Speaker
Description
Debris Mitigation Facility (DMF) is a stream of activities procured by ESA, to provide a single set of software and procedures to perform space debris mitigation related analyses. The development of DMF is stated building on existing Space Debris Tools from ESA, such as MASTER and DRAMA, but re-invents their usability: Whereas up to now, each tool is self-standing which runs independently, DMF is being set-up as a mission-centric software, following the ideas and practices of model based engineering (MBSE). As such, DMF will be connected to CDP4/OCDT, ESA’s approach to MBSE during concurrent design (CD) activities. Over time, the tools and software attached to DMF will provide functionalities that go far beyond what MASTER and DRAMA are currently offering. While DMF will keep all features that are available for mission analyses by MASTER and DRAMA, as its core it is intended to be used for space debris mitigation requirements validation, such as ESA requirements, ISO 242113, or the American Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices (ODMSP). As such, it can be understood as a consumer of MASTER and the provided debris environment, with the requirements for the software mostly stemming from satellite manufacturers/operators to gain short-to-medium insight in the interaction between their mission with the space debris environment, while being able to fulfil the demands from applicable guidelines, regulations, and standards. The developments of DMF is accompanied by providing a platform to facilitate the multi-lateral exchange between stakeholders of this system.
The presentation will show the approach for the framework development for the DMF system, as well as introduce some of its use cases. It will point out the needs of environmental modelling, as seen from a consumer perspective. In the following, it will introduce the approach taken for the new user communication platform. The main intent of this contribution is to reach out to the community of MASTER developers and users, raise awareness of the development of the DMF framework, and initiate communication between involved stakeholders to develop the DMF framework in the direction that fulfils their actual needs.
