Call for Abstracts | 9th European Conference on Space Debris, 1-4 April 2025Dear 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.intTopics
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.intWith 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).
