Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-12 — 63rd International Astronautical Congress

A6. SPACE DEBRIS SYMPOSIUM

This symposium will address the complete spectrum of technical issues of space debris: measurements, modelling, risk assessment in space and on the ground, reentry, hypervelocity impacts and protection, mitigation and standards, and Space Surveillance.

Coordinator

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

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

A6.1. Measurements

This session will address advanced ground and space-based measurement techniques, related processing methods, and results on the derived spatial and temporal distribution of debris.

Chairman

Patrick Seitzer
University of Michigan — United States

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

Rapporteur: Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

A6.2. Modelling and Risk Analysis

This session will address the characterisation 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 catalogues, and active avoidance.

Chairman

Luciano Anselmo
ISTI-CNR — Italy

Carsten Wiedemann
TU Braunschweig, Institute of Space Systems — Germany

Rapporteur: Toshiya Hanada
Kyushu University — Japan

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. Use of HVI techniques for debris mitigation.

Chairman

Alessandro Francesconi
University of Padova - DII/CISAS — Italy

Martin Rudolph
Fraunhofer - Institute for High-Speed Dynamics — Germany

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. The session will also address space debris mitigation guidelines and standards that already exist or are in preparation at the national or international level.

Chairman

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

John Hussey
Consultant — United States

Rapporteur: Fabrizio Piergentili
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

A6.5. Space Debris Removal Issues

This session will address active removal techniques “ground and space based”, with a focus on Issues

Chairman

Heiner Klinkrad
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — United States

Rapporteur: Seishiro Kibe
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

A6.6. Political, Economic and Institutional Aspects of Space Debris Mitigation and Removal (Joint with Space Security Committee)

This session will deal with the non-technical aspect of space debris mitigation and removal. Economic issues including financial benefit and insurance, political aspects such as the role of UNCOPUOS are important issues to pass in the future. The role of international cooperation in addressing these issues will be considered.

Chairman

Kazuto Suzuki
Hokkaido University — Japan

Michael Yakovlev
Central Research Institute for Machine Building (JSC TSNIIMASH) — Russian Federation

Rapporteur: Charlotte Mathieu
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

A6.7. Space Debris Removal Concepts

This session will address active removal techniques “ground and space based”.

Chairman

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

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

Rapporteur: Martin Rudolph
Fraunhofer - Institute for High-Speed Dynamics — Germany