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    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 CenterUnited 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, RASRussian Federation

    Thomas Schildknecht
    SwissSpace AssociationSwitzerland

    Rapporteur

    Patrick Seitzer
    University of MichiganUnited 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-CNRItaly

    Paula Krisko
    ESCG/JacobsUnited States

    Rapporteur

    Carsten Wiedemann
    TU Braunschweig, Institute of Space SystemsGermany

    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
    TSNIIMASHRussian Federation

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

    Rapporteur

    Alessandro Francesconi
    University of Padova - DII/CISASItaly

    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 OrganisationIndia

    Fabio Santoni
    Sapienza University of RomeItaly

    Rapporteur

    John Hussey
    ConsultantUnited 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/JacobsUnited States

    Seishiro Kibe
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Japan

    Rapporteur

    Martin Rudolph
    Fraunhofer - Institute for High-Speed DynamicsGermany

    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
    LeoLabsUnited States

    T.S. Kelso
    CelesTrakUnited 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 UniversityJapan

    Tommaso Sgobba
    International Association for the Advancement of Space SafetyThe 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 CenterUnited States