Welcome to the 15th Australian Space Research Conference and to the University of New South Wales, Canberra! This will be the ninth ASSC jointly sponsored and organised by the National Committee for Space and Radio Science (NCSRS) and the National Space Society of Australia (NSSA). The ASRC is intended to be the primary annual meeting for Australian research relating to space science. It welcomes space scientists, engineers, educators, and workers in Industry and Government. The 15th ASRC has over 120 accepted abstracts across Australian space research, academia, education, industry, and government. We would like to thank the University of New South Wales (Canberra) for hosting the event, led by Russell Boyce, and Lockheed Martin for their sponsorship. Special thanks also go to the Australian Space Mars Society Australia (MSA) for its support. We look forward to an excellent meeting! Iver Cairns Wayne Short Co-Chair ASSC 2015 Co-Chair ASSC 2015 University of Sydney President, NSSA 1 Contents About the NSSA ........................................................... 3 About the NCSRS .......................................................... 4 Program Committee & Organisers ................................... 5 Program Overview ........................................................ 7 Venue Details ............................................................... 8 Detailed Program ........................................................ 11 Invited Speakers ........................................................ 24 Oral Presentations ...................................................... 31 Poster Presentations ................................................... 47 Collection of Abstracts ................................................. 49 2 About the NSSA The National Space Society of Australia is the coming together of like-minded space enthusiasts who share a vision for the future in which there is an ambitious and vigorous space program leading to eventual space settlement. To this end the National Space Society (worldwide) promotes interest in space exploration, research, development and habitation through events such as science and business conferences, speaking to the press, public outreach events, speaking engagements with community groups and schools, and other pro-active events. We do this to stimulate advancement and development of space and related applications and technologies and by bringing together people from government, industry and all walks of life for the free exchange of information. As a non-profit organisation, the National Space Society of Australia draws its strength from an enthusiastic membership who contributes their time and effort to assist the Society in pursuit of its goals. For more information, and to become a member: www.nssa.com.au Ad Astra! Wayne Short NSSA President 2015 3 About the NCSRS The National Committee for Space and Radio Science (NCSRS) is chartered by the Australian Academy of Science to foster space science, to link Australian space scientists together and to their international colleagues, and to advise the Academy’s Council on policy for science in general and space and radio science in particular. The NCSRS was formed in 2012 by combining the former National Committee for Space Science (NCSS) and the National Committee for Radio Science (NCRS). The NCSRS web page can be reached at https://www.science.org.au/committee/space-and-radio-science NCSRS believes that ASRC meetings provide a natural venue to link Australian space scientists and foster the associated science, two of its core goals. As well as ASRC, NCSRS is also sponsoring the VSSEC – NASA Australian Space Prize. This is the fifth ASRC meeting following launch of the first Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science. NCSRS encourages people to work together to accomplish the Plan’s vision: “Build Australia a long term, productive presence in Space via world-leading innovative space science and technology, strong education and outreach, and international collaborations.” 4 Program Committee & Organisers 2015 ASRC Program Committee Jeremy Bailey (UNSW Australia) Russell Boyce (UNSW Australia, Canberra) Iver Cairns (Co-Chair, University of Sydney) Graziella Caprarelli (Co-Chair, University of South Australia) Jonathan Clarke (Mars Society of Australia) Andrew Dempster (UNSW Australia) Alice Gorman (Finders University) Duane Hamacher (UNSW Australia) Trevor Harris (Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence) Isabelle Kingsley (POWERHOUSE Museum) Flavia Tata Nardini (Launchbox Australia) Carol Oliver (UNSW Australia) Tim Parsons (Delta V SpaceHub) Chris Rizos (UNSW Australia) Richard Samuel (Australian Space Research Institute) Chris Rizos (UNSW Australia) Murray Sciffer (University of Newcastle) Kefei Zhang (RMIT University) 5 2015 ASRC Organising Committee Russell Boyce UNSW Australia (Canberra) Chair, local organising committee Cheryl Brown Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Australia Conference Secretariat Iver Cairns University of Sydney Co-Chair ASRC 2015 Co-Chair, ASRC Program Committee Graziella Caprarelli University of South Australia Co-Chair, ASRC Program Committee Aditya Chopra Australian National University Jonathan Clarke Mars Society Australia Alice Gorman Flinders University Jonathan Horner University of Southern Queensland Philippe Lorrain UNSW Australia (Canberra) Wayne Short Co Chair ASSC 2015 President, NSSA 6 Program Overview Program Overview 7 Venue Details Venue Details The entrance at UNSW Canberra to use for conference delegates is via Northcott Drive. The conference venue on the campus is the Lecture Theatre North (building 32) complex. The theatres on the top floor of this building will be used for the conference. The northern car park on Kapyong road is the closest car park for visitors with vehicles onsite. Stream 1 and other Plenary sessions will be held in Lecture Theatre 7. Stream 2 sessions will be held in Lecture Theatre 6. Stream 3 sessions will be held in Seminar Room 7. The Space Situational Awareness Workshop will be held in Seminar Room 6. Teas and lunches will be served in the foyer outside the lecture theatres. Poster will be served in the foyer outside the lecture theatres. The area outside Seminar Room 7 will be used for the conference secretariat. Gala Dinner Wednesday September 30 7:15 pm for a 7:30pm start Dress: Smart casual Location: ANU Commons function centre Rimmer St , Acton (parking is available in the Childers lane car park – adjacent to building – cost of $8 for 3 hours) 8 Location of conference facilities - Lecture Theatre North at UNSW Australia (Canberra) 9 Location of Conference Gala Dinner – ANU Commons function centre Rimmer St, ACTON 10 Detailed Program Detailed Program Tuesday - Stream 1 (Lecture Theatre 7) Time Speakers Title Name 7:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:05 I. Cairns, W. Welcome to ASRC Short 9:05-9:10 S Tyo Welcome to UNSW Canberra 9:10-9:30 B. Schmidt Opening address Plenary Session I 9:30-10:00 Ed Kruzins Options for Australian Payloads and Cubesats with NASA 10:00-10:30 Grant Hausler GNSS Activities in Australia - Strengthening Capability and Resilience 10:30-11:00 Iver Cairns Solving the ‘Type II Solar Radio Burst Problem’ and Predicting Space Weather 11:00-11:15 Tea National Context 11:15-11:25 TBA CSIRO-CASS 11:25-11:35 Craig Smith CRC-EOS 11:35-11:45 TBA Dept Industry perspective 11:45-11:55 TBA DFAT perspective 11:55-12:05 Nick Stacy DST perspective 12:05-12:15 Kerrie International Space University – Dougherty SHS3P 12:15-12:25 TBA SIAA 12:25-12:35 Brett IAC 2017 Biddington 12:35-13:00 Russell Boyce National perspective and COSPAR 13:00-14:00 Lunch / Posters Space and Atmospheric Physics 1 14:00-14:20 Daniel Meehan Ionospheric Research in Defence 11 14:20-14:35 Manuel TID wavelength control of disturbance Cervera features in VI and QVI ionograms 14:35-14:50 Vickal Kumar On the prediction of foF2 using 10.7 cm solar flux and Kp index 14:50-15:05 Ronald Maj Quasi-thermal noise spectroscopy and dust detection in Earth's ionosphere 15:05-15:20 Anne High Frequency and 630 nm Airglow Unewisse Observations of Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances over Adelaide, Australia 15:20-15:35 Julie Currie SuperDARN Backscatter During Intense Geomagnetic Storms 15:35-15:50 Lenard Modelling the Interference Pederick Environment in the HF Band 15:50-16:05 Lewis The symmetry of halo Coronal Mass Freeland Ejections as a quantitative predictor for severe space weather at Earth. 16:00-16:30 Tea Space and Atmospheric Physics 2 16:30-16:45 Bruce Ward ELOISE – Towards an enhanced understanding of ionospheric variability and its impact on radio wave propagation 16:45-17:00 David On Power Received via Oblique HF Netherway Ionospheric Propagation 17:00-17:15 Samira A Generalized Theory for the Evolution Tasnim of Angular Momentum and Azimuthal Magnetic Fields in the Ecliptic Heliosphere 17:15-17:30 Andrew Preliminary observations of ionospheric Heitmann disturbances using 2D angle-of-arrival estimation on oblique incidence soundings 17:30-17:45 Aramesh Seif Characterizing Daytime GHz Scintillation at Equatorial Regions Using GNSS Radio Occultation Measurements 17:45-18:00 Trevor Harris The DSTO Ionospheric Sounder Replacement for JORN 18:00-19:15 Cocktails To held in the Officers Mess (building 6) 12 Tuesday - Stream 2 (Lecture Theatre 6) Time Speakers Title Name Remote Sensing 14:05-14:30 Jack Scott SBAS for Australia and New Zealand 14:30-14:45 Ruken Alac Investigation of the Izmit Earthquake Barut with Interferometric SAR, Global