session 5

Title

Large Constellations & Fleet Operations

type

oral

Description

Access to space has been simplified, and opened the door to a wider range of missions. Organisations are opting for distributed architectures of small satellite constellations instead of single-satellite missions. The complexity of the overall system has shifted, and necessitated a focus on efficient management and operation of a multitude of heterogeneous smaller elements. This session addresses the operations of large constellations, covering all related elements and phases; the operations concepts and solutions, the required ground segment architecture, the scale-up, deployment, and exploitation, the space traffic management approaches, end-of-life management, as well as the advantages, challenges, the outlook and foreseen developments.

Date

2022-09-22

Time

13:45

Room

E03A

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Mr. John Auburn, Astroscale Ltd, United Kingdom;

• Co-Chair: Mrs. Zeina Mounzer, Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH, Germany;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Andreas Rudolph, European Space Agency (ESA), Germany;

• Rapporteur: Ms. Shawn Linam, Qwaltec, Inc., United States;