SSSIF 2025
The fifth edition of the Small Satellites & Services International Forum (SSSIF) was held in Málaga from February 20 to 22, 2025, with a record attendance of over 400 experts from 21 countries—solidifying SSSIF’s position as Europe’s premier forum for the small satellite sector
About SSSIF 2025
Under the theme “Lunar and Cislunar Missions: Exploration and Business”, the forum featured more than 50 technical presentations, including keynote talks from NASA, ESA, and PLD Space, alongside engaging panel discussions with industry leaders.
Participants also explored technological innovations in the exhibition area—showcasing advancements from 28 international organizations, from space agencies to top-tier industry players.
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Over three days, the forum gathered leading experts, institutions, and companies from across the globe. With impactful presentations, vibrant discussions, and unique networking opportunities, SSSIF2024 reaffirmed its role as a benchmark event for the small satellites community.
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Agenda
| MAIN CONFERENCE HALL |
| TUESDAY 18 | ||
| REGISTRATION WELCOME COFFEE |
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| OPENING | CRISTOBAL SANCHEZ – VICE COUNCIL OF INDUSTRY. JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA FRANCISCO DE LA TORRE – MAYOR OF MALAGA ANA SOBRECASAS – ANDALUCIA TRADE JUAN C. CORTES – AEE ENRIQUE FRAGA – GMV RAUL VERDU – PLD SPACE ENRIQUE GRANELL – AIRBUS |
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| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | ALEXANDRE NAJJAR – NOVASPACE | |
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | NOELIA PEINADO – ESA | |
| COFFEE BREAK | ||
| PANEL 1: ACCESSING SPACE THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES | CHAIRMAN: PABLO LARIO – AIRBUS | CESAR BERNAL – PLD SPACE NICOLAS PASCUAL – EU MEP JORDI PAREDES – FIREFLY MANUEL SERRANO – OCCAM SPACE FRANCHO GARCIA – ARKADIA SPACE |
| LUNCH | ||
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | AMAL CHANDRAN – LASP | |
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MARTIN BARSTOW – UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER | |
| PANEL 2: SECURITY CHALLENGES IN SPACE | CHAIRMAN: JOSE M. MUÑEZ – OESÍA GROUP | IGNACIO MELENDO – AIRBUS GEN. SANCHEZ DELGADO – AEE COL. JUSTIN CHANDLER – THINKORBITAL ALVARO SANCHEZ- INTEGRASYS FRANCISCO J. REAL – INDRA DEIMOS ENRIQUE FRAGA – GMV COL. DIEGO M. TOBARRA.- SPAIN SPACE COMMAND FELIX FERNANDEZ – OESIA GROUP |
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| PANEL 3: SPACE MISSIONS FOR SOCIETY SERVICES | CHAIRMAN: CARLOS FERNANDEZ – TELESPAZIO | NICOLAS MARTIN – AEE NOELIA SANCHEZ – ARRIBES ANTONIO ABAD – HISPASAT ANDRES GARCIA – OESIA GROUP JOSEP COLOME – IEEC EVI PAPANTONIU – EC DEFIS MARTA MASSIMIANI – SATLANTIS JUAN CORNEJO – STARTICAL |
| RECEPTION COCKTAIL |
| WEDNESDAY 19 | ||
| REGISTRATION WELCOME COFFEE |
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| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | JORDI PUIG-SUARI – CALPOLY | |
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | STUART MARTIN | |
| PANEL 4: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMALLSAT BUSINESS | CHAIRMAN: LUIS F. SANCHEZ – SENER | JAVIER VEGLISON – HISPASAT JOSE VICEIRA – INDRA DEIMOS ANTON VAZQUEZ – ALEN SPACE CRISTINA ORTEGA – AVS CARLOS ZAMORA – RIVADA SPACE ISMAEL SANCHEZ – DHV TECHNOLOGY ISABEL PEREZ-GRANDE – AEE |
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| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | ||
| PANEL 5: EO MARKET RAPID TRANSFORMATION: FROM DEMONSTRATOR TO OPERATIONAL MISSIONS | CHAIRMAN: JUAN T. HERNANI – SATLANTIS | CECILIA HERNANDEZ – AEE CARLOS HERNANDEZ – TELESPAZIO FRANCISCO VILHENA – GEOSAT PABLO MORILLO – INDRA DEIMOS GIUSEPPE BORGHI – ESA MARCO GOMEZ-JENKINS – SUPERSHARP AUGUSTINAS LUBYS – NANOAVIONICS JACEK MANDAS – CREOTECH |
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | GEN. ISAAC CRESPO – SPANISH SPACE COMMAND | |
| LUNCH | ||
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | SCOTT TIBBITS – LEVEL 6 SPACE | |
| PANEL 6: SPACE ECONOMY & SUSTAINABILITY | CHAIRMAN: EFREN DIAZ – BUFETE MAS Y CALVET | CARLOS GARCIA-SACRISTAN – AEE ESTHER RIOBO – HISPASAT INIGO ESTEBANEZ – STARBURST MARINA QUINTERO – HYPERION FUND OLEG DEMIDOV – BEYOND EARTH TECH ORFEO BALBOA – FIRST DROP VC |
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| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 1 | ALFREDO M . ANTON – GMV | Space Debris and sustainability |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 2 | MIGUEL MUÑOZ – STARTICAL | Constellations for services |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 3 | CARLOS HERNANDEZ – TELESPAZIO | Mission integrators, from services to constellations |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 4 | MARIELLA GRAZIANO – GMV | In orbit services |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 5 | IGOR ALONSO – KSAT | |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 6 | JUAN T. HERNANI – SATLANTIS | Two pending revolutions in the space sector |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION 7 | IGNACIO BARBERO – CRISA | Electronic supplier challenges to answer dynamic new space business |
| FORUM DINNER AFTER-DINNER COCKTAIL |
| THURSDAY 20 | ||
| REGISTRATION WELCOME COFFEE |
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| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | TERESA RIESGO – DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION AT MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION OF SPAIN | |
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | CARLOS ZAMORA – RIVADA SPACE | |
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MENGU CHO – KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | |
| KEYNOTE SPEAER | LUIS MARTIN – ARRIBES | |
| COFFEE BREAK | ||
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | LUCA MARESI – ESA | |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION | NUMANTIA PROJECT. SPANISH AIR AND SPACE FORCE ACADEMY. EMACOT | ALFEREZ ALUMNO SERGIO RUBIO ALFEREZ ALUMNO SANTIAGO BUENO ALFEREZ ALUMNA ROCIO PALACIOS ALFEREZ ALUMNO PABLO ALVAREZ DE ALBA |
| PANEL 7: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY | CHAIRMAN: SENIN CARBIA – ICEX | MARCO TANTARDINI – LOCKHEED MARTIN ROBERT PEREZ-ALEMANY – DIU CRISTINA PALACIOS – AIRBUS BRYAN HADERLIE – SPACE FORCE FCT REP JUSTIN CHANDLER – THINKORBITAL |
| LUNCH | ||
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER | BENJAMIN MALPHRUS – MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | |
| PANEL 8: FROM MOON TO MARS | CHAIRMAN: CARLOS GARCIA-SACRISTAN – AEE | MARIANO SANCHEZ – SENER EMILIO LAPEÑA – AIRBUS FERNANDO PINTO – AIRBUS CRISA IGNACIO TOURNE – INDRA DEIMOS LUIS SIMON SANCHEZ – SENER TIMOTHY PHAM – JPL MARIELLA GRAZIANO – GMV |
| CLOSING AND CONCLUING REMARKS |
| MENA CONFERENCE HALL |
| TUESDAY 18 | |
| SESSION 1: MARKET AND FUTURE VISION OF SMALL SATELLITE PLATFORMS | P23 – KALL MORRIS INC Blueprints for a Sustainable Future: intentional satellite design and operation P05 – SPACEMANIC Stellarfence. Multi-domain applications using constellations in LEO P24 – STARION GROUP Safeplace: revolutionising crisis and disaster management through space, connectivity and AI P02 – BUFETE MAS Y CALVET Importance of dual civilian and military use in the space domain. |
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| SESSION 2: APPLICATION AND SOLUTIONS FOR LEO CONSTELLATIONS OF SMALL SATELLITES AND NANOSATELLITES | P03 – RADIAN Using a 16U cubesat to benchmark Radian, a cloud-based thermal analysis software P04 – B2-SPACE HAPS as a complementary layer in earth observation and satellite communication systems: a layered hybrid approach P54 – CSIC- INTA Green Moon Project P18 – UPC General framework for the optimizaation of satellite constellations |
| LUNCH | |
| SESSION 3: KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE SMALL AND NANO SATELLITE MISSIONS I | P32 – MADRID SPACE EUROPE Topology optimization and cooling structures for electronic equipment in Small Satellites P26 – STARION GROUP Improvimg small satellite constellation design using concurrent design and CDP4-COMET P53 – DHV TECHNOLOGY Development of a synchronized deployment solar array wing for Smallsats P17 – STARION GROUP INT-UQKD: a global solution for Quantum Safe Communications |
| SESSION 4: IN ORBIT DEMONSTRATION AND VALIDATION USING SMALL SATELLITE PLATFORMS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES | P08 – SATELIOT Driving sustainability and autonomy in Low Earth Orbit operations: innovations from Sateliot’s 5G NB-IoT Constellation P10 – AVS AVS LUR 1 Mission update: successful launch, LEOP, and Commissioning P29 – i2CAT FOUNDATION 6GStarLab: an open platform in LEO for research in 5G and 6G P40 – INTA First year of the ANSER Cluster in orbit: validation and enabling technology |
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| SESSION 5: DEEP SPACE MISSIONS & SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS BASED ON SMALL SATELLITE AND NANOSATELLITE PLATFORMS I | P46 – JPL Enhancing Deep Space Missions Operations with CCSDS Standards P09 – AVS AVS LUR-100 Platform based European Space Agency Astronomy Mission P13- INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS IACSAT-1 detecting exoplanets in the VIS-NIR-SWIR from a small satellite P28 – ESAC Mars global monitoring science consortium: supporting Spanish contributions to future Mars Small Satellite missions and instrumentation proposals |
| RECEPTION COCKTAIL | |
| WEDNESDAY 19 | |
| SESSION 6: ENABLING NEW ACCESS TO SPACE | P49 – SENER Preliminary results from an AFTU prototype based in Smart Avionics P01 – HOLISTIC INNOVATION The orbit-spectrum resource: a hurdle or an opportunity P52 – UARX SPACE Reimagining Standarization: optimizing Smallsatellites deployment in the space industry |
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| SESSION 7: KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE SMALL AND NANO SATELLITE MISSIONS II | P31 – UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO PAT-IA: development of a stable and high accuracy attitude and orbital determination and control subsystem (AODCS) based on artificial intelligence algorithms for SmallSats P19 – UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID On ground testing of the Attitude Control Subsystem of the UPMSat-3: adaptation of a 12U platform to a small Air-Bearing Test Bench P15 – DCUBED SPACE uD3RN Micro release nut qualification test campaign |
| SESSION 8: TELECOMMUNICATION AND GROUND SEGMENT SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL SATELLITE PLATFORMS I | P47- COMET AEROSPACE Deployable antennas and structures, a disruptive concept for new missions and business P37 – PROSIX ENGINEERING Innovative deployable antenna technologies for enhanced telecommunications in Small Satellite platforms P45 – SATELIOT Extending IoT connectivity with 5G NTN: Insights from Sateliot’ s first commercial mission P48 – UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Smart antenna arrays: advances in digital beamforming, interference management and resource optimization. |
| LUNCH | |
| SESSION 9: DEEP SPACE MISSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS BASED ON SMALL SATELLITE AND NANOSATELLITE PLATFORMS II | P30 – UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO CARES: Collision Avoidance and Risk Evaluation for Spacecrafts P27 – DUBAI ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY High resolution satellite imagery planning, executing and operations: DEWASAT-2 Mission P22 – KALL MORRIS INC Orbital debris, sustainability and the future impact on Small Sats P11 – FOSSA SYSTEMS Probabilistic reconstruction of the evolution of spacecraft modes in minimum telemetry scenario |
| COFFEE BREAK | |
| FORUM DINNER AND AFTER-DINNER COCKTAIL | |
| THURSDAY 20 | |
| SESSION 10: FROM RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO IN ORBIT DEMONSTRATION AND SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS | P20 – UPC Mission analysis for 3Cat-8, a remote sensing CubeSat for ionospheric research P16 – UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA 3ColStar Kibo Cube Colombia SGCMG IOD P39 – AALTO UNIVERSITY Foresail-1 Prime – redevelopment a CubeSat mission for space science |
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| SESSION 11: TELECOMMUNICATION AND GROUND SEGMENT SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL SATELLITE PLATFORMS II | P14 – INTEGRASYS Analysis of direct and HAPs Optical links and the impact of atmospheric conditions and modulation on advanced FSO ground-to-satellite communications P50 – SENER EODD-LYNX active antenna for EO data downlink P25 – AALTO UNIVERISTY Aalto Skylink – modern radio protocol for CubeSat missions P07 – i2CAT FOUNDATION Converging satellite and network operations for 6G non-terrestrial network |
| LUNCH | |
| PANEL 9: WORKSHOP FOR DEVELOPERS. BUILD YOUR SATELITE CHAIRMAN: JORDI-PUIG SUARI – CALPOLY |
DAVE KLUMPAR – MONTANA UNIVERSITY BENJAMIN MALPHRUS – MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY FERNANDO AGUADO – UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO AMAL CHANDRAN – LASP |