Welcome Messages
FOREWORD BY GENERAL CHAIR
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Peace be Upon You.Dear Distinguished Guests and Conference Participants,
On behalf of the Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and conference committee members, we cordially welcome you to the 2017 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace2017). We are very pleased with the positive response to our invitation from various local and international research institutions as well as institutions of higher learning. The enthusiasm showed by increasing numbers of participations locally and abroad, gives us the confirmation, that what we started eight years ago with IconSpace2009 is a big move in the right direction.
Still with the spirit of IconSpace2015, IconSpace2017 with a theme "Space Science for Sustainability" continues with the intention of bringing together space scientists and engineers from all over the world to present and discuss their research findings. In line with UKM motto, "Inspiring Futures, Nurturing Possibilities" we hope this will create opportunities for more research collaborations and networking for an immerging research. Not to forget together we support frontier research for mankind with UKM spirit of "Guardian of the Nation".
We wish to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's management and staff for their support and the conference committee members for their relentless effort to ensure the smooth organization of this conference. Our deepest appreciation also goes to the International Advisory Committee, reviewers and sponsors from all over the world for their support towards this conference. Finally, we wish you a fruitful conference and thank you for your participation.
PROF. IR. DR. MARDINA ABDULLAH
General Chair
2017 International Conference on Space Science and Communication
FOREWORD BY TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR
Dear Colleague,Welcome to the 2017 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace2017) in the fifth series of conferences organized by the Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The four previous IconSpace Series was highly successful in bringing researchers, disseminating ideas and fostering communication and collaboration.
The fifth series of conferences with a theme "Space Science for Sustainability" continues our community efforts to advance research in space science and communication and related fields internationally to present and discuss their research findings as well as creating opportunities for more research collaborations. Apart from the main conference, there will be a special talk on "Space Exploration & Updates" on 5 May 2017.
The technical program of this conference includes four keynote speakers, invited speakers, and the presentation of papers and poster. The track of the session includes Astrophysics and Astronomy, Atmospheric and Magnetospheric Sciences, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Satellite and Communication Technology, and Interdisciplinary Space Science. The papers for this conference were selected after a rigorous review process. We have received an overwhelming response with a total of 108 papers with a competitive acceptance rate. The papers were all evaluated by international and local reviewers and at least two reviewers were required to evaluate each paper. The accepted paper of IconSpace2017 will be published in one of the categories: Journal of Physics: Conference series (JPCS) by Institute of Physics (IOP) Publisher, Book Chapter by Springer Nature, and extended abstract for possible publication in a special issue on "Space Science for Sustainability" by Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (JASTP).
We should like to offer our thanks for the professionalism of the organizing committee, authors, reviewers, and volunteers deserve much credit for all the time for the successful run of the conference. The editing of the paper for final publication was also a team effort. Without their relentless efforts, this conference would not be possible. We also wish to express our appreciation to all the authors whose papers and presentations make the event a very exciting forum to add values to learn, discussion and exchanges of ideas, and to meet old or new people from different countries and interact with them.
ASSOC. PROF. DR. WAYAN SUPARTA
Chair of Technical Program Committee (TPC)
2017 International Conference on Space Science and Communication
2017 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace2017) took place May 3-5, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
