Main Topics
The conference will address holistically the topic of Space Debris across the following aspects:
Measuring
Modelling
Technology & Operations
Missions
Policy
Special Topics
Measuring
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Measurement techniques, covering radar, active optical, and passive optical systems, both ground and space based.
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Light-curve analyses and derived products
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Space Situational Awareness, addressing the build-up of catalogues, services, sensor networks, etc, for the purpose of tracking and predicting the location of human-made active and derelict objects
Modelling
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Environment modelling, including the long-term simulation models, space debris cloud analyses and reconstruction, traffic forecasting, etc.
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Space object databases and the establishment of derived properties
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Astrodynamics applied to space debris, including effects for the drag regimes, orbits beyond Earth, orbit determination aspects (e.g. orbit estimation and filtering), etc.
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Space debris risk analyses focussing on collisions with large and small space (debris) objects.
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Space debris risk analyses focussing on re-entry safety, re-entry predictions, atmospheric break-up models and testing, adverse environmental effects ( including atmosphere/ocean).
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The micro-meteorites environment in near Earth orbits.
Technology & Operations
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Active debris removal and the link with in-orbit servicing and inspection, options for remediation and risk of close contacts, with a system level orientation
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Space debris mitigations concepts, system and sub-system level development aiding mitigation (e.g. sails, passivation),
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Satellite anomalies and operations
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Design for Demise
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Hyper velocity impact experiments, modelling, and shielding.
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Collision avoidance, including best practices, operator experience, uncertainty quantification (e.g. covariance realism), space traffic coordination (technologies for data sharing, air traffic coordination), and automation
Missions
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Space missions, either in preparation or operations or wrapping up, that have space debris or re-entry safety as one of the main objectives.
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On orbit sensors, e.g. for detection, tracking, impacts, etc.
Policy
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Zero debris ambitions, national and international space debris policies and associated regulation
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Space environment capacity,
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Space ethics,
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Dark and Quiet Skies.
Special Topics
Some current space debris topics are spanning multiple aspects and well within scope of the conference, for example:
- Cis-Lunar space debris and risks, as a topic addressing the traffic, surveillance, risks, and astrodynamics of the region
- Space debris and constellations, as a topic to focus in particularly on the current state of research on the link between the two and how it is shaping the current Environment
- Space debris and small satellites, as a topic to focus on the challenges and opportunities brough by CubeSat and small sat platforms