6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (ICATT)

Session

Debris, Safety and Awareness (III)

15 Mar 2016, 14:00

Darmstadtium

Description

Nature friendly techniques; safe trajectories; disposal and recycling; sustainability; Clean Space astrodynamics tools and techniques; disposal of spacecraft; collision warning techniques and tools; debris population models; design for demise trajectories; prediction of debris fall out; footprints analysis; collision avoidance (risk computation, avoidance strategies, delta-v budget estimation); end of life disposal (orbital lifetime, GEO, LEO, ISS interference,...); tools for long-term environment;

38. Space dynamics software ELECTRA

Mr Philippe PAVERO (CAPGEMINI)

15/03/2016, 14:00

10: Debris, Safety and Awareness

Oral presentation at the conference

The objective of this article is to present the current state of the CNES flight dynamics software ELECTRA maintained by Capgemini and some of the main principles used for validating its scientific and computational facets in an industrial context. First of all, we will describe the development history. Some pieces of software have been created by industry. Other parts have been developed...

58. Computer Graphics for Space Debris

Dr Mehta Piyush (University of Strathclyde)

15/03/2016, 14:20

10: Debris, Safety and Awareness

Oral presentation at the conference

The number of resident space objects re-entering the atmosphere is expected to rise with increased space activity over recent years and future projections. Predicting the probable survival and impact location of the medium to large sized re-entering objects becomes important as they can cause on-ground casualties. We present development and application of a new tool for quick estimation of...

183. Debris de-tumbling & de-orbiting by elastic tether & wave-based control

Mr W. J. O'Connor (School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. University of College Dublin)

15/03/2016, 14:40

10: Debris, Safety and Awareness

Oral presentation at the conference

We consider the problem of guidance and control of a completely passive, target, piece of debris, using an actively-controlled, “chaser” spacecraft, connected to the debris by an elastic tether. Compared with robotic capture, the use of an elastic tether reduces the need for precise chaser-target coordination during capture, reduces collision risk during capture, simplifies subsequent...

169. An Access Point to ESA’s Space Debris Data: The Space Debris Office Web Based Tools

Mr Quirin Funke (IMS Space Consultancy GmbH at ESA)

15/03/2016, 15:00

10: Debris, Safety and Awareness

Oral presentation at the conference

With DISCOS (Database and Information System Characterising Objects in Space) ESA’s Space Debris Office has a very powerful database in hands when it comes to space debris related analyses. It serves as a single-source reference for launch information, object registration details, launch vehicle descriptions, spacecraft information (e.g. size, mass, shape, mission objectives, owner), as well...

175. From end-of-life to impact on ground: An overview of ESA’s tools and techniques to predicted re-entries from the operational orbit down to the Earth’s surface

Mr Stijn Lemmens (European Space Agency)

15/03/2016, 15:20

10: Debris, Safety and Awareness

Oral presentation at the conference

Currently, there are about 17 000 tracked objects in Earth orbit, out of which approximately 7500 are expected to have a remaining orbital lifetime of less than 100 years. Out of those 7500, about 1250 have a mass of more than 1 kg, but the vast majority are smaller pieces of space debris. Once an object in Earth orbit has reached the end of its operational life, or in case of a space...