Bright Ascension Ltd. will be offering an academic sponsorship exclusively to attendees of the Small Satellites Conference in Logan, Utah, which will be in session from August, 6 to 11, as the company confirms the start of sponsorship applications for the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year as part of the Bright Start Academic Program.
The company will hold a conference side meeting on August 10th entitled COTS Software for Faster and Efficient Mission Development — attendees will be encouraged to sign up for the program and apply to be sponsored with Bright Ascension’s flight and ground software.
Building on the successful collaboration with academic institutions over recent years, Bright Ascension created an extensive academic program called Bright Start to help enhance future skill building within the industry. The Bright Start Academic Program offers free or affordable bundles of the company’s two products: Flight Software Development Kit and Mission Control Software.
Through significant improvements in efficiency, lower delivery costs and increased capabilities, these software solutions allow students and researchers to launch their missions sooner, reduce risks, automate processes and optimise spacecraft operation.
As part of the Bright Start program, the company once again opens up applications for academic teams to be sponsored with flight and ground software entirely free of charge. Bright Ascensions expects to sponsor as many as three academic missions in the 2022 to 2023 timeframe and confirms that one of these opportunities will be offered exclusively to those attending this smallsat event.
The SmallSat side meeting entitled COTS Software for Faster and Efficient Mission Development is scheduled for August 10 at 3:30 p.m. in Room ESLC 46.
“It is so important to support future skill building within the industry and that is why we are offerin g sponsorship and affordable licensing options to students and researchers,” said Peter Mendham, CEO. “We would like to encourage all interested parties to join our upcoming event to find out more about Bright Start, the missions we already sponsored and, of course, apply for the exclusive SmallSat sponsorship.”