session 1

Title: Ground-Based Preparatory Activities - Session 1
type: oral
Description: This Track will address topics dedicated to Ground-Based Preparatory Activities such as analogue missions and deployments; Technology demonstrations; Simulations; Test facilities.
Date: 2025-05-08
Time: 16:30
Room: Room 404A

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	16:30	Satellite Communication Network for Gaganyaan Mission: Architecture, Challenges, and Performance	15'	confirmed	Mr. BHIMESWARA RAO MALISETTI	ISTRAC/ISRO	India
2	16:45	International Collaborations and Analogue Astronaut Field Campaigns to Test the Worlds First Modular Analogue Astronaut Kit	15'	confirmed	Mr. Marc Heemskerk	Tallinn University of Technology	Estonia
3	17:00	EGSE-Ground based preparation challenges for Gaganyaan mission	15'	confirmed	Mrs. MUTHUSELVI KRISHNAN	Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC)	India
4	17:15	A Novel Space Analog: Martian Operation Simulation Studies (MOSS)	15'	confirmed	Mr. Abhijeet Kibe	Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)	India
5	17:30	Development and Testing of a Computer Vision based Indoor Positioning System for an upcoming Spacecraft Close-Proximity Operations test facility	15'	confirmed	Ms. Nitika Jaggi	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	India
6	17:45	Novel Mobile Gravity Off-loading System (MOGOS) for Astronauts and Rovers	15'	confirmed	Mr. Tom Hoppenbrouwers	Space Applications Services N.V./S.A.	Belgium
7	18:00	Ground Test Setup Requirements for Lunar Exploration Missions	15'	confirmed	Mr. SIDDHARTH ARORA	U R RAO SATELLITE CENTRE (URSC)	India
8	18:15	Role of terrestrial analogue environments for design and development of robotic and human exploration systems for the Indian Space Program	15'	confirmed	Dr. Siddharth Pandey	Fugro Australia Marine Pty Ltd	Australia