Proceedings of the 14th Australian Space Research Conference Adelaide September 29

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Proceedings of the
14th Australian Space Research Conference
Adelaide
September 29 - October 1, 2014
Australian Space Research Conference Series
1st Edition
Published in Australia in 2015 by
National Space Society of Australia Ltd
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ISBN 13: 978-0-9775740-8-7
Editors: Wayne Short and Iver Cairns
Distributed on DVD
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Preface to the Proceedings

A large number of the presenters at the conference later submitted completed written papers which
form the basis of this Conference Proceedings.
All papers published in these proceedings have been subject to a peer review process whereby a
scholarly judgement by at least two suitable individuals endorsed by the Program Committee
determined if the paper was suitable to be published. All papers not rejected were revised until
deemed suitable. Responsibility for the content of each paper lies with its author(s). The publisher
retains copyright over the text. Papers appear in the Conference Proceedings with the permission of
the authors.

The Editors would like to give special thanks to the Program Committee and those scholars who
participated in the peer review process:
Brad Alexander, Simone Atzori, Jeremy Bailey, Phil Bland, Russell Boyce, Graham Brooker, Melrose
Brown, Ian Bryce, Graziella Caprarelli, Sarah Chamberlain, Brad Carter, Brett Carter, Iain Cartwright,
Jon Clarke, Lucyna Chudczer, Michael Chang, Andrew Dempster, Boyin Ding, Alina Donea, Graham
Dorrington, Brian Fraser, Bruce Forster, Eamonn Glennon, James Gilmore, Li Guo, Jason Held,
Kasper Johansen, Charlie Ji, Jon Kim, David Lingard, Xi Li, Samsung Lim, Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Ken
Lynn, Sarah Maddison, Jonathan Marshall, Fred Menk, Marcello de Michele, Dennis Odijk, Jonathan
Paxman, Lily Qiao, Peter Rayner, Stuart Ryder, Samira Tasnim, Matt Tetlow, Paul Tregoning, John
Trinder, Matthew Trinckle, Sean Tuttle, Gordon Xu, Colin Waters, Robert Wittenmyer, Xiaofeng Wu,
Joel Younger, Kegen Yu, Kefei Zhang.
Finally we would like to thank our sponsor University of South Australia for its support in funding the
venue; the Organising Committee, the Program Committee and colleagues Graziella Caprarelli, Alice
Gorman,Trevor Harris and Garry Newsam for giving generously of their time and efforts.
We trust that you will find the 2014 Conference Proceedings enjoyable and informative.
Wayne Short and Iver Cairns
Editors, 14ASRC Conference Proceedings, May 2014
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Conference Background
The Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC) is the focus of scientific cooperation and discussion
in Australia on research relating to space. It is a peer reviewed forum for space scientists, engineers,
educators, and workers in Industry and Government.
The conference is of relevance to a very broad cross section of the space community, and therefore
generates an enlightening and timely exchange of ideas and perspectives. The scope of the conference
covers fundamental and applied research that that can be done from space and space-based platforms,
and includes the following:
• Space science, including space and atmospheric physics, remote sensing from space, planetary
sciences, astrobiology and life sciences, and space-based astronomy and astrophysics ;
• Space engineering, including communications, navigation, space operations, propulsion and
spacecraft design, testing, and implmentation ;
• Space industry ;
• Space archeology and Indigenous sky knowledge;
• Space situational awareness
• Current and future Australian space projects ;
• Government, International relations and law ;
• Education and outreach.

The 14th ASRC was held at the University of South Australia (City-West Campus) during September
29 to October 1, 2014. The Conference was opened by Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research of University
of South Australia (Research), Professor Richard Head.
The conference included a comprehensive program of plenary talks and special sessions on the national
context for space the foci and programs of Australian Government units with interests in space. In
addition, the program contained a special planetary science session, with a strong preponderance
of projects involving the Mars Society of Australia. The program also ontained multiple sessions of
invited and contributed presentations, both oral and poster, on Propulsion, Planetary Science, Earth
Observation and GNSS, Space Capabilities, Space Physics, Space Technology, Space Archeology,
Education and Outreach and Indigenous Sky Knowledge.
Appendix A lists all abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference.
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The 14th ASRC was organised by the National Space Society of Australia (NSSA), the Academy
of Sciences National Committee for Space and Radio Science (NCSRS) and University of South
Australia. The Mars Society Australia (MSA) and Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) also
helped significantly with organising abstract submissions.
A call for papers was issued in March 2014 and researchers were invited to submit abstracts for
presentation at the conference. Following the conference itself, a call for written papers was issued
in October 2014: this invited presenters to submit a formal written paper for this Proceedings that
covered their conference presentations.
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Table of Contents
Preface to Proceedings page iii
Conference Background page iv
List of Proceedings Papers page vii
Welcome to the 14th Australian Space Research Conference page x
About the NSSA page xii
About the NCSRS page xiii
2014 Program Committee page xv
2014 Organising Committee page xvi
Conference Plenary Speakers page xvii
Program page xix
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List of Proceedings Papers
Authors Paper Title
Champlain Kenyi, Daniel Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Retrieved from
pages 1- 12
Cotton, Jeremy Bailey Observations with a Ground-based Spectrometer in the
Near-infrared
Daniel V. Cotton, Lucyna
L. Kedziora-Chudczer, Atmospheric Modelling for Neptune’s D/H Ratio –
pages 13- 24
Kimberly Bott and Preliminary Results
Jeremy A. Bailey
Jonathan Horner, James
The role of Jupiter driving Earth’s orbital evolution: An
Gilmore, and Dave pages 25- 38
update
Waltham
Jeremy Wood, Jonathan The Dynamics of Centaurs in the 2:1 Mean Motion
pages 39 - 52
Horner Resonance of Neptune
Bruna Contro, Rob
Wittenmyer, Jonti Towards a dynamics-based estimate of the extent of HR
pages 53- 66
Horner, Jonathan P. 8799’s unresolved warm debris belt
Marshall
B. A. Nicholson , M. W.
Mengel , L. Brookshaw
, A. A. Vidottoy, B. D.
Winds Of Planet Hosting Stars pages 67 - 74
Carter , S. C.
Marsden , J. Soutter , I.
A. Waite and J. Horner
Paul N. Stewart , Peter
G. Tuthill , Phil D.
Cassini for Australian Stellar Science pages 75 - 86
Nicholsony and Matthew
M. Hedman
Gemma E. Roberts,
Patrice F. Rey, Helen E. Alteration minerals in the Great Artesian Basin: Comparison
pages 87 - 98
A. Brand and Balwant to weathering processes on Mars
Singh
Empirical Climatology of the Sporadic E Layer (ECSEL) from
Lenard Pederick pages 99 - 106
Radio Occultation Measurements
Anne Unewisse, Andrew Observations of a Mesospheric Bore over Edinburgh, pages 107 -
Cool, Manuel Cervera Adelaide 118
Thanh Nguyen , John
Devlin , Darel Elton ,
The Spectrum Difference Function technique for velocity pages 119 -
Guang Deng , Edhem
cross-checking in TIGER application 134
Custovic and Emma
Blandy
Innovative Use of Additive Structures to Develop Future pages 135 -
Dean R. Mosseveld
Rocket Engine Technology 146
W. Crowe, N. Kinkaid, J. Robotic swarms as means to autonomously and rapidly pages 147 -
Olsen and J. Page characterise small celestial bodies 156
Roger Dudziak,
Assessing the viability of a Harpoon as an active Space pages 157 -
Sean Tuttle, Simon
Debris removal device 170
Barraclough
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List of Proceedings Papers
Authors Paper Title
Eamonn P. Glennon,
Joon Wayn Cheong, Fast Cold-Start Acquisition of GPS Signals Using the Delay
pages 171- 182
Kevin Parkinson and Doppler Map Accelerator
Andrew G. Dempster
Scott O’Brien, Kevin
Parkinson, Eamonn
Glennon, Joon Wayn Multi-Antenna Switching for Spaceborne GPS Receivers pages 183- 192
Cheong, and Andrew
Dempster
K J Parkinson, E P
pages 193 -
Glennon, and A G The Kea GNSS receiver for Spacecraft operations
200
Dempster
Sanat Biswas , Li Qiao, Space-borne GNSS Based Orbit Determination using a
pages 201 -208
Andrew Dempster SPIRENT GNSS Simulator
Li Qiao, Barnaby
Design and simulation of attitude determination of the
Osborne, Andrew G pages 209 -222
UNSW QB50 project
Dempster
S.W. Hobbs, J.D.A. Field Testing Marsobot, A Mars Society Australia Robotics pages 223 -
Clarke, G.A. Mann Project 236
Jonathan D. A. Clarke,
Jason Held, Astrid Dahl,
Nicolette Wheaton Field Robotics, Astrobiology and Mars Analogue Research pages 237 -
and the Arkaroola on the Arkaroola Mars Robot Challenge Expedition 250
Mars Robot Challenge
Expeditioners
Youtian Liu, Linlin Ge, Coseismic Deformation Inferred from DInSAR and Model pages 251 -
Xiaojing Li Results for 2008 Sichuan and 2009 L’Aquila Earthquakes 262
Xiaofeng. Chang, Linlin. Building Footprint Extraction from Airborne LiDAR and pages 263 -
Ge and Xiaojing Li Landsat Data 270
Liyuan Li, Linlin Ge, Remote Sensing Image Classification of Environmental pages 271 -
Xiaojing Li Hazards using Information from Multiple Perspectives 284
Qingxiang LIU, Linlin GE Coastal Erosion Detection Using Multispectral Images with pages 285 -
and Xiaojing LI Tidal Model 296
APPENDIX A 13ASSC: List of Presentations & Posters pages a - i
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Welcome to the 14th Australian Space Research
Conference
formerly the Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC), and to the University of South Australia,
Adelaide! This was the eighth conference jointly sponsored and organised by the National
Committee for Space and Radio Science (NCSRS) and the National Space Society of Australia
(NSSA). The ASRC is intended to be the primary annual meeting for Australian research relating
to space science. It welcomes space scientists, engineers, educators, and workers in Industry and
Government.
The 14th ASRC had over 130 accepted abstracts across Australian space research, academia,
education, industry, and government.
We would like to thank the University of South Australia for their sponsorship. Special thanks also
go to the Mars Society Australia (MSA) and Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) for their
support.
Iver Cairns Wayne Short
Co Chair ASSC 2014 Co Chair ASSC 2014
University of Sydney President, NSSA
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