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session 3

Title: Mission Operations, Validation, Simulation and Training
type: oral
Description: This session addresses the broad topic of operations, from preparation through validation, simulation and training, including operations concepts, execution and lessons learned. This includes both flight and surface operations.
Date: 2026-10-09
Time: 10:15
Room: Hall 1

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mr. Andreas Rudolph, European Space Agency (ESA), Germany;
Co-Chair: Mrs. Zeina Mounzer, Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH, Germany;
Rapporteur: Mr. Borre Pedersen, Kongsberg Satellite Services AS, Norway;
Rapporteur: Mr. Matthew Duggan, The Boeing Company, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	A Study on Human-in-the-Loop Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Command Recovery in Automated LEO Satellite Ground Operations	15	confirmed	Mr. Jeongsik Choi	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Republic of Korea
2	10:30	A Ground-Based Semi-Physical Closed-Loop Simulation and Verification System for Intelligent Cooperative Satellite Cluster Missions	15	confirmed	Dr. Zhixun Zhang	Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences	China
3	10:45	Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Debris Removal with Cooperative Dual-Arm Space Robotics	15	confirmed	Ms. Nasim Fallahiarezoodar	York University	Canada
4	11:00	An industrial software tool for high-accuracy, automated ITU interference events analysis	15	confirmed	Mr. Orestis Ousoultzoglou	Emtech - Excel Micro Technologies	Greece
5	11:15	The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) Launch And Early Operation Phase	15	confirmed	Mr. Mohammed Alameri	UAE Space Agency	United Arab Emirates
6	11:30	Neo-Derinkuyu: Hybrid Subsurface Settlement Strategy in Martian Lava Tubes	15	confirmed	Mr. Onur Çakır	Independent Researcher	Türkiye
7	11:45	Lessons learned from lunar surface testing and training scenarios in the ESA-DLR analog facility	15	confirmed	Ms. Judith Ewald	German Aerospace Center (DLR)	Germany
8	12:00	INTEGRATED LIFE SCIENCES ASSESSMENT OF HABITABILITY IN THE "KRATOS" LUNAR ANALOG MISSION: HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND MICROBIAL BIOREGENERATIVE SYSTEMS UNDER CONFINEMEN	15	confirmed	Mrs. MARIA MOUKARZEL	Space Renaissance International	France
9	12:15	Simulation-Driven Validation Framework for Lunar Rover Perception Using a Digital Twin and Physical Analog Testbed	15	confirmed	Mr. Quazi Saimoon Islam	University of Tartu	Estonia
10	12:30	Beyond First Principles: A Standardised FDIR Framework for Capturing and Reusing Operational Knowledge Across Missions	15	confirmed	Ms. Samiksha Raviraja	Airbus Defence and Space	United Kingdom