<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">Dear Colleagues,</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">Small satellites are quickly become a viable platform for observations of the upper atmosphere. We invite you to present your related work on payloads, mission concepts, design, and results at Session C2.4 entitled "Small satellite missions for Aeronomy and Ionosphere Studies” at the 42nd COSPAR Assembly. The conference will be held from July 14 - 22, 2018 at the Pasadena Convention Centre in California.</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">A complete description of the event and abstract submission instructions are available on the Assembly web page or in the Call for Papers which was distributed as the August 2017 issue of Space Research Today, COSPAR’s information bulletin. The Assembly web page address is: <a href="https://www.cospar-assembly.org/" class="">https://www.cospar-assembly.org</a>.</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">Please note that abstract submission is now open and abstracts are due by February 9th.</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">A selection of refereed papers from the event will be published in Advances in Space Research or Life Sciences in Space Research, and authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts after the Assembly for consideration. </div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">Amal Chandran</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">MSO</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">Mustapha Meftah</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">DSO</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">Loren Chang</div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">DSO</div></body></html>