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SUMMARY:Second Space Capacity Allocation For The Sustainability Of Space A
 ctivities Workshop
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Emma Stevenson (IMS Space Consultancy GmbH at ESA)\,
  Stijn Lemmens\, Martina Rusconi (Politecnico di Milano)\, Francesco De Bo
 rtoli (Politecnico di Milano)\, Francesca Letizia\, Camilla Colombo\n\n\nW
 orkshop topics and outcome\nSpace\, as any other ecosystem\, has a finite 
 capacity. The continuous growth of space activities\, due to our increasin
 g reliance on services from Space\, the privatisation of the space market 
 and the lower cost of deploying smaller and distributed missions in orbit\
 , is from one side improving human-life quality and\, however\, it is also
  contributing to overloading this delicate system. International discussio
 n is ongoing at the Inter Agency Debris Coordination Committee and at COPU
 OS on how to measure the overall capacity of the space environment and ass
 ess the impact that individual missions have on it.\nThe  2nd Space capac
 ity allocation for the sustainability of space activities workshop will be
  held in Politecnico di Milano (Italy) on 3-5 June 2026\, in Bovisa Campus
  at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology.\nThe workshop is o
 rganised by Politecnico di Milano\, the European Space Agency\, Consiglio 
 Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) and EUCASS. The workshop is sponsored by th
 e GREEN SPECIES project funded by the European Research Council lead by Po
 litecnico di Milano and co-sponsored by Secure World Foundation.\nThis wor
 kshop is open to space operators\, regulators\, researchers working in the
  space debris field and in space law. The aim is:\n\nto discuss and compar
 e current advances in research on space capacity modelling and management 
 towards reaching an international agreement on modelling the Space capacit
 y and defining an accepted threshold.\nto offer a constructive and interdi
 sciplinary framework to advance the discussion on space sustainability and
  space capacity management\, including from a legal and economic perspecti
 ve.\nto engage among the different factors that affect space sustainabilit
 y at large such-as: long-term orbital capacity\, short term slotting for s
 pace traffic management\, emission into the atmosphere at re-entry and lau
 nch\, integration between re-entry and air traffic control\, light polluti
 on by orbiting spacecraft.\n\nIn this view\, the following topics will be 
 addressed and discussed during the workshop:\n\nModelling of the long-term
  evolution of the space object population environment  and challenges in 
 the forecast of the future launch traffic and technology development scena
 rios\;\nAnalysis on how mitigation guidelines can adapt to the change in t
 he launch trend and the increase of large constellations\;\nComparing indi
 ces to assess the impact of missions to the space debris environment\;\nMe
 asuring and defining thresholds for the overall space carrying capacity\;\
 nProposals to manage the space environment on the long-term\;\nIn addition
 al to orbital pollution\, discuss how to integrate different indicators su
 ch as light pollution\, atmosphere emissions\, casualty risk at re-entry\,
  etc.\;\nPolicy studies on space debris mitigations and applicability of c
 apacity management strategies\;\nEconomic studies on space debris mitigati
 ons and applicability of capacity management strategies.\n\nAs outcome of 
 the workshop\, a special issue of the Journal of Space Safety Engineering 
 will be initiated with invited publications. In addition\, a report and st
 atement to be shared with the outcome of the discussion will be prepared. 
 EUCASS will sponsor the best space sustainability student award for PhD st
 udents.\nWorkshop organisation\nThe workshop will be organised in presence
  only\, with presentations by participants alternating with working sessio
 ns and discussions. Some presentations will be also broadcasted for remote
  participants.\nPlease find practical information about accommodations and
  public transport in Milan in the uploaded files section below.\n\nAgenda
  \nWednesday\, June 3rd \n09:00-09:30: Registration \n09:30-11:30: Sess
 ion 1: “Is Space debris an environmental problem?” \n\n    Introduc
 tion \n    Keynote: "Control of climate and space capacity allocation: 
 what are the commonalities"\n    Discussions on similarities and differe
 nces with space debris \n\n \n11:30-13:00: Session 2: “Challenges of s
 pace debris modelling” \nPresentations:\nCovered topic: Modelling of th
 e long-term evolution of the space object population environment and chall
 enges in the forecast of the future launch traffic and technology developm
 ent scenarios. \n13:00-14:30: Lunch \n14:30-16:00: Session 3: Exercise 
 “Space debris modelling exercise”\n16:00-17:30: Session 4: “How spac
 e debris mitigation can adapt to the space environment?” \nPresentation
 s:\nCovered topic: Analysis on how mitigation guideline can adapt to the c
 hange in the launch trend and the increase of large constellations. \n18:
 00-20:00: Opening buffet \n \nThursday\, June 4th\n09:00-10.30: Session 
 5: “How to assess the impact of space missions onto the space environmen
 t?” \nPresentations:\nCovered topic: Comparing indices to assess the im
 pact of missions to the space debris environment. \n10:30-12:00: Session 
 6: “How to measure the space capacity?” \nPresentations: \nCovered t
 opic: Measuring and defining thresholds for the overall space carrying cap
 acity. \n12:00-13:00: Session 7: Exercise: “Space capacity exercise”\
 n13:00-14:30: Lunch \n14:30-16:00: Session 8: Workshop: “How technical 
 mitigation actions can be translated in policies?”\n16:00-17.30: Session
  9: “Space debris mitigation policies” \nPresentations:\nCovered topi
 c: Policy studies on space debris mitigations and applicability of capacit
 y management strategies. \n17:30-18:00: Wrap up \n19:30-21:00: Dinner (u
 pon registration) \n \nFriday\, June 5th\n09:00-10:30: Session 10: Panel
  “Space debris and space capacity measures in the EU space act and inter
 national cooperation” \n10:30-11:00: Discussion \n11:00-12:30: Session
  11: “Space capacity management” \nPresentations:\nCovered topics:\n\
 n\n\nProposals to manage the space environment on the long-term\,\nEconomi
 c studies on space debris mitigations and applicability of capacity manage
 ment strategies. \n\n\n\n \n12:30-14:00: Lunch \n14:00-15:30: Session 1
 2: “Towards the integration of all the open aspects in space sustainabil
 ity” \nPresentations:\nCovered topics:\n\n\n\nIntegrate different indic
 ators such as light pollution\, atmosphere emissions\, casualty risk at re
 -entry\, etc. \nLife cycle assessment of space missions \n\n\n\n \n15:3
 0-17:00: Session 13: “Conclusions and next steps”\n \n \n\nhttps://i
 ndico.esa.int/event/648/
LOCATION:Politecnico di Milano
URL:https://indico.esa.int/event/648/
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