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AEROSPACE'S FIRST ALL-SOFTWARE CONFEReNCE
OCTOBER 5-7, 2026!
An Engineering Conference Exploring the Latest Innovation in Aerospace Software
Engineers, developers, managers, and teams from Ground, Flight, DevOps, Security, and more are all welcome to Space Software Summit in Boulder, CO. Join the discussion around AI, onboard high-compute, command and control, CI/CD pipelines, security, grounds and flight software development. Get up to speed on the state of the aerospace software industry. And even beat your colleagues at the AI Vibe Coding Hackathon!
Welcome from Ryan Melton
2025 Presentations
ROS: Robotic Operating System in the Space Domain
Lucien Morey
Space Machines Company, Australia
Data Quality Filtering on a Dust Analyzer: SUDA Autonomous Capabilities and Concept of Operations
Gregory Newcomb
LASP/University of Colorado Boulder
Data Quality Filtering on a Dust Analyzer: SUDA Autonomous Capabilities and Concept of Operations
Victoria Scarffe Barrett
LASP/University of Colorado Boulder
Use of NASA’s cFS for a Modern-Day SmallSat Payload
Stuart Lewin
BAE Systems
Callisto: the flight dynamics system built for Firefly Blue Ghost
Christopher Rabotin
Rocket Lab
Past to Future: Massive Upgrades to FreeFlyer Space Mission Design Software
Sara Fields
a.i. solutions
Trident Smyth: Near Real Time Sensor Fusion and Track Stitching Application
Joseph Sorroche
Sandia National Laboratories
Managing Satellites Like Servers: Building Ground Software for the Next Generation of Space Operations
Lauren McIntire
Quindar
CI/CD, Test Automation and Automated Reporting
Lindsey Rominksy
Keysight Technologies
Maintaining Orbit: Advanced Automated Maneuver Planning in Flight Dynamics Ground Systems
Scott Lowe
a.i. solutions
Satcat: A Unified Software Platform for Autonomous Spaceflight Intelligence and Safety
Taralicin Deka
Kayhan Space
Line by line execution in COSMOS
Jason Thomas
OpenC3
Extending NASA's General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT)
Darrel J Conway
Thinking Systems
A Python-Based Open-Source Framework for Rapid CubeSat Test Software Development
Paula do Vale Pereira
University of Central Florida
Immediate Impacts of Ransomware on Space Systems
MIcco Estrada
COSMIAC/University of New Mexico
Zero Trust Made Easy: Open-Source Tech to the Rescue
Kip Gering
SpiderOak
TSEL – A Secure Linux Distribution for Spacecraft
Michael Morris
21Software LLC
GPU Accelerated End-to-end Multi-physics Space Simulations
Aaron Goldstein
Sirrom System
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Greedy Schedulers
James Santucci
Umbra
Edge Computing for Automated Hazard Alerting from Orbit
Douglas Franz
MyRadar
A New Vision For Space Communications
Ryan Barber
TRL11
NeRF in Space
Cameron Halaby
University of Georgia Small Satellite Lab
Automating Payload Operations with Delay Tolerant Networking
Alberto Montilla
Spatiam Corporation
Software Factory for Experimental SmallSat Payload
Stuart Lewin
BAE Systems
Integrate and Innovate: Transforming and Simplifying Ground Station Operations through Unified Development and Integration
Adam Baca
Sandia National Laboratories
Host-Agnostic Satellite Payload Interfaces in OpenC3 Cosmos For Full Life-Cycle Operations
Tyler Scott Jordan
Sandia National Laboratories
Developing Reliable Flight Software for a Spacecraft Subsystem
John Maushammer
ALTEN Technology
Space Software Summit Agenda
October 6
WorkshopS
Add-On Workshop Day:
Morning Session
8:30 - 12:00
Using OpenC3 COSMOS
or
Intro to Zendir
or
Intro to Spideroak Aranya
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 4:30
Configuring OpenC3 COSMOS
or
Intro to the MAX Toolbox Suite
October 7
Conference Day 1
7:30 - Registration Opens
7:30 - 9:00 - Breakfast and Networking
9:00 - Keynote
9:30 - 10:45 - Session 1: Flight Software
10:45 - 11:00 - Snack Break
11:00 - 12:15 - Session 2: Architecture
12:15 - 1:45 - Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 - Session 3: Security
3:00 - 3:15 - Snack Break
3:15 - 4:30 - Session 4: Algorithms I
4:30 - 7:00 - Exhibits and Happy Hour
October 8
Conference day 2
7:30 - Registration Opens
7:30 - 8:30 - Breakfast and Networking
8:30 - Keynote
9:00 - 10:15 - Session 5: Open Source
10:15 - 10:30 - Snack Break
10:30 - 11:45 - Session 6: Algorithms II
11:45 - Lunch
12:45 - 2:25 - Session 7: Automation
2:25 - 2:40 - Snack Break
2:40 - 4:50 Breakout Sessions
* COSMOS Con
* AI Vibe Coding Hackathon
* The Great Debate
4:50 - 5:00 - Wrap Up and Awards
2025 Summit Agenda
October 6
WorkshopS
October 7
Conference Day 1
October 8
Conference day 2
Add-On Workshop Day:
Morning Session
8:30 - 12:00
Using OpenC3 COSMOS - SOLD OUT!
or
Intro to Zendir
or
Intro to SpiderOak Aranya
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 4:30
Configuring OpenC3 COSMOS - SOLD OUT!
or
Intro to the MAX Toolbox Suite
or
Intro to 360 by IENAI Space
7:30 - Registration Opens
7:30 - 9:00 - Breakfast and Networking
9:00 - Keynote
9:30 - 10:45 - Session 1: Flight Software
10:45 - 11:00 - Snack Break
11:00 - 12:15 - Session 2: Architecture
12:15 - 1:45 - Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 - Session 3: Security
3:00 - 3:15 - Snack Break
3:15 - 4:30 - Session 4: Algorithms I
4:30 - 7:00 - Exhibits and Happy Hour
7:30 - Registration Opens
7:30 - 8:30 - Breakfast and Networking
8:30 - 10:30 - Breakout Sessions
* COSMOS Con
* AI Vibe Coding Hackathon
* The Great Debate
10:30 - 11:00 - Snack Break
11:00 - 12:15 - Session 5: Open Source
12:15 - Lunch
1:15 - 1:45 - Keynote
1:45 - 3:00 - Session 6: Algorithms II
3:00 - 3:15 - Snack Break
3:15 - 4:55 - Session 7: Automation
4:55 - 5:30 - Wrap Up and Awards
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