Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-08 — 59th International Astronautical Congress

A6. SPACE DEBRIS SYMPOSIUM

This Symposium organized by the International Academy of Astronautics will address the complete spectrum of technical issues of space debris: measurements and space surveillance, modeling, risk assessment in space and on the ground, reentry, hypervelocity impacts and protection, mitigation, and standards.

Coordinator

Christophe Bonnal
European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS) — France

Nicholas L. Johnson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

A6.1. Measurements and Space Surveillance

This session will address advanced ground- and space-based measurement techniques, relating processing methods, and results on the derived spatial and temporal distribution of debris and meteoroids. This includes space surveillance concepts, their implementation and operation, and the establishment and maintenance of space object catalogs.

Chairman

Takashi Nakajima
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

Rapporteur: Vladimir Agapov
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS — Russian Federation

A6.2. Modeling and Risk Analysis

This session will address the characterization of the current and future debris population and methods for in-orbit and on-ground risk assessments. The in-orbit analysis will cover collision risk estimates based on statistical population models and deterministic catalogs and active avoidance, including evasive manoeuvres.

Chairman

Mark J. Matney
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Carmen Pardini
ISTI-CNR — Italy

Rapporteur: Ailyam S. Ganeshan
ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) — India

A6.3. Hypervelocity Impacts and Protection

The session will address passive protection, shielding and damage predictions. Shielding aspects will be supported by experimental and computational results of HVI tests.

Chairman

Michel Lambert
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Sergey Meshcheryakov
TSNIIMASH — Russian Federation

Rapporteur: Frank Schaefer
Fraunhofer - Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI) — Germany

A6.4. Mitigation and Standards

This session will focus on the definition and implementation of debris prevention and reduction measures and vehicle passive protection and shielding. The session will also address space debris mitigation guidelines and standards that exist already or are in preparation at the national or international level.

Chairman

Fernand Alby
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

Paula H. Krisko
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Rapporteur: Richard Crowther
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory — United Kingdom

A6.5. Measurement Projects and Modeling Aspect

This session will focus on measurement and space surveillance projects as well as on some aspects of modeling devoted to space debris environment and risk analysis

Chairman

Akira Kato
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Heiner Klinkrad
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany