ESMATS 2023

20th European Space Mechanisms
and Tribology Symposium
Organised by Astronika Sp z o.o.
20th - 22nd September, 2023

AGENDA

Day 1	Session 1 – Satellite Docking, Capturing and Connecting Mechanisms	Session 2 – Tribology & Materials 1
	Session 3 – Deployables 1	Session 4 – Components 1 / Poster Pitches #1
Day 2	Session 5 – Tribology & Materials 2	Session 6 – Components 2
	Session 7 – Pointing Mechanisms	Session 8 – Positioning & Stabilization Mechanisms / Poster Pitches #2
Day 3	Session 9 – Various Mechanisms	Session 10 – Deployables 2
Posters	– Posters

	DAY-1: Wednesday 20th September, 2023
Time	Paper Title	Author / Session Chair	Affiliation	Country	Paper
8h00 - 18h00	Registration
8h00 - 8h45	Presenters' breakfast (including authors' preparation)
	Welcome and Introduction
9h00	Welcome, general info, Programme	Lionel Gaillard	ESA/ESTEC
		Marta Tokarz	Astronika
9h20	Direction Space - Bold decisions. Precise solutions. Excellence in implementation	Marta Kolibabska	Ministry of Economic Development and Technology Head of Space Policy Unit
9h35	Space Technologies in Poland – 50 years of flight hardware experience and new opportunities	Adam Okniński	Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation Director of Space Technologies Center Vice president of Committee on Space Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
	Session 1: Satellite Docking, Capturing and Connecting Mechanisms	Beata Wiertel	SENER	POL
10h00	Mathematic modelling, simulation, test and correlation of a capture before contact docking mechanism	Alejandro Lazaro	SENER ESP	ESP
10h20	Lessons Learned from Design and Qualification of the Structural, Power, and Data Port (SPDP)	Jordan Schlater	Sierra Space	USA
10h40	Concept, Development and Breadboard Testing of Innovative Launch Adapter Ring Modular Gripper (LAR-MG) for Satellite Robotic Capture	Jacek Musiał	Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation	POL
11h00	Design and development of a robotic gripper for capturing prepared and unprepared satellites	Łukasz Kozłowski	PIAP Space	POL
11h20	30 min Coffee Break			Top
	Session 2:Tribology & Materials 1	Robert Paul	OHB	GER
11h50	Guidelines for Qualification and Space Application of New Fluid Lubricants	Anthony Kent	ESTL	GBR
12h10	Tribological Performance of Gelled Oils for Space Mechanisms Lubrication	1. Mathieu Lambert 2.Guillaume Colas	InS	FRA
12h30	Tribological and Bearing Performance of a New Variant of Cronidur X30 Steel with Improved Resistance to SCC	Andreas Merstallinger	AAC	AUT
12h50	Cold Welding and Friction in Vacuum of Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG) Made by Powder Based Processes for Use in Space	Andreas Merstallinger	AAC	AUT
13h10	60 min Lunch Break			Top
	Session 3: Deployables 1	Jonathan Wood	/ Lockheed Martin	USA
14h10	RWI Tubular Boom Antennas - Lessons Learned from the Development of a Flight Model for the ESA Juice Mission	Łukasz Wiśniewski	Astronika	POL
14h30	Development of PROBA-3 Solar Array Deployment and Hold-Down & Release Mechanisms and Lessons Learnt	Katarzyna Okulska-Gawlik	SENER PL	POL
14h50	Design Improvements of a 2-DoF Translational Flexible Joint for Flexible Compact Arrays (FCA)	Gerwin Lapoutre	AIRBUS NL	NLD
15h10	Novel Concepts for On-Ground Deployment Testing of Large Antenna Structures	Christian Freier	AIRBUS DE	DEU
15h30	30 min Coffee Break			Top
	Session 4 : Components 1 / Poster Pitches #1	Bartosz Kędziora	ASTRONIKA	POL
16h00	Slipring made by additive manufacturing: from redesign to validation test results	Lionel Kiener	CSEM	CHE
16h20	Integrated Flex Pivot Position Sensor	Peter Spanoudakis	CSEM	CHE
16h40	Development of Non-Pyrotechnic Hold Down and Release Mechanisms for the James Webb Space Telescope	Phil Venti	Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense	USA
17h00	Poster Pitches #1 (45 mins)
18h00	Invited Speech: JUICE RIME Boom Deployment anomaly recovery	1. Ronan Le Letty 2. Bernhard Doll	1. ESA/ESTEC 2. SpaceTech	NLD DEU
19h00 - 21h00	Cocktail Reception – downstairs from Conference & Exhibition Area			Top
	DAY-2: Thursday 21st September, 2023
Time	Paper Title	Author / Session Chair	Affiliation	Country
8h00 - 18h00	Registration
8h00 - 8h45	Presenters' breakfast (including authors' preparation)
	Session 5: Tribology & Materials 2	Peter Spanoudakis	CSEM	CHE
9h00	Novel testing of fluid lubricants for Space applications at low temperatures	Anthony Kent	ESTL	GBR
9h20	Inspection of Separable Surfaces - Lessons Learned	Sebastian Schwarz	AIRBUS DE	DEU
9h40	MoS2(Ti, W) Coatings as Surface Modification of Friction Pairs Operating in Vacuum and Dusty Lunar Atmosphere	Marcin Makówka	Lodz University of Technology	POL
10h00	Pennzane(TM) Lubricant Compositions: The Pros and Cons of “Heritage” Technology	Amanda Stubbs	Nye Lubricants	USA
10h20	Extending Gearbox Life in Cryogenic Vacuum Environment by Applying Powder Lubrication to Strain Wave Gearing	Shogo Kusabe	JAXA	JPN
10h40	Fretting Wear Anomaly of Final CubeSat Ejection Tests: expertise, solution testing, and lessons learned	Guillaume Colas	FEMTO-ST	FRA
11h00	40 min Coffee Break			Top
	Session 6: Components 2	Alessandro Bursi	OHB	ITA
11h40	Reed: The Manual	Mathieu Robroek	AIRBUS NL	NLD
12h00	Development and manufacture of a proof-of-concept magnetically-geared actuator for use in extremely cold lunar environments	Justin Scheidler	NASA	USA
12h20	Reaction Wheel Actuator Development: Jumping from Hundreds to Thousands	Adam Wade	Rocket Lab	NZL
12h40	Applying Industrial Standard Development Techniques to Modified COTS Motors for use in Space - an Example Based on the Ingenuity Swashplate Motors	Robin Phillips	Maxon	CHE
13h00	60 min Lunch Break			Top
	Session 7: Pointing Mechanisms	Dorota Budzyń	ATG for ESA	NLD
14h00	The HySICS Pointing System: a Two-Axis Gimbal Mounted to the ISS	1. Rick Rainy 2. Pat Brown 3. Ryan Lewis	Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, UC Boulder	USA
14h20	Development of a Flight Demonstration Coarse Pointing Mechanism for GEO-Ground Optical Communication Terminal	Damien Blattes	AIRBUS FR	FRA
14h40	ETHM (Electrical Thruster Mechanism) Development	Matthias Favrel	TAS-F	FRA
15h00	Flex-Capsules for the Roman Space Telescope High Gain Antenna Gimbal	Kenneth Blumenstock	NASA	USA
15h20	30 min Coffee Break			Top
	Session 8 : Positioning & Stabilization Mechanisms / Poster Pitches #2	Beat Zahnd	BEYOND GRAVITY	CHE
15h50	Active balancing system for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) instrument: system design and breadboarding results	Tharek Mohtar	OHB IT	ITA
16h10	Hexapod Linear Actuator development for the ATHENA spacecraft	1. Tomasz Kuciński 2. Beata Kunicka	1. Astronika 2. AIRBUS DE	POL DEU
16h30	Optimal Design of a Semi-active Isolation Hexapod Platform	Guglielmo Aglietti	Te Pūnaha Ātea - Space Institute The University of Auckland	NZL
16h50	Poster Pitches #2 (40 mins)
18h20	Optional Tour of the Royal Castle (limited places) - 30 mins
19h00	Arrival drinks
19h30 - 22h30	Gala dinner at Arkady Kubickiego			Top
	DAY-3: Friday 22nd September, 2023
Time	Paper Title	Author / Session Chair	Affiliation	Country
8h40 - 14h30	Registration
8h00 - 8h45	Presenters' breakfast (including authors' preparation)
	Session 9 : Various Mechanisms	Sebastian Schwarz	AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE DE	DEU
9h00	Tape Deployment Mechanism for Spacecraft Deorbiting	Asier Ortega	SENER ESP	ESP
9h20	The Importance of Low Level Random for Resonance Search in Space Mechanisms	Sarah Battige	Beyond Gravity	CHE
9h40	Lessons Learned from Evaluation and Mitigation of Space Charging Threat Due to Use of Isolated (Hybrid) Bearings on the PACE Ocean Color Instrument	1. Konrad Bergandy 2. Claef Hakun	NASA	USA
10h00	Development and Qualification of the Eurostar Neo Solar Array Drive Mechanism	Joshua Lurie	AIRBUS UK	GBR
10h20	Multiple Hold Down Separation Device for Dispensers (MSD)	1. Jose Luis Mora Plaza 2. Alvaro Mediero Toledano	AIRBUS ESP	ESP
10h40	EE9 FORUM Interferometer Mechanism Assembly: design and testing of a flight-like engineering model	Roberta Alò	OHB System AG	DEU
11h00	30 min Coffee Break			Top
	Session 10 : Deployables 2	Frederic Courtade	CNES	FRA
11h30	Mechanical Design and Technology Demonstration of an Offset reflector Antenna	Angelika Skrzyńska	Oxford Space Systems	GBR
11h50	Miniature Motorized Antenna for Low-Frequency Radar of the Hera-Juventas Mission	Dominik Nolbert	Astronika	POL
12h10	Modelling of Solar Array Wing Deployment Using a Hybrid Matlab/Simulink Approach and correlation with Measured Wing Performances	1. Héloïse Boross 2. Philipp Schmidheiny	Beyond Gravity	CHE
12h30	MaD: A Lightweight & Cost-effective Telescopic Mast for Next Generations of Deployable Appendages	Adrien Moraine	AIRBUS FR	FRA
	Closing remarks, symposium summary
12h50	Closing remarks, symposium summary
	AMS 2024 + ESMATS 2025 Announcements
	Best Paper Award Presentation
13h15	60 min Lunch Break			Top
14h30	Buses leave for Astronika visit (tour ends ~16:30, visitor transported back to Chopin Airport or Conference Venue)

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POSTERS

Title	Presenter	AFFILIATION
Design and qualification of the DUST COVER Mechanism for the MIRS instrument onboard MMX Japanese mission (JAXA), in collaboration with CNES, France.	Bruno Dubois	OMP-CNRS-UPS
A new ball bearing cage to address cage instability	Christophe Servais	APO-GEE
Miniature Piezo Fast Steering Mirrors (FSM) for Space Optical Communication in NanoSats and CubeSats	Timotéo Payre	CEDRAT
A Frictionless Brake for Rotary Space Actuators - High Resolution Magnetic Braking with Bistable Unpowered Operation	Karlo Radman	Linz Center of Mechatronics
Design of a Novel Bioinspired Flexure-based Reaction Wheel	Florent Cosandier	EPFL
Design, manufacturing, and testing of 3D printed compliant mechanisms for lunar equipment.	Dorota Budzyń	University of Glasgow
Design And Qualification Testing Of A Circular Interface And A 4-Point Discrete Mount Satellite Separtion System.	Brian Child	Ensign Bickford Aerospce & Defense
The development of a 5 kN self-resetable, low-shock hold-down and release mechanism	Siebo Reershemius	DLR
Fast Steering Mirror for Line-of-Sight Stabilization	Peter Spanoudakis	CSEM
Development of Dust Seal for Lunar Rover Using Mechanical Seal	Koji Matsumoto	JAXA
Development and qualification of an Ultra Flat, Self-resetting, Low-shock and lightweight hold and release actuator	Florian Fouché Fabien Forbach	Nimesis
Self-Deployable UHF-S Antenna for Kineis Nanosatelites. A Development Highly Based on Experiments in a Newspace Context	Julien Gavalda	COMAT
Intersatellite Separation Mechanism for Probe B2 as part of COMET Interceptor mission. Development, testing and lessons learned.	Beata Wiertel	SENER PL
A numerical-analytical microvibration model for reaction wheel ball bearings	Mattia Longato	University of Auckland
Dusty Environment And Robotics - Simulation and Optimization of the DEAR test chamber’s internal air flow with respect to simulant pick-up and distribution	Tim Tattusch	OHB System
Design of a Novel Eccentric Kinematic Hinge	Jonathan Sauder	JPL
SCM actuator, re-use lessons learnt	Alain Gossant	AIRBUS FR
CSEM Micro-Vibration Characterisation Facility – Susceptibility to Received Accelerations	Guzmán Borque Gallego	CSEM
Triboelectric wind turbine for Mars exploration	Borja Pozo Larrocha	Tekniker
Application of Surface Functionalisation in Space Mechanisms	Michael Buttery	ESTL
Advances in Magnetic Gearing Topologies - How Easy Manufacturing is Realized Simultaneously with High Torque Density and Hollow Shaft Design	Gregor Puchhammer	COBOT Dynamics
Design and Testing of a Thruster-pointing Mechanism (TPM-250)	Emilia Wegrzyn	AVS UK
Small resettable Hold-Down and Release Actuator for low preload applications	Marcelo Collado	Arquimea