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BRICS Astronomy Working Group meeting

Dear Colleagues,
We are contacting you to invite you to join the Scientific Organizing
Committee (SOC) of the next BRICS Astronomy Working Group meeting (see
https://www.bricsastronomy.org/) , to be held as a *hybrid* meeting at
Kazan University, Russia, from 9-13 Sep 2024.

The science theme for the meeting is "The BRICS Intelligent Telescope
and Data Network". We are expecting presentations, in person or
remotely, on the main scientific drivers, namely transient & time domain
astronomy, surveys and Big Data. More details, including the meeting
website, will appear in due course.

We trust you will be willing to serve on the SOC and maybe to
participate as well. Please pass on information about this meeting to
any potentially interested colleagues.

Kind regards,
David Buckley & Alexei Pozanenko

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9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference (PDC), 5-9 May 2025, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Dear Colleagues,
 
You are receiving this message because you have previously participated in our Planetary Defense Conference (PDC) series, most recently in 2023.

We are writing to inform you of the plans for the upcoming 2025 PDC, planned to be held 5-9 May, 2025 in Stellenbosch, South Africa (near Cape Town).
The conference website is located at:   https://iaaspace.org/pdc

We are once again planning to conduct a hypothetical asteroid threat exercise at the conference. We anticipate publishing the details of the hypothetical asteroid threat scenario and the Call for Papers during August 2024. We also anticipate the abstract acceptance window opening in September 2024 and remaining open until December 2024.

Please check the conference website for updates about those milestones and additional helpful information. We hope to see you again at the 2025 PDC!

Sincerely,
The PDC Chairs and Organizing Committee

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Call for Abstracts | 9th European Conference on Space Debris, 1-4 April 2025

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 9th European Conference on Space Debris, taking place at the World Conference Center, Bonn, Germany, on 1-4 April 2025. Authors are invited to submit their abstracts according to the procedure described below. Each abstract (approximately 500 words) should clearly outline major achievements and innovative ideas.

Abstracts can be submitted via this website from 1 October 2024 (deadline: 15 Nov 2024): https://space-debris-conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int

Topics

The conference will address holistically the topic of Space Debris across the following aspects: Measuring, Modelling, Technology, Missions and Policy.

Measuring
• Measurement techniques, covering radar, active optical, and passive optical systems, both ground and space based
• Light-curve analyses and derived products
• Space Situational Awareness, addressing the build-up of catalogues, services, sensor networks, etc, for the purpose of tracking and predicting the location of human-made active and derelict objects

Modelling
• Environment modelling, including the long-term simulation models, space debris cloud analyses and reconstruction, traffic forecasting, etc.
• Space object databases and the establishment of derived properties
• Astrodynamics applied to space debris, including effects for the drag regimes, orbits beyond Earth, orbit determination aspects (e.g. orbit estimation and filtering), etc.
• Space debris risk analyses focussing on collisions with large and small space (debris) objects
• Space debris risk analyses focussing on re-entry safety, re-entry predictions, atmospheric break-up models and testing, adverse environmental effects ( including atmosphere/ocean)
• The micro-meteorites environment in near Earth orbits

Technology & Operations
• Active debris removal and the link with in-orbit servicing and inspection, options for remediation and risk of close contacts,  with a system level orientation
• Space debris mitigations concepts, system and sub-system level development aiding mitigation (e.g. sails, passivation)
• Satellite anomalies and operations
• Design for Demise
• Hyper velocity impact experiments, modelling, and shielding
• Collision avoidance, including best practices, operator experience, uncertainty quantification (e.g. covariance realism), space traffic coordination (technologies for data sharing, air traffic coordination), and automation

Missions
• Space missions, either in preparation or operations or wrapping up, that have space debris or re-entry safety as one of the main objectives
• On orbit sensors, e.g. for detection, tracking, impacts, etc.

Policy
• Zero debris ambitions, national and international space debris policies and associated regulation
• Space environment capacity
• Space ethics
• Dark and Quiet Skies

Special Topics
Some current space debris topics are spanning multiple aspects and well within scope of the conference, for example:
• Cis-Lunar space debris and risks, as a topic addressing the traffic, surveillance, risks, and astrodynamics of the region
• Space debris and constellations, as a topic to focus in particularly on the current state of research on the link between the two and how it is shaping the current environment
• Space debris and small satellites, as a topic to focus on the challenges and opportunities brough by CubeSat and small sat platforms

Selection

Papers will be selected on the basis addressing the following points in the abstract:
1.        interest in the subject by the target audience
2.        relevance to the scientific conference topics
3.        originality of the ideas presented
4.        quality and clarity of the content and methods used

A “No Paper – No Podium &  No Podium – No Paper” rule applies.
Proceedings from the previous conferences are available via https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int

With best regards,
The organising committee

ESA/ESOC, Robert-Bosch-Strasse 5, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany

Programme committee:
Andrew Ratcliffe (UKSA)
Camilla Colombo (Politecnico di Milano)
Carolin Früh (Purdue University)
Christophe Bonnal (IAA)
Laurent Francillout (CNES)
Jer-Chyi Liou (NASA)
Manuel Metz (DLR)
Sabine Klinkner (University of Stuttgart)
Satomi Kawamoto (JAXA)
Stijn Lemmens (ESA).