Name: 2023 Clean Space Industry Days
Start: 2023-10-16T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-10-19T19:00:00+02:00
Location: ESTEC

2023 Clean Space Industry Days

from Monday 16 October 2023 (13:00) to Thursday 19 October 2023 (19:00)

Monday 16 October 2023

14:00 Welcome & Opening by Holger Krag
Welcome & Opening by Holger Krag
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Erasmus: High Bay

14:30 Pioneering the Way: Clean Space Initiatives Spotlight by Luisa Innocenti
Pioneering the Way: Clean Space Initiatives Spotlight by Luisa Innocenti
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Erasmus: High Bay

15:00 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
15:00 - 15:30

15:30 Panel "Towards a cleaner and safer space"
Panel "Towards a cleaner and safer space"
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Erasmus: High Bay

16:30 Legal framework for Space Debris Mitigation and Removal by Alexander Soucek
Legal framework for Space Debris Mitigation and Removal by Alexander Soucek
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Erasmus: High Bay
Tuesday 17 October 2023
09:30 ESA's Ecodesign and Sustainability Spotlight
ESA's Ecodesign and Sustainability Spotlight
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Opening of the Ecodesign sessions by Dietmar Pilz, ESA Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality

09:40 ESA's EcoDesign Journey - Sara Morales Serrano (ESA)

10:10 Building bridges between organizational GHG assessment and environmental footprint at system level: the ESA Green Agenda - Aurélie Gallice-Tanguy (ESA) Marta Caterina Salieri Lopez

10:30 Environmental Regulations and their Impact on the European Space Sector - Premysl Janik (REACH Officer at European Space Agency)
Plenary: Zero Debris Policy evolution
Plenary: Zero Debris Policy evolution
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Introducing the Zero Debris approach - Tiago Soares (ESA)

10:00 Introducing the Zero Debris charter - Quentin Verspieren (ESA)

10:15 ESA Space Debris Mitigation Standard 2023 - Francesca Letizia (ESA)

10:45 Evolution of the LOS (Loi relatives aux Operations Spatiales/ French law on space operations) - Pierre Omaly (CNES)
11:00 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 LCA in Projects Key Takeaways
LCA in Projects Key Takeaways
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 “Overview of Life Cycle Assessment and EcoDesign Activities for Large Space Missions at Thales Alenia Space” - Marco Giuliani (Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A.)

12:00 Key learnings when applying an iterative LCA approach during the different development phases of a space mission - An Vercalsteren (VITO) Stefanie De Smet (VITO)

12:30 ESA Space Segment LCA Studies by Airbus DS: Challenges and Insights - Catarina Val
Plenary: Removal services
Plenary: Removal services
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 GNC for rendezvous, dynamic capture and stabilization of spinning non-cooperative target - Baltazar Parreira (Deimos Engenharia)

11:50 e.Inspector phase B: 12U CubeSat for debris target multispectral close inspection - Michelle Lavagna (Politecnico di Milano)

12:10 COSMIC, UK’s first Active Debris Removal mission and Europe’s latest gem to the In-Orbit Servicing ecosystem - Maxime Valencon (Astroscale)

12:30 CAT-IOD: PHASE 0 FOR AN IN-ORBIT DEMONSTRATION MISSION FOR ACTIVE DEBRIS REMOVAL - Fernando Gandia (GMV)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Navigating the ESA LCA Database: A User's Guide
Navigating the ESA LCA Database: A User's Guide
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Introduction to ESA's LCA Database - Estefania Padilla Gutierrez (ESA (ESOC)) Sara Morales Serrano (ESA)

14:30 ESA LCA DB End-User Experience - ELENA ROCCO (Rina Consulting) Ionut Grozea (SC DEIMOS SPACE SRL)
Lessons Learnt End-of-Life
Lessons Learnt End-of-Life
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Aeolus re-entry paving the way to mitigate on Ground casualty risk - Kristen Lagadec (Airbus)

14:18 Aeolus assisted reentry: a successful story - Tommaso Parrinello (ESA)

14:36 CHEOPS: from reentry in 25 years to 5 months - David Modrego Contreras (Isdefe)

14:54 Rocket body reentry trends - Ewan Wright (UBC)

15:12 Ariane 6 - Space debris limitation - Nathalie DIAS (ArianeGroup)
Mission Implementation: IOS
Mission Implementation: IOS
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 D-Orbit's In-Orbit Servicing: A Customer-Driven Development Approach - Diego Garces de Marcilla (D-Orbit UK Ltd) Stefano Antonetti (D-Orbit S.p.A.)

14:20 Regulatory Frameworks for a Thriving Circular Space Economy - Romain Buchs (ClearSpace SA)

14:40 Beyond ELSA-M – Developing Sustainable In-Orbit Commercial Services - Zaria Serfontein (Astroscale)

15:00 IOSHEX AND SPACERIDER INTEROPERABILITY TOWARDS ACTIVE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND RECYCLING - Marco Mariani (SAB Launch Services)
15:30 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Improving Ecodesign Methodologies
Improving Ecodesign Methodologies
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Evaluation of current DQ Methodology - Floor Bagchus

16:20 A Consensus-Based Single-Score for Life Cycle Assessment of Space Missions - Marnix Verkammen (TU Delft & eSpace EPFL)

16:40 Uncertainty in Environmental Life Cycle Assessments of Launch Vehicles - Guillermo Joaquin Dominguez Calabuig (University of Strathclyde)

17:00 The impact of re-entering satellites on atmospheric chemistry and Earth’s climate - Laura Schumacher (OHB System AG)
Space Surveillance and Tracking
Space Surveillance and Tracking
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Objects characterisation with on-ground SST measurements in support of space debris removal operations - Angel Gallego Torrego (GMV) Adrián de Andrés Tirado (GMV) Carlos Paulete Periañez (GMV) Marc Torras Ribell (GMV) Javier Carro (GMV)

16:20 CNN4NEOOD - CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR NEAR EARTH OBJECT OBSERVATION AND DETECTION - Aiswarya Unni (Tr2 srls) mauro venanzi (UrbyetOrbit srls)

16:40 Dark & Quiet Skies - Andrew Williams
Mission Implementation: IOS
Mission Implementation: IOS
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 EROSS IOD - Mission Progress Status - Pierre Dandré

16:20 Orbit Fab Podracer mission: an on-orbit testbed proving out the building blocks of sustainable orbital refueling - Connor Geiman (Orbit Fab)

16:40 SENER's perspective on Active Debris Removal - María Antonia Ramos Prada
Wednesday 18 October 2023

09:30 Exploring Environmental Hotspot Allocation: An Interactive Session
Exploring Environmental Hotspot Allocation: An Interactive Session
09:30 - 11:00

How to reach Zero Debris WS: Successful Disposal and Orbital clearance
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Successful Disposal and Orbital clearance
09:30 - 11:00
Policy and Close-Proximity Operations
Policy and Close-Proximity Operations
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Verification and Validation of Rendezvous and CPO Safety - Anthea Comellini (Thales Alenia Space)

10:00 Navigating the Stars Responsibly: Ethics in Mission Implementation for Active Debris Removal and In-Orbit Servicing - Jane Davies (know.space) jane davies

10:30 ESA Close-Proximity Operations activities - Adina Cotuna (ESA\ESTEC)
11:00 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Tools and Strategies for ecodesign in space
Tools and Strategies for ecodesign in space
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 The Ecobox project - developing a toolbox for Ecodesign - Ariane Bouilly (AirbusDS) Perrine Cau

11:45 Ecodesign criteria for R&T and technology assessment in Airbus Defence and Space - Luca Briganti (Airbus)

12:00 SEEDS tool, a Simplified Ecodesign Evaluation for new Development in Space - Perrine Cau

12:30 Rapid Life Cycle Assessment Software for Future Space Systems’ Design - The Assessment and Comparison Tool - Mathieu Udriot (EPFL Space Center)
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Active Debris Removal and Space Debris release
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Active Debris Removal and Space Debris release
11:30 - 13:00
Robotics
Robotics
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 Grappling and Refuelling Active Solution for Propellants (GRASP) - A Concept for a European Active Side to the RAFTI Open License Interface - Sebastian Hill (Orbit Fab)

11:45 Minimum invasive refueling coupling, for teleoperated refueling operations. - Charalampos Kosmas (LUNAR CARGO P.C.)

12:00 Development of Modular Robotic System for Servicing and Deorbiting Missions - Dominik Kleszczyński (PIAP Space)

12:15 Unveiling the Potential of Cooperative Multi-Agent Spacecraft for ADR, IOS, and Cyclic Space Economy - Marek Gebura (Space scAvengers)

12:30 Extending Ground Segment Products for supporting a large range of In-Orbit Services - Marc Niezette (Telespazio Germany GmbH)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00

14:00 Keynote by Former ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain: "Bridging Earth and Space for Environmental Responsibility"
Keynote by Former ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain: "Bridging Earth and Space for Environmental Responsibility"
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 Green propellants
Green propellants
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Single Score Methodology for Space LCA - Lily Blondel (Università di Pisa)

15:20 Comparative life cycle sustainability assessment of novel monopropellant systems. - Pepijn Deroo

15:40 Water Propulsion – The Ultimate Green Technology - Malte Wurdak (ArianeGroup)

16:00 Laser beam melting for the manufacturing of rocket engine parts: a study of the environmental impacts - Laurence Rozenberg Mathilde Jullienne Noémie Boucherit
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Collision risk management and Space Situational Awareness
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Collision risk management and Space Situational Awareness
15:00 - 16:30
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Trajectory Optimization for The Proximity Rendezvous Operation Considering The Relative Navigation Error - Yu Nakajima (Politecnico di Milano)

15:30 Opportunities and Challenges in Deep Learning-based Spacecraft Pose Estimation for Future In-orbit Servicing missions. - Arunkumar Rathinam (University of Luxembourg)
16:30 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 Launchers
Launchers
17:00 - 18:00
Contributions

17:00 Ariane 6 & P120C Process improvements contribution to a more sustainable European Launcher manufacturing - Nicoletta Wagner (ESA STS)

17:20 Comparison of the Environmental Impact of Production and Launch Emissions of Different Common Launcher Architectures and Propellants - Jan-Steffen Fischer (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems)

17:40 MaiaSpace's update on the implementation of LCA and ecodesign in the development of a semi-reusable minilauncher - Loïs Miraux (Maia)
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Re-entry safety
How to reach Zero Debris WS: Re-entry safety
17:00 - 18:30
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
17:00 - 18:30
Contributions

17:15 A fault-tolerant AI processor to accelerate onboard computer vision workloads - Jasper Wouters (Magics Technologies NV)

17:30 Progress in vision-based navigation technologies for non-cooperative close proximity operations - David Regad (LMO)

17:45 A multispectral camera solution for guidance and navigation on space servicing vehicles - Chiara Palla (MDA UK)

18:00 A reliable visible camera suite for In-Orbit Servicing - Laurent Majewski
18:00 Ecodesign Sessions Wrap-up
Ecodesign Sessions Wrap-up
18:00 - 18:30
Thursday 19 October 2023
09:30 Space Life Cycle Perception Board Game
Space Life Cycle Perception Board Game
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Space LCP Board Game
Deorbit & Passivation technologies
Deorbit & Passivation technologies
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Advancements in Inflatable Drag Devices for Satellite De-Orbiting by SPACEO - Joao Pedro Loureiro (SPACEO)

09:48 Deorbiting Solid Rocket Motor equipped with Thrust Vector Control – a base for propulsion system for controlled re-entry - Ewa Majewska (Lukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation)

10:06 The Deorbiting Kit: Optimised solution for ESA’s Zero Debris Policy Implementation - Diego Garces de Marcilla (D-Orbit UK) Gemma Saura Carretero (D-Orbit UK Ltd) Stefano Antonetti (D-Orbit S.p.A.)

10:24 Equipment for Satellite End-of life Management and Deorbit - Malte Wurdak (ArianeGroup)

10:42 Introducing the European Reconfigurable Battery Unplugging System: a Step Towards Sustainable End-of-Life Management for Small-Satellites Constellations - Emilio Fazzoletto (argotec)
Circular economy in space
Circular economy in space
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 The Space Rider System key-role for a future cleaner and sustainable space environment. - Antonio Rinlducci (ESA) Fabio Caramelli (ESA)

09:48 Toward a Circular Space Economy: Overcoming Blockers for Sustainability - Portia Bowman (Growbotics Space Ltd)

10:06 Role of refueling in the global satellite ecosystem. - Nikhil Balasubramanian (OrbitAID Aerospace Private Limited) Sakthikumar Ramachandran (OrbitAID Aerospace)

10:25 Guidance, Navigation, and Control of In-Orbit Assembly of Large Antennas – technologies and approach for IOANT - Nuno Paulino (GMV)
Planetary Boundaries Fresk
Planetary Boundaries Fresk
09:30 - 13:00
Want to understand environmental issues to preserve a habitable planet ? Please join for a 3 hours fresk to immerse yourself into the planetary boundaries concept and take action. All the data in the workshop comes from scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals and you will be driven by a certified animator through collaborative reflection and creativity methods to discover and exchange about this now very important concept. Please email Aurelie Gallice-Tanguy - aurelie.gallice@ext.esa.int - to register to the Planetary Boundaries Fresk

11:00 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 EOL for SmallSats
EOL for SmallSats
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 ADEO-N2 - Dragsail Deorbit Misson - The European Commercial Passive De-Orbit Subsystem Enabling Space Debris Mitigation for CubeSats, SmallSats and Constellations - Daniel Stelzl

11:45 Assessing impacts of Zero Debris approach on Cubesats: A System Analysis - Lucia Suriani (European Space Agency)

12:00 SmallSat End-of-Life Workshop
Methods and tools for Zero Debris and re-entry
Methods and tools for Zero Debris and re-entry
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 Utilization of a risk index to incentivize satellite operators to follow best practices for post mission disposal: the mission index module of the Space Sustainability Rating - Adrien Saada (Space Sustainability Rating)

11:48 A cloud-based multi-fidelity solution for space debris assessment - Thibault Bridel-Bertomeu

12:06 Methodologies and Tools to Ensure the Safe and Sustainable Re-entry of Spacecrafts - Andreea Burlou (Deimos Space SRL)

12:24 A Direct Approach for Assessing Demise Capability and Modelling Correlation for DRAMA: A Case Study on Composite Materials - Alexandre Looten (EPFL)

12:42 Extension of ESA’s Survival And Risk Analysis tool with hemisphere and lattice shapes - Martin Spel (R Tech)
Circular economy in space
Circular economy in space
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 Manufacturing using waste from space resources for a circular space economy - Timon Schild (ESRIC - European Space Resources Innovation Centre)

11:48 Orbiting Sustainability: Crafting a Circular Economy White Paper for Space
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Design for Demise
Design for Demise
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 SpaceCraft Object Risk Evaluation Database (SCORED) - James Beck (Belstead Research Ltd)

14:20 The Topology Optimization approach, a promising technology to adopt as a Design for Demise solution - Stephane Galera (CNES)

14:40 A Multiscale Heating Correction Code for Space Debris Demise Simulations - James Merrifield (Fluid Gravity Engineering) Nathan Donaldson (Fluid Gravity Engineering Ltd)

15:00 On Demisable Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites - Thorn Schleutker (German Aerospace Center DLR)

15:20 Challenges in the development for a demisable Xenon Tank - Philipp Heher (Peak Technology)
Design for Removal
Design for Removal
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Preparing for a Cleaner Space: Introduction to ESA's Design for Removal - Estefania Padilla (ESA)

14:10 Markers Supporting Navigation Development and Qualification - Laszlo Szegedi (Admatis Ltd., Miskolc, Hungary)

14:30 MICE (Mechanical Interface for Capture at End-of-Life): Qualification results and future use - Carmen Camañes (AVS)

14:50 A PASSIVE DEVICE FOR POSTMORTEM DETUMBLING / ANTITUMBLING OF LEO SATELLITES, TO FACILITATE ACTIVE REMOVAL - Maxime SENES Kristen Lagadec Frédéric Payot

15:10 The puzzling dynamic evolution of defunct satellites: a challenge for Active Debris Removal missions - Alain BENOIT (ABSpaceConsulting)
15:30 Refreshment break
Refreshment break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Design for Demise
Design for Demise
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Generic separation technologies to improve demise behaviour - Martin Weihreter (Airbus)

16:18 Demise Testing and Modelling of Glass Materials and Demisable Bipod Concepts - James Beck (Belstead Research Ltd)

16:36 Influence of the Selected Alloy and the Dynamic Loads on the Demisability of Aluminium - Thorn Schleutker (German Aerospace Center DLR)

16:54 DRACO mission phases A-B1 outcomes and way forward - Saul Campo (Elecnor Deimos)

17:12 Demisability of Platform Optics and Electronics - Bradley Lockett (OHB)
Design for Removal
Design for Removal
16:00 - 16:20
Contributions

16:00 CAT: A Satellite Capture Payload Bay for ADR Servicing - Fernando Gandia (GMV) Manuel Prieto (GMV)
16:20 Workshop: Standardized removal interface
Workshop: Standardized removal interface
16:20 - 17:30
Contributions

16:20 Standardized Removal Interface Workshop
17:30 Clean Space Industry days Wrap-Up
Clean Space Industry days Wrap-Up
17:30 - 18:30