Technical programme
IAC-20 — IAC CyberSpace Edition
A7. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SPACE PHYSICS MISSIONS
The symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), invites leaders from the science, space industry, and space-agencies community to share information, insights, and planning for future space missions in exoplanets, astronomy, space physics and fundamental physics. The Symposium will comprise both invited talks and contributed papers in these four areas of scientific endeavour. For each, the Symposium solicits discussion of phenomena coming within our reach over the next decades; their enabling measurement and system technologies, including significant progress made by industry and research laboratories; mission concepts to implement such investigations, and corporate and space agency strategies to prioritize and invest in bringing them into reality.
- Coordinator
Pietro Ubertini
INAF — ItalyEric Wille
ESA — The Netherlands
A7.1. Space Agency Strategies and Plans
The first session includes invited talks by international space-agency division directors about their long-term views, priorities, and plans to implement developments and missions for the four fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics and fundamental physics). The mission scope ranges from flagship-class, large-class, medium-class, and small-class to smallsat platforms. The programme scope includes status updates on current programmes, near-term investment priorities, and long-range directions, including the relationship to community and guiding research panels.
- Co-Chair
Eric Wille
ESA — The NetherlandsPietro Ubertini
INAF — Italy
- Rapporteur
Maria Cristina Falvella
Italian Space Agency (ASI) — Italy
A7.2. Science Goals and Drivers for Future Exoplanet, Space Astronomy and Space Physics
The second session includes invited and contributed talks about scientific motivations, goals, opportunities, and needs in the four fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics, and fundamental physics). New directions for measurements that are being opened by emergent results and newly understood phenomena will be explored, and science roadmaps to pursue them will be discussed.
- Co-Chair
Pietro Ubertini
INAF — ItalyMaria Cristina Falvella
Italian Space Agency (ASI) — Italy
- Rapporteur
Eric Wille
ESA — The Netherlands
A7.3. Technology Needs for Future Missions, Systems, and Instruments
The third session includes invited and contributed talks about the technology challenges and plans required to enable breakthrough science objectives in: exoplanet detection and characterization; astronomy throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and using gravitational waves; space physics including fractional gravity regimes and heliophysics; and fundamental physics including relativity. Topical focus includes measurement techniques, data types, performance requirements, instrument designs, mission concepts and systems, and associated technology developments.
- Co-Chair
Eric Wille
ESA — The NetherlandsMaria Cristina Falvella
Italian Space Agency (ASI) — Italy
- Rapporteur
Pietro Ubertini
INAF — Italy