Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-20 — IAC CyberSpace Edition

A6. 18th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS

The Symposium will address the complete spectrum of technical issues of space debris: measurements, modeling, 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. Modeling 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

Carmen Pardini
ISTI-CNR — Italy

Dan Oltrogge
COMSPOC Corp. — United States

Rapporteur: Marlon Sorge
The Aerospace Corporation — 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

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

Zizheng Gong
Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — China

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

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 learned in the actual execution of mitigation actions.

Co-Chair

Pierre Omaly
CNES — France

Satomi Kawamoto
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

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

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

Balbir Singh
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education — India

Laurent Francillout
CNES — France

Rapporteur: Roberto Opromolla
University of Naples "Federico II" — Italy

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

Nicolas Bérend
ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab — France

John Auburn
Astroscale Ltd — United Kingdom

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

Co-Chair

Noelia Sanchez Ortiz
Arribes Enlightenment — Spain

T.S. Kelso
CelesTrak — United States

Rapporteur: Vincent Martinot
Thales Alenia Space France — France

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: Fabio Santoni
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

A6.10-B6.5. Joint Space Operations/ Space Debris Session

This session facilitates discussions between Space Operations and Space Debris communities for shared understanding of the challenges/issues in operating in a debris-rich environment. Lessons learned from CAM operations, HSF and PMD are especially welcome. Looking into the future: improved STM; automated CAM; and large constellation operations in LEO are key challenges for the community and require the appropriate regulatory environment.

Co-Chair

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — United States

Helen Tung
NewSpace2060 — Australia

John Auburn
Astroscale Ltd — United Kingdom

Rapporteur

Norman Fitz-Coy
University of Florida — United States

A. K. Anil Kumar
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) — India

Andreas Ohndorf
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — Germany

A6.VP. Virtual Presentations - 18th 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

Marko Jankovic
Airbus Defence and Space — Germany