The 2013 IEEE International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace2013) will be held at the beautiful and historical city of Malacca, Malaysia from 1-3 July 2013. The IconSpace2013 with a theme “Facing the challenges of the solar maximum” is a premier forum for academicians, scientists, engineers and students to interact and disseminate information on the latest developments in space science, communication and technological advances. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for presentation and publication in conference proceedings describing the state-of the-art research and development. As practiced in the previous IconSpace conferences, the Proceedings of IconSpace2013 with ISSN will be published in the IEEE Xplore database. Potential conference topics are solicited in, but are not limited to the following technical areas: Atmospheric Sciences Space weather Upper atmosphere Lower atmosphere Pollution and climate change Astrophysics and Astronomy Cosmology Studies in the solar system Space exploration and astronautics Observational astronomy and instrumentation Computational or statistical methods Remote Sensing Remote sensing applications Environmental sciences Geographic information system & cartography Satellite and Communication Technology Antenna for space communication Wireless communications via satellite Satellite networks and networking Satellite navigation and positioning systems Satellite communication and broadcast systems Telemedicine and e-health using satellite technology Satellite control systems Satellite, nanosatellite and payload design Satellite development and manufacturing Smart Materials for Space Applications Smart actuators and sensors Smart structures and their effective properties of multi-domain single crystals, polycrystals, porous materials, and composites Deployable structures Self-healing materials Space Education Curriculum development and teaching materials Space science outreach Space tourism and others