Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-17 — 68th International Astronautical Congress

A6. 15th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS

This Symposium organized by the International Acedemy of Astronautics (IAA) 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

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

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

A6.1. Measurements

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

Co-Chair

Frank Di Pentino
Integrity Applications Incorporated (IAI) — United States

Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — Switzerland

Rapporteur: Heather Cowardin
Jacobs Technology, ESCG — 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 collission 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. 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.

Co-Chair

Frank Schaefer
Fraunhofer - Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI) — Germany

Norman Fitz-Coy
University of Florida — United States

Rapporteur: Alessandro Francesconi
University of Padova - DII/CISAS — Italy

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.

Co-Chair

Christian Cazaux
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

David Finkleman
International Academy of Astronautics — United States

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

A6.5. Space Debris Removal Issues

This session will address active removal techniques "ground and space based", review potential solutions and identify implementation difficulties.

Co-Chair

Benjamin Bastida Virgili
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Fabio Santoni
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

Rapporteur: Fabrizio Piergentili
Sapienza University of Rome — Italy

A6.6. Space Debris Removal Concepts

This session will address active removal techniques "ground and space based", review potential solutions and identify implentation difficulties.

Co-Chair

Nicolas Bérend
ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab — France

Luisa Innocenti
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

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

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 maintainance, data aggregation from different sources, relevant data exchanges standards and conjunctions analyses.

Co-Chair

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

T.S. Kelso
CelesTrak — United States

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

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

This session will deal with the non-technical aspects of space debris detection, mitigation and removal. Policy, 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

Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — United Kingdom

Darren McKnight
LeoLabs — United States

Rapporteur: Alexander Soucek
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

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

Moriba Jah
Privateer Space, Inc. — United States

Rapporteur: Hugh G. Lewis
University of Southampton — United Kingdom

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

Rene Laufer
Luleå University of Technology — Sweden

Alex da Silva Curiel
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) — United Kingdom

Dan Oltrogge
COMSPOC Corp. — United States

Rapporteur: Christian Cazaux
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

A6.IP. Interactive Presentations

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 eight 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