Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-19 — 70th International Astronautical Congress

A6. 17th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS

This symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will address the complete spectrum of technical issues of space debris: measurements, modelling, risk assessment in space and on the ground, re-entry, hypervelocity impacts and protection, mitigation and standards, post-mission disposal, debris removal, space surveillance, collision avoidance as well as non-technical topics.

Coordinator

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

J.-C. Liou
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

A6.1. Space Debris Detection, Tracking and Characterization

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

Co-Chair

Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

Mark A. Skinner
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

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

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.

Co-Chair

Marlon Sorge
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Carmen Pardini
ISTI-CNR — Italy

Rapporteur: Dan Oltrogge
COMSPOC Corp. — United States

A6.3. Impact-Induced Mission Effects and Risk Assessments

This session addresses disruptions of spacecraft operations induced by hypervelocity impacts including spacecraft anomalies, perturbation of operations, and component failures up to mission loss. It includes risk assessments for impact vulnerability studies and corresponding system tools. Further topics are spacecraft impact protection and shielding studies, laboratory impact experiments, numerical simulations, and on-board diagnostics to characterize impacts such as impact sensors, accelerometers, etc.

Co-Chair

Jean-Claude Traineau
Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA) — France

Moriba Jah
Privateer Space, Inc. — United States

Rapporteur: Norman Fitz-Coy
University of Florida — United States

A6.4. Mitigation - Tools, Techniques and Challenges

This session will focus on the implementation of debris prevention and reduction measures and vehicle passive protection at system level including end of life strategies and tools to verify the efficiency of the implemented measures. The session will also address practical experiences in the planning and verification of measures and issues and lessons learnt in the actual execution of mitigation actions.

Co-Chair

Holger Krag
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Satomi Kawamoto
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Rapporteur: Pierre Omaly
CNES — France

A6.5. Post Mission Disposal and Space Debris Removal (1)

This session will address post-mission disposal and active removal techniques “ground and space based”, review potential solutions and Identify implementation difficulties.

Co-Chair

Fabio Santoni
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

Annamaria Nassisi
Thales Alenia Space Italia — Italy

Rapporteur: Laurent Francillout
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

A6.6. Post Mission Disposal and Space Debris Removal (2)

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

Co-Chair

Luca Rossettini
D-Orbit SpA — Italy

Emma Kerr
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) — United Kingdom

Rapporteur: Nicolas Bérend
ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab — France

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

This session will address the multiple aspects associated to 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 exchanges standards and conjunction analyses.

Co-Chair

Noelia Sanchez Ortiz
Arribes Enlightenment — Spain

T.S. Kelso
CelesTrak — United States

Rapporteur: Vincent Martinot
Thales Alenia Space France — France

A6.8. Policy, Legal, Institutional and Economic Aspects of Space Debris Detection, Mitigation and Removal (Joint Session with IAF Space Security Committee)

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

Co-Chair

David Spencer
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — United Kingdom

Alexander Soucek
European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN) — Italy

Samantha Le May
RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) — Australia

A6.9. Orbit Determination and Propagation

This session will address aspects of space debris orbit determination related to assessment of raw and derived data accuracy, optical measurements processing and modelling and risk analysis of space debris.

Co-Chair

Heiner Klinkrad
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Juan Carlos Dolado Perez
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

Rapporteur: Fabrizio Piergentili
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

A6.10-B4.10. Joint Small Satellite/Space Debris Session to Promote the Long-Term Sustainability of Space

This session facilitates bilateral discussions between Small Satellite and Space Debris communities for shared understanding of the challenges/issues and to promote practical small satellite solutions for the long-term sustainability of space. It will include topics such as: - Orbital debris mitigation solutions for small satellites and mega constellations - Small satellite orbital debris mitigation lessons learned, best practices and expected norms of behavior (including minimization of post-mission orbit lifetime, trackability) - Orbital debris mitigation compliance statistics and monitoring methods (for both small and large satellites) - Stakeholder education (bilateral) - Collision and warning risk assessment techniques and resulting estimates - Mitigation of risks to other operational spacecraft (ISS, etc.) - Small satellite propulsive requirements, methods and technology - Small satellite orbit regulation concepts - Small satellite deorbit technologies and lessons learned - Small satellite mission assurance, reliability and lessons learned - Small satellite deployment best practices and lessons learned - Tracking organization and small satellite operator interplay - Orbit, maneuver, and scenario data exchange.

Co-Chair

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — United States

Igor Usovik
RUDN University — Russian Federation

Rapporteur: Upasana Dasgupta
OP Jindal Global University — India

A6.IP. Interactive Presentations - 17th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS

This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Debris addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.

Co-Chair

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

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — United States

Tetsuo Yasaka
Institute for Q-shu Pioneer of Space, Inc. (iQPS) — Japan