It will be held in Sorrento, Italy next 28 May - 1 June 2018 the "4S Symposium 2018" (Small Satellite Systems and Services).

The event is jointly organized by ESA and CNES in cooperation with AFRL, DLR, IAA and Utah State University, and is supported by AIAA, NRL, USAF, JAXA, e CSA.

The special topic of this year is "Small satellites beyond boundaries". The programme will also cover technical sessions as: mission and system analysis; applications such as Earth observation, science, telecommunication and navigation; new technologies at system, sub-system and component level. A special session will be dedicated to access to space of Small Satellites, as launchers, platform cross-compatibility.

Planetek Italia participate with 3 presentations and with a booth to showcase its state of the art solutions in the field of on-board and ground systems and applications for satellites missions.

Planetek presentations:

• Space Payload Test System: A flexible SW suite for TMTC management from development to integration and operation mission phases
• Space ADM: high-performance algorithm for satellite attitude determination
• Rheticus® : the right cloud-based platform for satellite data

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