week earlier than usual due to Good Friday bank holiday, and has earlier start and finish times. The CubeSat has come a long way from the initial 10cm x 10cm x 10cm cube used as an educational experiment, and the initial technology demonstrator CubeSats. The aim of this meeting is to explore the potential of the CubeSat (and other small satellites) as a credible platform to support serious science investigations in the areas of astronomy, geophysics, space science and the planetary sciences. The meeting will cover a wide range of topics from lessons learned to distant dreams, from the local ionosphere, magnetosphere and space weather, through astrobiology and asteroids, out to the study of exoplanets and gamma ray bursts. For more information about the programme (and to register so we can track on how many people plan to attend), see the Eventbrite page athttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-with-cubesats-ras-specialist-dis…;09:30 - 10:00 Registration, plus coffee and poster setup in RAS Council Room 10:00 – 10:30 Roger Walker (ESA)Science with CubeSats: an ESA perspective 10:30 – 10:45 David Cullen (Cranfield University)
BAMMSat: Towards a platform for bioscience, astrobiology, medical and materials science on CubeSats and CubeSat-like payloads 10:45 – 11:00 Hannah Lerman (University of Leicester)
The development of a highly integrated imaging payload for maritime and space weather monitoring 11:00 – 11:15 Patrick Brown (Imperial College London)
Scientific measurements with magnetometers on CubeSats 11:15 – 11:30 Matthew Angling (University of Birmingham)
Smart antennas for ionospheric sensing with PocketQubes and CubeSats 11:30 – 11:45 Ian Parry (University of Cambridge)
A big telescope in a little box 11:45 – 12:00 Isidoro Ibanez (ISIS Space, the Netherlands)
Status and lessons learned from the QB50 mission Lunch and posters 12:00 – 13:00 13:00 – 13:20 Rory Evans (University of Oxford)Seeing asteroids with the CIIR CubeSat 13:20 – 13:40 Colin Snodgrass (The Open University)
CubeSat possibilities in the asteroid belt with the CASTAway mission 13:40 – 14:00 Michele Trenti (University of Cambridge)The SkyHopper CubeSat for probing Gamma Ray Bursts and transiting exoplanets 14:00 – 14:20 Giovanna Tinetti (University College London)
TWINKLE – A mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy 14:20 – 14:40 Sylvestre Lacour (Observatoire de Paris, France)
PICSAT: A space mission dedicated to the transit of Beta Pictoris b 14:40 – 15:00 Discussion Moderator: Roger Walker
BAMMSat: Towards a platform for bioscience, astrobiology, medical and materials science on CubeSats and CubeSat-like payloads 10:45 – 11:00 Hannah Lerman (University of Leicester)
The development of a highly integrated imaging payload for maritime and space weather monitoring 11:00 – 11:15 Patrick Brown (Imperial College London)
Scientific measurements with magnetometers on CubeSats 11:15 – 11:30 Matthew Angling (University of Birmingham)
Smart antennas for ionospheric sensing with PocketQubes and CubeSats 11:30 – 11:45 Ian Parry (University of Cambridge)
A big telescope in a little box 11:45 – 12:00 Isidoro Ibanez (ISIS Space, the Netherlands)
Status and lessons learned from the QB50 mission Lunch and posters 12:00 – 13:00 13:00 – 13:20 Rory Evans (University of Oxford)Seeing asteroids with the CIIR CubeSat 13:20 – 13:40 Colin Snodgrass (The Open University)
CubeSat possibilities in the asteroid belt with the CASTAway mission 13:40 – 14:00 Michele Trenti (University of Cambridge)The SkyHopper CubeSat for probing Gamma Ray Bursts and transiting exoplanets 14:00 – 14:20 Giovanna Tinetti (University College London)
TWINKLE – A mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy 14:20 – 14:40 Sylvestre Lacour (Observatoire de Paris, France)
PICSAT: A space mission dedicated to the transit of Beta Pictoris b 14:40 – 15:00 Discussion Moderator: Roger Walker