SGAC 2012 Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON SPACE APPLICATIONS SGAC 2013 2013 | SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL In Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications c/o European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) Schwarzenbergplatz 6 Vienna A-1030 AUSTRIA [email protected] www.spacegeneration.org +41 1 718 11 18 30 +43 1 718 11 18 99 © 2013 Space Generation Advisory Council Table of Contents ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................. I INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 ABOUT THE SGAC .............................................................................................................................. 2 MESSAGE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS .................................................................................................... 3 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ................................................................................ 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 5 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS ........................................................................................................... 10 SGAC BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................... 15 HISTORY OF THE SGAC ................................................................................................................... 16 LEADERSHIP AND STRUCTURE ...................................................................................................... 18 PROGRAMME .................................................................................................................................... 19 THE ORGANISATION IN 2013 .............................................................................................. 20 GOAL ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................. 21 ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS ..................................................................................................................... 25 SPACE GENERATION FUSION FORUM REPORT ........................................................................... 30 SPACE GENERATION CONGRESS REPORT .................................................................................. 38 UNITED NATIONS REPORT .............................................................................................................. 49 FINANCIAL REPORT ......................................................................................................................... 52 COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT ................................................................ 57 Cover page image: three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm at 7:10 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 19, 2013. Credit: NASA. TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECTS ............................................................................................................................ 59 PROJECT OUTCOMES AND HIGHLIGHTS ....................................................................................... 60 NEAR EARTH OBJECT PROJECT GROUP ...................................................................................... 65 SMALL SATELLITE PROJECT GROUP ............................................................................................. 69 SPACE LAW PROJECT GROUP ....................................................................................................... 71 SPACE SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT GROUP ............................................................ 72 SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT PROJECT GROUP .............................. 75 YOUTH FOR GNSS PROJECT GROUP ............................................................................................ 77 SGAC REGIONAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 80 SGAC REGIONS AND REPRESENTED COUNTRIES....................................................................... 81 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL REPORTS ............................................................................................ 82 AFRICA ............................................................................................................................................................... 82 ASIA PACIFIC .................................................................................................................................................... 97 EUROPE ........................................................................................................................................................... 118 MIDDLE EAST .................................................................................................................................................. 163 NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN .................................................................................. 173 SOUTH AMERICA ............................................................................................................................................ 186 APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................... 199 APPENDIX A: WEBSITES ................................................................................................................ 200 APPENDIX B: EXECUTIVE TEAM.................................................................................................... 202 APPENDIX C: NATIONAL POINTS OF CONTACT .......................................................................... 206 APPENDIX D: ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS ....................................................................................... 212 APPENDIX E: ADVISORY AND HONORARY BOARDS .................................................................. 213 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................... 215 Index page images: Cubesat launch (p. 1); Mercury by MESSENGER (p. 15); Cubesat launch (p. 20); M106 by Hubble (p. 59); Earthrise during Apollo 8 (p. 80); Saturn by Cassini (p. 199). Credit: NASA Acronyms Acronym Definition AAJ Astronomical Association of Jamaica ABS Asia Broadcast Satellite ACAE Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronaútica y el Espacio (Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space) ACMI Australian Centre for the Moving Image ACODEA Asociacion Costarricense de Astronomia (Costa Rican Astronomy Association) ACRS Asian Conference on Remote Sensing ACSER Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research ADR Active Debris Removal AEB Agência Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency) AEM Agencia Espacial Mexicana (Mexican Space Agency) AFB Air Force Base AFRICSIS African Center for Science and International Security AGI Analytical Graphics Inc. AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ALAS Latin-American Aerospace Agencies Project ALE Asociación Latinoamericana del Espacio (Latin American Space Association) ALMA Atacama Large Milimeter/Submilimiter Array AMEC Australian Mars Exploration Conference APAN Asia Pacific Advanced Network APRSAF Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum APSCO Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation ARABSAT Arab Satellite Communications Organisation ARCSSTE-E African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education - in English Language ASE Association of Space Explorers ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italian Space Agency) ASTA Australian Science Teachers Association AT14 Action Team 14 (on Near Earth Objects) ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle AWB Astronomers Without Borders AYAA Australian Youth Aerospace Association AYAF Australian Youth Aerospace Forum BANEX Balloon Navigation Experiment BBC British Broadcasting Coorperation BEXUS Balloon Experiments for University Students BIS British Interplanetary Society BSc Bachelor of Science I ACRONYMS Acronym Definition CAP Communicating Astronomy for the Public CaSE Campaign for Science and Engineering CBSS Centre for Basic Space Studies CBU Copperbelt University CCD Charged Coupled Device CCE Comisión Colombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission) CEO Chief Executive Officer CEOS Committee of Earth Observation Satellites CERN Centre Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Centre for Nuclear Research) CERTH Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas (Florida Tech) CIDA-E Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial (Aeronautic Space Centre of Investigation and Outreach) CLA Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (Alcantara Launch Centre) CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (National Centre for Space Studies) COCOA Colombian Congress of Astronomy and Astrophysics COE Centre of Excellence Comms Communications CONAE Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Space Activities Commission) CONASTA Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association CONIDA Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development) COSPAR Committee on Space Research CRISIS Centre for Responsive Information for Safety and Security CSA Canadian Space Agency CST Commercial Space Transportation CTU Czech Technical University CYUSIW Council