EU-ESA Workshop on Meteor Observations for Planetary Defence
from
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 (09:00)
to
Thursday, 5 November 2026 (18:00)
Monday, 2 November 2026
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
09:00
Welcome, workshop objectives and practical information: Welcome, workshop objectives and practical information
Welcome, workshop objectives and practical information
09:00 - 09:40
Contributions
09:00
Welcome - Workshop objective and practical information
-
Francisco Ocaña
(
ESA ESAC
)
Juan L. Cano
(
ESA ESOC
)
Maxime Devogele
(
ESA NEOCC
)
Richard Moissl
(
ESA ESOC
)
Thea Dethlefsen
(
European Comission
)
09:15
ESA’s PDO activities related to meteor/fireball observations
-
Francisco Ocaña
(
ESA ESAC
)
09:40
Radar and radio observations
09:40 - 10:30
Contributions
09:40
Using radars to probe space objects across 8 orders of magnitude in size
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Daniel Kastinen
10:05
Observations of fireballs and space debis with the BRAMS network
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Herve Lamy
(
Space Physics, BIRA-IASB, Avenue circulaire 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
)
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Space-based fireball detection and calibration: Space-based fireball detection and calibration
Space-based fireball detection and calibration
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions
11:00
Automated fireball detection and characterisation from space with MTG-LI
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Niels Rubbrecht
(
ESA ESOC, Planetary Defence Office, Robert-Bosch-Str. 5, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany/EUMETSAT, Eumetsat Allee 1, 64295, Darmstadt, Germany
)
11:25
Fireballs in the lightning: Geostationary satellites as calibrated planetary-defence sensors
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Simon Anghel
11:50
Open discussions
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Optical fireball networks: capabilities and coordination
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions
14:00
From Meteors to Planetary Defense: Current Knowledge, Recent Events, and Gaps
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Eloy Peña-Asensio
(
Universitat d'Alacant
)
14:25
European Fireball Network: Complex characterization of fireballs
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Jiří Borovička
(
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ondřejov Observatory, Czech Republic
)
14:50
From Fireballs to Impactors: AMOS Meteor Network and Spectroscopy for Planetary Defence
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Juraj Toth
15:15
Open discussions
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Optical fireball networks: capabilities and coordination
16:00 - 17:20
Contributions
16:00
The Global Meteor Network as a Planetary Defence Asset: Fireball Trajectories, Orbits, and the Physical Structure of Small Impactors from Citizen-Operated Cameras
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Denis Vida
(
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
)
16:25
Ten Years of Observations of the Italian PRISMA Fireball Network: Results and Perspectives
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Daniele Gardiol
(
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, Pino Torinese, Italy
)
16:50
Open discussions
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
09:00
Meteor and impact observations beyond Earth
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions
09:00
The case for studying environmental effects of airbursts and impacts on other planetary bodies for planetary defence
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Aleksandra Sokolowska
(
Imperial College London
)
09:25
MeteorCam for ESA’s LightShip-1 mission to Mars
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Detlef Koschny
(
Space Exploration Institute, Neuchatel, CH / TU Munich, DE
)
09:50
Open Discussions
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Imminent impactors: discovery, alerts and coordinated response
11:00 - 12:25
Contributions
11:00
Imminent Impactors: Are We Ready
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Hadrien Devillepoix
11:25
Meerkat: An Operational Software System for Automated Imminent Impactor Detection and Community Alerting
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Francisco Ocaña
(
ESA ESAC
)
11:50
ESA’s Flyeye-1 Telescope: A Wide-Field Survey for Imminent Impactors at Mt. Mufara
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Dora Föhring
(
ESA NEOCC
)
12:25
Lunch and visit to Monte Mufara
Lunch and visit to Monte Mufara
12:25 - 17:55
Thursday, 5 November 2026
09:00
Meteoroid and meteorite fluxes
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions
09:00
Preliminary Results for the Velocity Distribution and Fireball Flux Density of Sporadics derived from FRIPON Data
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Michael Frühauf
09:25
A comprehensive survey of meteorite flux to Earth using the Global Meteor Network
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Chloe Kadir
(
The University of Manchester, UK
)
09:50
Open discussions
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Atmospheric entry, physical properties and impact consequences
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions
11:00
Automated Meteor Impact Classification for Planetary Defence
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Maria Gritsevich
(
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)
)
11:25
From discovery to disruption: reconstructing the journey of asteroid 2023 CX1
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Auriane Egal
(
Planétarium de Montréal, Espace pour la Vie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
)
11:50
From orbit to ground: pre-impact meteorite strewn field predictions for imminent impactors and meteorite recovery.
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Anna Moscati
12:15
Open Discussions
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Atmospheric entry, physical properties and impact consequences
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions
14:00
From natural hazards to artificial ones: tracking and characterising space debris re-entries using seismic data
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Benjamin Fernando
(
University College London
)
14:25
Open discussions
15:00
Technologies using bolide shockwaves to infer impactor characteristics: science opportunities, strengths and weaknesses.
-
Peter Brown
15:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
Open discussions and final thoughts
16:10 - 18:00