Zero Debris Week 2026

Session

Zero Debris Technical Sessions: Lightning Talks II

10 Sept 2026, 15:20

AEE, CREA Building

39. High-Fidelity Hypervelocity Impact Simulations for Advancing Space Debris Breakup Models

Pavan Kalyan Nanduri (Postdoc, LSMS, EPFL)

10/09/2026, 15:20

Lightning Talk

Space debris represents a growing threat to operational satellites in LEO. Beyond a critical object density, collisions can trigger a self-sustaining fragmentation cascade. The primary contributors to this debris population are satellite breakup events caused by hypervelocity impacts. Owing to the irreversible consequences of orbital debris, significant effort has been devoted to developing...

25. From Surveillance to Coordination: enabling Space Traffic Management

MARIA ANTONIA RAMOS PRADA (GMV)

10/09/2026, 15:32

Lightning Talk

GMV is the leading European industry in SST and contributes to the Zero Debris vision through advanced Space Surveillance and Traffic Coordination capabilities, combining multi-source data curation, space object cataloguing, sensors scheduling and tasking, collision avoidance automation, and coordination frameworks. Building upon operational expertise with ESA, EU SST and others, GMV develops...

38. Additive Manufacturing for Controlled Atmospheric Re-Entry: Designing Space Hardware to Leave No Trace

Antonio Periñán (CATEC)

10/09/2026, 15:44

Lightning Talk

Additive Manufacturing enables unprecedented control over geometry, material distribution and structural efficiency. Beyond lightweighting, these capabilities can be leveraged to design spacecraft components that safely and completely demise during atmospheric re-entry. CATEC proposes a Design-for-Demise approach combining DfAM methodologies, advanced metallic materials, lattice structures and...

41. Project DEXTER: Debris EXtraction Tools for Extraterrestrial Recycling

Jenny Kingston (Cranfield University)

10/09/2026, 15:56

Lightning Talk

In space recycling offers a sustainable solution to orbital debris. DEXTER, a four year EIC Pathfinder project launched in 2025, is developing technologies for harvesting, processing, and reusing inactive spacecraft. The modular robotic tools, vacuum compatible laser cutting and welding, and advanced sensing will enable semiautonomous extraction of debris materials, fostering a circular space...