Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-11 — 62nd 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.

Chairman

Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

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

Rapporteur: Patrick Seitzer
University of Michigan — United States

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 catalogues, and active avoidance.

Chairman

Carmen Pardini
ISTI-CNR — Italy

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — 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.

Chairman

Sergey Meshcheryakov
TSNIIMASH — Russian Federation

Frank Schäfer
Fraunhofer EMI — Germany

Rapporteur: James Hyde
Barrios Technology/ESC Group - NASA — United States

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

Richard Crowther
UK Space Agency — United Kingdom

Rapporteur: V. Adimurthy
Indian Space Researh Organisation — India

A6.5. Space Debris Removal Issues

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

Chairman

Heiner Klinkrad
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Seishiro Kibe
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Rapporteur: John Opiela
Jacobs Technology, ESCG — United States

A6.6. Space Debris Detection and Characterisation

Chairman

Fabrizio Piergentili
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

Vladimir Kouprianov
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Rapporteur: Mark Mulrooney
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States