Theme of the Conference: Emerging Technologies for Automation in Ground and Space Segment in satellite mission operations.
This conference is to associate and connect with the various space agencies, start-ups, industry and academia. The conference aims to bring in all space leaders together to share their views on existing technologies and its challenges, while previewing the state of the art technologies that are being conceived globally to make space mission operations more secure and robust. The scope of the conference is to cover a wide range of topics related to mission operations management, advanced mission design, automation, large constellations management, present and future trends in ground station operations etc…while addressing the futuristic techniques in both upstream and downstream segments. This conference will also provide a platform for ISRO to boost the synergy between academia, industry and other space agencies.
Video of the Opening Ceremony is available.
SMOPS Proceedings are available on the IAA online shop.
For more detailed information you may also visit the following website:
https://smops2023.istrac.gov.in/


Program Committee
Chief Patrons
Shri. Somanath S. | Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO and President, ASI |
Dr. K Radhakrishnan | Member, Space Commission |
Shri. A. S. Kiran Kumar | Member, Space Commission |
Dr. Pawan Kumar Goenka | Chairman, INSPACe |
Advisory Committee
Shri. M. Sankaran, Director, URSC | Chairman |
Shri. B. N. Ramakrishna, Director, ISTRAC | Member |
Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC | Member |
Dr. D Sam Dayala Dev, Director IISU | Member |
Shri. H. Premanand Shenoy, Director, MCF | Member |
Dr. Vinod Kumar, Director Promotion Directorate INSPACe/ Executive Secretary ASI | Member |
Shri. Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Scientific Secretary, ISRO | Member |
Shri. Victor Joseph, Associate Scientific Secretary, ISRO | Member |
Dr. V V Srinivasan, Prof. Satish Dhawan Professor | Member |
Air Vice Marshal D V Khot, Defence Space Agency | Member |
Smt. Nandini Harinath, Deputy Director, SpOA, ISTRAC | Member Secretary |
Media are encouraged to register for the SMOPS Conference 2023
Contacts for Media
Find the leaflet including topic areas for papers...
Operation Challenges in GSO mission
- Communication payloads Users challenges – Interference, Geo-location and mitigation
- GSO satellite Launch and Early Orbit Operations
- Electric propulsion Orbit Raising (EOR) Operation and mission management
- High throughput satellites (HTS)- Beam Pointing methodologies, In Orbit testing of payloads
- Formation Flying and colocation of satellites in GSO – Operations and challenges
Human Spaceflight mission operation management
- Mission operations management
- Ground segment architecture design
- Reliability aspect for ground and space segment
- Crew Training and simulation facility design
- Mission Operation Training and simulation
- Ascent and Descent Trajectory Design
- Recovery and rehabilitation strategy
- Crew Life support system design
Satellite constellations management
- Formation Flying and Constellations Management techniques and challenges
- Challenges in maintenance of constellation
- optimal scheduling of constellation
- multi-mission management strategy
- Data relay and Inter-satellite communication design
Present and Future trends in Ground Station operations
- New technologies in ground stations establishment and operations
- Deep Space Network array design techniques
- Optical and quantum communications
- Advanced design, Interference and mitigation Ground station Communications in complete spectral bands (viz. 5-G, 6-G, X-band etc.)
- Cross support and interoperability
- Ground station software architecture and design
- Data acquisition system design
- Methodology for qualifying Ground systems
- Cloud-based Ground system architecture
- Advance Radar design and application for space object tracking, phased array antenna design
- Ground based optical communication and tera hertz frequency Management
- Mobile Stations for LEO data reception – New Techniques
- Evolving Technologies in Ground Station Miniaturization
Challenges in Flight Dynamics Operations
- Precise Orbit Determination
- Autonomous navigation techniques for space object viz. GNSS, NavIC etc.
- Re-entry prediction for non-cooperative objects
- Precise orbit propagation
Trends in Ground Segment Resource allocation and Optimization
- Optimal Resource allocation and scheduling in multi-mission scenario
- Near real-time emergency requirements handling
- Science mission payload proposal processing chain
- Space science data dissemination policy
- Ground segment Data centre architectures for High volume payload Data processing
- Cloud Based Mission Operation Management System Architecture
- Mission Control centre design
- Big Data processing and handling
- Data and network Security
- International treaties and conventions
Space Situational Awareness
- Detection and maintenance of debris catalogue
- Space traffic management
- Operational strategy for debris hazard mitigation
- Space debris removal technique
- Corrective measures for space debris management
- Space debris prevention techniques
- Autonomous Space debris mitigation technique
- Advanced technique for safe-guarding optical/RF payload from ground threat
- Impact of Space weather on spacecraft systems and operations
- Spacecraft design challenges to improve immunity to space weather disturbance
Simulation and modelling
- Advance Guidance and control techniques
- Attitude determination/estimation techniques
- Small satellite control strategy
- Optimal Trajectory Design (Interplanetary, Landing and Re-entry mission)
- Reference constellation for navigation of Interplanetary/Lunar mission
- Orbital disturbance modelling
- Spacecraft sub-system modelling
Artificial Intelligence based Application
- AI-based Guidance and Control
- AI-based system modelling
- AI-based Orbit determination and propagation
- AI and Machine Learning Techniques in S/C operations and applications
- AI-based constellation management
- AI-based Landing and re-entry algorithm
- AI methods and algorithm for mission operations
- Sub-system performance evaluation using AI/ML
- AI-based autonomous satellite design and mission management
Satellite Data handling, Processing and Applications
- Autonomous frameworks for Satellite Data and information Processing
- Intelligent Data Dissemination and Analytics – Requirements and approaches
- Secure Satellite Data exchange over terrestrial and satellite links: Standards and Strategies
- On-board image processing towards efficient payload planning and dissemination to emergency applications users
- Data mining Frameworks for near real time Geo/Bio physical parameters Retrieval
- Data mining Frameworks for satellite health parameters
Find detailed information on Proceedings
Proceedings
– Conference Proceedings are available on the IAA online shop:
pdf file, 924 pages.


