Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-10 — 61st International Astronautical Congress

A6. SPACE DEBRIS SYMPOSIUM

The 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, relating processing methods, and results on the derived spatial and temporal distribution of debris and meteoroids.

Chairman

Eugene Stansbery
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Seishiro Kibe
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Rapporteur: Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

A6.2. Modelling 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 manœuvres.

Chairman

Clare Martin
UK Space Agency — United Kingdom

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

Rapporteur: Luciano Anselmo
ISTI-CNR — Italy

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

V. Adimurthy
Indian Space Researh Organisation — India

Hedley Stokes
PHS Space Ltd — United Kingdom

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

A6.4. Mitigation, Standards, Removal and Legal Issues

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, including associated legal issues.

Chairman

John Hussey
Consultant — United States

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

Rapporteur: Heiner Klinkrad
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

A6.5. Space Surveillance and Space Situational Awareness

This session will address space surveillance concepts, their implementation and operation, and the establishment and maintenance of space object catalogs.

Chairman

Holger Krag
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

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

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