Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-13 — 64th 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

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

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

Mark Matney
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center — United States

A6.1. Measurements

This session will address advanced ground and space-based measurement techniques, related processing methods, and results of space debris characterisation.

Chairman

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

Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

Rapporteur: Patrick Seitzer
University of Michigan — United States

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

Carmen Pardini
ISTI-CNR — Italy

Paula Krisko
ESCG/Jacobs — United States

Rapporteur: Carsten Wiedemann
TU Braunschweig, Institute of Space Systems — Germany

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.

Co-Chair

Sergey Meshcheryakov
TSNIIMASH — Russian Federation

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

Rapporteur: Alessandro Francesconi
University of Padova - DII/CISAS — Italy

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 exist already or are in preparation at the national or international level.

Chairman

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

Heiner Klinkrad
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Rapporteur: Michael Yakovlev
Central Research Institute of Machine Building (FSUE/TSNIIMASH) — Russian Federation

A6.5. Space Debris Removal Issues

This session will address active removal techniques “ground and space based”, review potential solutions and identify implementation difficulties.

Co-Chair

V. Adimurthy
Indian Space Researh Organisation — India

Fabio Santoni
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

Rapporteur: John Hussey
Consultant — United States

A6.6. Space Debris Removal Concepts

This session will address active removal techniques “ground and space based”, review potential solutions and identify implementation difficulties.

Chairman

Phillip Anz-Meador
ESCG/Jacobs — United States

Seishiro Kibe
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

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

A6.7. Operations in Space Debris Environment, Situational Awareness

This session will address the multiple aspects associated with safe operations in space dealing with Space Debris, including operational observations, orbit determination, catalogue build-up and maintenance, data aggregation from different sources, relevant data exchange standards and conjunction analyses.

Chairman

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — United States

T.S. Kelso
CelesTrak — United States

Rapporteur: Holger Krag
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

A6.8. Political, legal, Institutional and Economic Aspects of Space Debris Mitigation and Removal

This session organised with Space Security Committee will deal with the non-technical aspect of space debris mitigation and removal. Political, legal and institutional aspects include the role of IADC and UNCOPUOS and other multilateral bodies. Economic issues include insurance, financial incentives and funding for space debris mitigation and removal. The role of international cooperation in addressing these issues will be considered.

Chairman

Kazuto Suzuki
Hokkaido University — Japan

Tommaso Sgobba
International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety — The Netherlands

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

A6.P. Poster Session

Co-Chair

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

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

Mark Matney
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center — United States