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September 27, 2007
August 15, 2009
In September this year the VII Academic and Research Conference “Microtechnologies in Aeronautics
and Cosmonautics” was held in Moscow under the auspices of State Unitary Enterprise Russian Scientific
Research Institute for Space Instrument Engineering. The event takes place every year. The conference
covers pressing issues of space vehicles and instruments miniaturization, projects on new space systems
based on extra small spacecraft (micro-, nano- and picosatellites) and means for their low cost orbiting
as well as issues on their application in various areas of space activities. The conference is attended by
production and scientific research institutions of Roscosmos and other departments, RAS institutes,
universities and higher educational institutions of the Ukraine, Byelorussia, and People’s Republic of
China.
There functioned six thematic sections: New projects on spacecraft and systems built on the basis of
micro- and nanotechnologies; Technological aspects of designing extra small spacecraft and systems on
their base (prototyping, designing, production and testing); Low cost means for insertion of extra small
spacecraft, microthruster sets, aeronautic systems based on microtechnologies; Miniaturization of
spacecraft onboard subsystems and components. Application of micro- and nanosystem technical
devices; Issues related to control of extra small spacecraft. Reception, processing and interpretation of
data. Application areas of aerospace systems on the basis of micro- and nanotechnologies; Universitybased
developments of extra small spacecraft.
The following parties presented their developments in this area: State Unitary Enterprise Russian
Scientific Research Institute for Space Instrument Engineering, Scientific Research Institute for