The CSCA Canadian SmallSat Symposium: Full Schedule

1:50pm EST

Launch Technology Session

Before a smallsat mission can begin, it has to get there! From the recent accomplishments of commercial launcher companies like SpaceX, Virgin Orbit and Rocket Lab to the burgeoning student and amateur rocketry scene in Canada and abroad, rocketry and space launch are in the public eye like never before. This session will explore space launch technology from three different angles. Featuring:

Monica Jan, Virgin Orbit, LauncherOne: Responsive Launch for Small Satellites

Diane Kotelko, Magellan Aerospace, Dust Off Your CubeSat and Get Ready for Launch!

Adam Trumpour, Continuum Aerospace, Grassroots Rocketry: The Role of Non-Traditional Innovators in Aerospace

Speakers

Monica Jan

Senior Director of Strategy and Customer Experience, Virgin Orbit

Monica's career spans research and development, investment, and business strategy in the technology and aerospace sector. She has been involved in research and development in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, networking architectures and hardware, telematics systems, and space... Read More →

Diane Kotelko

Space Systems Lead, Magellan Aerospace

Diane has worked at Magellan Aerospace (formerly Bristol Aerospace) since graduating from the Royal Military College many years ago. She has dodged the management bullet, staying on the technical side of the business ever since. Diane has worked on every type of rocket-powered vehicle... Read More →

Adam Trumpour

Launch Canada

Adam is a rocket and gas turbine propulsion professional with broad involvement in the industry. He is a turbine engine concept designer at Pratt & Whitney Canada and a founding partner of Continuum Aerospace, a small company devoted to engineering consulting and developing innovative... Read More →

Jan.Francis Abstract pdf

Kotelko.Ross Abstract pdf

Adam Trumpour NonTraditional Space Innovators LAUNCH pdf

Diane Kotelko Dust Off Your CubeSat Launch Session pptx

Thursday February 15, 2018 1:50pm - 2:50pm EST
North York Room

Launch, Session

3:20pm EST

Student Rocketry Teams Panel Part 2

Andreas Marquis: UTAT Rocketry
Sandro Papais: McGill / Canadian Rocketry Consortium
Malaki Vandas: UVic
Simon Bambey: UBC
Anais Gagnon: Concordia

Moderators

Adam Trumpour

Launch Canada

Speakers

Simon Bambey

Team Lead, UBC Rocket

Third year Engineering Physics Student at the University of British Columbia and Team Lead of the UBC Rocket Team. We build, test and fly suborbital rockets using solid and liquid-propellant rocket engines.

Anaïs Gagnon

Mechanical Engineering Student, Space Concordia

In the first year of my undergraduate degree, I was chosen to participate in a highly-selective apprenticeship program designed to train future design engineers in the aerospace industry. During my first two years of University, I participated in national and international competitions... Read More →

Zakary Harrison

Team Lead, Ryerson Rocketry Club

Ryerson University's rocketry team currently flies high powered sounding rockets at the IREC and Spaceport America Cup events, and took home second place as part of a Canadian award sweep at competition this past summer. We are employing advanced composites manufacturing expertise... Read More →

Andreas Marquis

Director of Rocketry, University of Toronto Aerospace Team

Sandro Papais

ILEWG EuroMoonMars Trainee, European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC)

Sandro Papais is a mechanical engineering student at McGill University. He was an intern with the International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) at the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC) under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Foing. He previously worked at Pratt & Whitney Canada... Read More →