Conveners
Ecodesign: ECODESIGNING A SPACE MISSION
- Andrew Wilson (University of Strathclyde)
Ecodesign: LCA OF SPACE MISSIONS
- There are no conveners in this block
Ecodesign: GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
- Nicolas Thiry (Thales Alenia Space)
Ecodesign: REACH AND CRITICAL MATERIAL INTO LCA
- Lucia Pigliaru (materials and processes engineer)
Ecodesign: ECODESIGN: THE TOOLS
- Camilla Colombo (Politecnico di Milano)
Ecodesign: ECODESIGN: SPACE DEBRIS INDEX
- Stijn Lemmens (European Space Agency)
This presentation will provide updates on the last results of the GreenSat study currently performed by Thales Alenia Space in France and Deloitte Sustainability. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Sentinel 3 mission has been carried out and the results investigated in order to identify the environmental hotspots of the Sentinel 3 mission. Based on these results, brainstorming sessions have...
With the GreenSat project, ESA wants to evolve from an assessment of the environmental impact of an existing satellite mission to a significant reduction of the environmental impact through a redesign of this mission. During this presentation, the approach and the first results of this exercise for the PROBA-V mission will be shown.
PROBA (PRoject for On-Board Autonomy) is a family of small...
Today the application of Eco-Design can benefit business, users and society at the same time because it responds to a common interest in obtaining more efficient products in term of both, economic and environmental perspective.
Enhancing the current efforts made by the European space sector dealing with Ecodesign, ArianeGroup is carrying a Life Cycle Analysis of the future European launcher...
The “LCA Ground Segment” project (ESA Contract No. 4000123991/18/NL/GLC/as) aims to assess the environmental performances and the applicability of eco-design principles to Ground Segment through the elaboration of a specific methodology, the involvement of ground segment experts and the in depth evaluation of the most promising options.
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a standardized...
ARA-Atmospheric Re-entry Assessment is the TASinI-led study aimed at the investigation of the potential impacts on the atmosphere and climate, caused by gases and particles released during the re-entry of spacecrafts and rockets.
The study is divided into two phases:
- Phase 1, dedicated to the definition of the substances released in atmosphere during re-entry
- Phase 2, dedicated to the...
Germanium is the semiconductor of choice for the production of high-efficient multi-junction space solar cells. Solar cells technology is, by nature, a large surface area semiconductor application and therefore Germanium is the most important semiconductor material, in weight, of all Space missions. Ge has been identified as one of the important environmental hotspots of space missions. This...
A screening program to test different forms of weld (EB, WAAM, FSW, OTIG, RFW) with a variety of materials (aluminium alloys, titanium alloys, stainless steel) against green propellants LMP-103S and Hydrogen Peroxide (HTP) has been undertaken to ascertain the compatibility and usability of the weld/material combinations for future propulsion systems. The results from the accelerated...
Polyurethanes (PUs) are versatile materials applicable across many industries namely for their excellent resilience and applicability in different forms: flexible and rigid; monolith and foam. In space industry they are used for instance in spacecraft as coating and potting materials for protection of electronic compounds and further in launchers as rigid foams for thermal insulation of...
When looking at the complex value chain of space systems, the obsolescence risk due to the use of critical raw materials (CRM) is a critical issue for the space industry and needs to be investigated and anticipated.
The European space sector needs to find ways to anticipate obsolescence risks related to CRM use and develop technological solutions that minimize those risks as early as possible...
The REACH requirements affect the European space sector to a great extent, both from a regulatory compliance and commercial perspective. The processes for Registration and in particular Authorisation of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), which aim at their substitution with suitable alternatives, pose continuous risks that have to be actively monitored and mitigated by the space industry...
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the systematic estimation and evaluation of environmental impacts over the life cycle of technical systems and provides the framework and data to support eco-design. ESA, as part of their eco-design initiative, in the last few years has initiated several projects for LCA data regarding materials, components, manufacturing processes, space propellants and...
In 2017 the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space (COPUOS) reached a consensus on the first set of sustainability guidelines for the space sector named the ‘Guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities’. These guidelines perfectly aligns with the mission of the European Space Agency’s Clean Space Initiative by pioneering an eco-friendly approach...
The CleanSpace One mission aims at de-orbiting EPFL’s CubeSat SwissCube. The motivation behind the CleanSpace One project is to increase international awareness and start mitigating the impact on the space environment by acting responsibly and removing our “debris” from orbit. SwissCube is on a polar type orbit at 710 km altitude, 98.3-degree inclination. Launch is planned around 2023.
To be...
The “Space system Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) guidelines” (or ESA LCA Handbook) was developed by ESA with the goal of establishing methodological rules for performing space-specific LCAs. General rules for LCA are set in the ISO 14040 and 14044 standards. However, these standards are not sector specific and leave many options open for the LCA practitioner to decide. To obtain comparable...
The space sector is a new area of development for Life Cycle Assessment studies. Considering guidelines for the evaluation of environmental impacts of space activities, several actors of or related to the European space industry, such as ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency, have identified Life Cycle Assessment (according to ISO14040/44) as the most appropriate methodology to measure and...
The evaluation of the environmental impact of a mission can be extended to consider not only aspects such as resources depletion and toxicity, but also its impact on the space environment and, in particular, the potential contribution of a mission to the creation of new space debris objects. The approach described in this work is based on a risk indicator that quantifies which is the...
Space debris is today a constant threat to all space activities. According to recent requirements and guidelines, operators of space missions have to ensure that space vehicles do not become space debris at the end of their mission. It becomes compelled to design all new space missions considering End of Life requirements in order to ensure a sustainable use of space orbits.
In addition to...
