60 NanoSat Mission Ideas

AxelSpace's WNIsat-1

The 2nd Nano Satellite Symposium is being held today at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Evidently the Tsunami has shortened the event from three days to one day. At the conference, AxelSpace and Symposium organizers announced sixty entries in a NanoSatellite Mission Idea contest.

Symposium organizers list the top 32 entries (and a mission abstract).  These top 32 entries come from 22 different countries signaling (or at least hinting at) strong international demand for a NanoSat launch capability.


The Top 32 Mission Concept Titles (listed with 10 Finalists on Top):

1. Integrated Meteorological / Precise Positioning Mission Utilizing Nano-Satellite Constellation
2. Distributed Multispectral Imaging System
3. The Service for Individual to Meet Space; Future Space Funeral
4. ExoplanetSat Constellation
5. Northern Communication and GPS-based science Nanosatellite constellation mission
6. Space Advertiser (S-VERTISE)
7. Global ship monitoring using space-based AIS receivers
8. Experiment of Tethered Nanosatellite Flying with Electrodynamic Tether
9. Demonstration of Optical Stellar Interferometry with Near Earth Objects (NEO) using Laser Range Finder by a Nano-Satellite Constellation: A Cost-effective approach
10. A Global Water Pollution Monitoring Satellite System (WAMS)
11. Fire Alarm Constellation
12. Medium/large vehicle tracking system
13. Global water pollution monitoring using a nanosatellite constellation (WAPOSAT)
14. Satellite Constellation for Monitoring of Chemical Composition of Earth Atmosphere
15. Constellation of Atmospheric Density Research Experiments (CADRE)
16. Building a long-distance power transmission system that uses magnetic resonance with nano-satellite
17. EBELESAT 1
18. Disaster Monitoring Constellation using Nanosatellites
19. ELYSSAT A Nano Satellite for the desert remote-sensing
20. Fire observing Nanosatellite Constellation
21. Global orbital monitoring of nuclear facilities decommissioning - NUCLFADESAT
22. MARINE LIFE MONITORING AND PRESENTATION
23. Monitoring of on Earth Vegetation by Means of Spectral Analysis
24. Nano SOS (Space Object Surveillance)
25. NANOSATELLITE CONSTALATION
26. ODEI –C24
27. SPILL-SATCON, Satellite Constellation Mission Idea to Detect Oil Spills in Oceans
28. Radio Telescope Nano-satellites
29. Constelacion de Radio - Satelites
30. Nanosatellite Constellation for Rural Telemedical Applications
31. Silk Road Intellectual Transport System
32. Stranded Traveler Tracking System