sustainability of space activities: international issues and potential solutions

Final Program 16th Isu Annual International SymposiumStrasbourg, Tuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd February 2012

Scope of the Symposium

Following the Welcome and Keynote Address, there will be six half-day sessions:

Tuesday 21st February1. International Perspectives on Space Sustainability 2a. Space Debris Evening: Poster Session and Reception

Wednesday 22th February2b. Space Debris, Cont.* in parallel with:3. Space Weather4. Other Threats to Space Activities Evening: Symposium Concert and Dinner

Thursday 23th February5. Cooperative Approaches to Improved Space Sustainability 6. Looking Forward and Outward

* On Wednesday morning additional time is allowed for Session 2 to reflect the large number of inputs on orbit debris.

The six sessions will include a series of papers each allocated 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes for ques-tions. At the end of each session we will highlight posters relevant to the session theme, and a 40 minute Panel Discussion will then provide further opportuni-ties for questions and for interaction and comment by all participants.

The Poster Session will be held in conjunction with a Reception on the first evening; posters will then be prominently displayed throughout the next two days. All presentations will be in English and will take place in ISU’s Boeing Auditorium, with seating capacity for up to 250 participants.

(Note: In the lists of presented papers and posters on the following pages only the main or contact author’s name is given in the case of multiple inputs – full details of authors and affiliations will appear in the Final Program and Book of

Abstracts)

Symposium Structure

In each academic year, the International Space University (ISU) organizes a three-day symposium as an interdisciplinary, international forum to help both the users and the providers of space-related systems to move forward from the discussion of problems to the formulation of innovative solutions. ISU has developed a winning formula for a «different kind of symposium»:• Addressing all aspects of a topic - policy, business, legal, scientific, technical, etc.;• Creating ample time for discussion;• Fostering constructive dialogue among different sectors of the space community, or between different communities, that do not often interact in specialized symposia.

At the past several events we have attracted close to 200 participants from agencies, industry and academia in around 30 different countries. Each year we select a topical theme (the full list is at www.isunet.edu/sympo-sium/past).

ISU’s next symposium, the sixteenth in this series of an-nual events, will address the risks faced by spacecraft and crew due to various natural and human generated threats in orbit. Looking beyond the current situation we ask what can be done to mitigate the threats to assure long-term sustainability of space activities particularly through increased co-operation between nations?

The scope of the Symposium will be in line with the main objective of the UN COPUOS Working Group on the subject established in early 2010, that is, “to examine and propose measures to ensure the safe and sustainable use of outer space for peaceful purposes, for the benefit of all countries”.

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Morning08:15 > Registration Opens

09:00 > Opening Remarks• Walter Peeters, President, ISU • John Farrow, ISU Resident Faculty and Chair of Symposium Organizing Team

Opening Keynote Address • The Origins of the “Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities” Initiative at UNCOPUOS. Gerard Brachet, Former Chair of UN COPUOS; Vice President of IAF.

Session 1 International perspectives on space sustainabilityChair: Walter Peeters, ISU President

• Introductory Remarks by Chair

• US Legislative and Executive Branch Perspectives on Space Debris. Arthur Maples, Assistant Associate Administrator (Acting), Office of the Administrator, NASA HQ.

• Space: The Day After. A Quick Switch from Dream to Night-mare is Possible.General Bernard Molard, VP Defence and Security Astrium, Member of the Air and Space Academy.

• Strengthening Stability and Long-Term Sustainment in SpaceDr. Dana Johnson, Deputy Director for National Security Space Policy, Office of Missile Defense and Space Policy, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, U.S. Department of State.

• Sustainable Space Activities in the Broader Context of ESA’s Corporate Sustainable Development Policy. Nathalie Meusy, Head of the Coordination Office on Sustain-able Development, ESA.

• The Procedure to Find Solutions to Ensure the Sustainability of Space Activities. Seishiro Kibe, Director, Innovative Technology Research Center and Akira Kato, Safety and Mission Assurance Department, JAXA.

• Russian Space Agency Contribution - TBC

Session 1 Panel Discussion Chair: Walter Peeters, ISU PresidentPanel Members: Speakers of Session One

Lunch

Afternoon14:00 > Session 2aSpace debrisChair: David Kendall, Canadian Space Agency; Chair of Inter-Agency Debris Committee (Invited)

• Introductory Remarks by Chair.

• Space Mission Protection, Improvements against Space Debris Hazards. Roberto Destefanis, TAS, Italy et al (6 co-authors).

• Improving the Robustness of Space Systems to Impacts of Small Debris Particles. Claude Cougnet, EADS Astrium, Toulouse et al (4 co-authors).

• A Study of Mitigation of Space Debris Strategies for a Nano-Satellite Constellation for Environmental Data Collection.Manoel de Carvalho et al (5 co-authors), National Institute for Space Research - Northeast Regional Center, Brazil.

• Reducing Sources of Debris: Operational Experience Feed-back in Astrium Satellites. Anne-Helene Gicquet and Francois Bonaventure, Astrium Satellites, France.

• The Effectiveness of Space Debris Mitigation Measures.Hugh Lewis, and Adam White, University of Southampton, UK with Hedley Stokes, PHS Space Ltd, UK.

• MMOD Impact Risk Assessment for the Lighter Meteoroid and Debris Protection System of the Enhanced Automated Transfer Vehicles. Jens Rodmann, ESA et al (6 co-authors).

• Spacecraft Launcher Design-to-Space Sustainability.Guillaume Collange, Business Division Launchers, Astrium Space Transportation, France.

Session 2 Panel DiscussionChair: David Kendall, CSAPanel Members: Speakers of Session Two

18:00 – 20:00 > Symposium Reception and Poster Session

Tuesday 21st February 2012

Morning09:00 > Session 2bSpace debrisChair: Elliot Pulham, CEO, Space Foundation

• Introductory Remarks by Chair.

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• How Can We Identify Colliding Objects to Be Removed for Safe and Secure Space? Yuya Ariyoshi, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ky-ushu University et al (3 co-authors - Kyushu University and JAXA).

• Policy Considerations Raised by Proposed Commercial Services for On-Orbit Servicing and Active Debris Removal. Emmanuelle David and Alanna Krolikowski, Space Generation Advisory Council.

• Technical and Non-technical Views of Large Debris Removal.Bernard Gerber and Didier Alary, Astrium Satellites, Toulouse, France.

• Heavy Debris - What is their Impact and How Can We Remove Them? Mark Kinnersley, Aurélien Pisseloup, Mathias Schneidereit, Astrium Space Transportation.

• An Active Space Debris Removal Trade-Off. Cristo Vera, Technical University of Madrid with Juan Manuel del Cura and Mercedes Ruiz, SENER, Ingeniería y Sistemas, Spain.

• Results of Orbital Debris ‘Characterization, Mitigation and Removal’ Investigations and Studies Performed by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Bruce M. Wiegmann and Larry Kos, NASA MSFC with Tom Percy, SAIC, USA.

• Acceptability of Uncontrolled Re-entries Risk. Bruno Lazare and Fernand Alby, CNES, Toulouse, France.

• Dynamic Model of Spacecraft Collision and Re-entry Warning. Rongzhi Zhang, Pengbin Ma and Wei Nu, State Key Laboratoryof Astronautic Dynamics, China.

Session 2b Panel DiscussionChair: Elliot Pulham, Space FoundationPanel Members: Speakers of Session 2b

Morning09:00 > Session 3 (in parallel with session 2b)Space weather Chair: Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA (Invited)

• Introductory Remarks by Chair.

• The Wonderful World of Particles, Fields, Waves and Cur-rents: Effects on Space Weather. Ioannis Daglis, National Observatory of Athens, Greece.

• Space Weather: Mitigation, Hazard Assessment and Forecasting. Norma Crosby, Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium and Michael Rycroft, CAESAR/ISU, UK.

• Space Environments and Effects Concept: Transitioning Research to Operations and Applications. David Edwards, Jim Spann, Howard Burns and Dan Schum-acher, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA.

• Interplanetary Space Weather and Space Climate Prediction: Opportunities. Madhulika Guhathakurta, Lead Scientist, LWSP Program, SMD, NASA HQ.

• Plasma-wave Studies in the Solar Wind and the Terrestrial Ionosphere. Stanislav Klimov, SRI RAS, Moscow et al (5 co-authors - Rus-sia, Ukraine, Hungary).

• Space Situational Monitoring Laboratory: An Integrated Web-Based Environment for Space Environment Information and Analysis. Justin McNeill et al (4 co-authors), The Aerospace Corporation, USA.

• Hazards to our Assets in LEO as Solar Activity and Space Weather Conditions Change. Michael Rycroft, CAESAR Consultancy, UK.

• Application of Micro-satellite to Space Weather. Yukihiro Takahashi, Department of Cosmo-sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan Session 3 Panel DiscussionChair: Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA (Invited)Panel Members: Speakers of Session 3

Lunch

Afternoon14:00 > Session 4Other threats to space activitiesChair: Reinhold Ewald, ESA

• Introductory Remarks by Chair.

• An Analysis of the Sustainability of Space Operations.Stefano Antonetti, David Nixon and Paul Clancy, 4CON Space Ltd, Paris, France.

• Sustained Use of Space Needs an Orbital Outpost. Reinhold Ewald and Christer Fuglesang, ESA.

• Sustainability of Space Environment: Draft UNGA Resolution.Mahulena Hofmann, SES Chair in Satellite Communications and Media Law, University of Luxembourg.

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• Interference with Satellite Transmissions: Policy and Legal Considerations. Deborah Housen-Couriel, Yuval Ne’eman Science, Technology and Security Workshop, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

• Understanding Threats to Space Activities. Tom Single, US Air Force Space Protection Program.

• Space and Cyber-space. Ram Levi and Tal Dekel, Yuval Ne’eman Science, Technology and Security Workshop, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Session 4 Panel DiscussionChair: Reinhold Ewald, ESAPanel Members: Speakers of Session 4

19:00 > Symposium Concert

20:00 > Symposium Dinner

Morning09:00 > Session 5Cooperative approaches to improved space sustainabilityChair: Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Head of ESA Policies Department

• Introductory Remarks by Chair.

• An Introduction to Ostrom’s Eight Principles for Sustainable Governance of Common-Pool Resources as a Possible Frame-work for Space Sustainability. Tiffany Chow and Brian Weeden, Secure World Foundation, USA.

• Space Situational Awareness in Europe - Sensor Network Topologies in Front of Existing Governance Challenges. Olivier Colaitis and Hauke Ernst, Astrium Space Transporta-tion, France.

• Improving Space Sustainability through SSA. Béatrice Hainaut, Research Center of the French Air Force (CReA).

• NASA’s Innovative Approaches to a Sustainable Human Pres-ence in Space. John Olson, Director, Strategic Analysis and Integration Divi-sion, HEOMD, NASA.

• A Global Fund for Space Debris Remediation: A New Way Forward to Address the Mounting Space Debris Problem.Joseph Pelton, President, International Space Safety Founda-tion (ISSF) and Chair, IAASS Academic Committee.

• Defining Responsible Behavior. Audrey Schaffer, US Department of Defense.

• Space-Based Telescopes for Space Surveillance and Tracking. Jenz Utzmann and Axel Wagner, Astrium, Germany.

• The European Union Satellite Centre’s Contribution to the Current Space Situational Awareness Activities in Europe.Juan-Luis Valero et al (4 co-authors), EU Satellite Centre, Spain.

• Ground-based Optical Sensors for Space Surveillance. Sophie Vial et al (6 co-authors), Astrium Space Transportation, France.

Lunch Afternoon14:00 > Session 5 Panel Discussion Chair: : Kai-Uwe Schrogl, ESAPanel Members: Speakers of Session 5

Session 6Looking forward and outwardChair: Michael Simpson, Executive Director, Secure World Foundation

• Introductory Remarks by Chair.

• A Bounty System for Active Space Debris Removal.Gianluigi Baldesi, ESA, Vladimir Atanasov, Mason School of Business and Stella Tkachova, Rhea System SA.

• Global Catastrophe Mitigation and Sustainable Recovery.James Burke, The Planetary Society/ISU and Angela Peura, GWU, USA.

• Solar Flares and the Kessler Syndrome – Effects of a Cata-strophic Satellite Failure on the Global Insurance Market and the Wider Economy.Helmut Kessler, Kessler Consulting, Isle of Man and Fabian Eilingsfeld, PRICE Systems, Germany.

• Controlling the Future Growth of Orbital Debris.Darren McKnight and Frank Di Pentino, Integrity Applications, Inc., USA.

Session 6 Panel DiscussionChair: Michael Simpson, Secure World FoundationPanel Members: Speakers of Session 6

CLOSING REMARKSWalter Peeters, ISU

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Thursday23rd February 2012

• Orbit Decay Prediction of Low Earth Orbit Microsatellites and Deorbit Sail.Michael Afful and Ben Opperman, National Space Agency with Herman Steyn, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

• Reconceptualising Space Sustainability: From Sustainability for Security to Sustainability for Development.Timiebi Aganaba, North-South Star Research Consultancy and McGill University, Canada: Angeline Oprong, University of Bre-men, Germany and Olufunke Adebola.

• Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Global Peace: An Overview of Outer Space Utilization and Military Access to Space. Serkan Akgul et al (3 co-authors), Turkish Air War College, Turkey.

• Sustainability of Space Activities. Felix Ale, National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria.

• The Influence of Geomagnetic Condition on Human Cardio-vascular System.Oleg Atkov, Russian State Medical Research University et al (3 co-authors) Russia.

• Application of GEOSS Data Sharing Principles to Interna-tional SSA Efforts.Kate Becker, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University.

• Single Stage to Orbit, a Sustainable Access to Space.Wim Belsack, Sebastian Meyers and Ward Lefever, Master of Space Studies students at KU Leuven, Belgium.

• Monitoring, Analyzing and Assessing Radiation Belt Loss and Energization.Ioannis Daglis, Director, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece et al (10 co-authors).

• Plasma-based Propulsion for Expeditious Space Travel and the Use of VASIMR in Nudging an Asteroid.Antara Dave, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, India.

• National Space Resilience Index (NSRI)Tal Dekel and Ram Levi, Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science Technology and Security, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

• Hosted Payloads for Space Situational Awareness.Emmanouil Detsis, International Space University and Minoo Rathnasabapathy, RMIT University, Australia.

• Development of an Instrument for Real-Time Measurement of Astronaut Radiation Risk.Daniel Guerra and T. Abitante, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA.

• The Psychological Challenges of Interplanetary Travel. Sophie Goemaere, Former Master of Space student, KU Leuven Belgium.

• Space Weather Could Influence the Crew of MARS – 500. Yury Gurfinkel, Central Clinical Hospital, JSC Russian Railways, Alexander Suvorov, IBMP and Oleg Atkov, Russian State Medi-cal Research University.

• Ionospheric Weather Service for Mitigating Ionospheric Impact on Trans-ionospheric Radio Signals.Norbert Jakowski and Klaus-Dieter Missling, German Aero-space Center.

• Space Debris: A Commercial Opportunity?Megan Kane, ISU MSc 2012 Student.

• Beyond 2050: Solutions to Sustainable Space Flight in the 22nd Century.Mark Kibler and Athena-Rose Jennings, Department of Physi-cal and Life Sciences, King’s Academy, Jordan.

• Solar Energetic Particle Prediction Models: Evaluation and Optimisation.Ewout Killemaes, Tom Schockaert, Graciela Lopez and Cédric Bonnevie, Master of Space Studies students at KU Leuven, Belgium.

• Development of In-Situ Micro-Debris Measurement SensorYukihito Kitazawa, ISAS/JAXA et al. (6 co-authors).

• Chance to Launch your Satellite from ISS KIBO.Hiraku Kudo, Human Space Systems and Utilization Mission Directorate, JAXA, Japan.

• Active Shielding to Ease Manned Spacecraft P. Ramana Kumar, Varun Prakash and Deebak Raj, Department of Aerospace Engineering, SRM University, India.

• NATO Space Policy - Can it be a Gateway to Global Peace?Tolga Kutsal et al (3 co-authors), Turkish Air War Collage, Istanbul, Turkey.

• Are Star Wars Imminent?Jean-Luc Lefebvre, École Militaire, France.

• NASA’s Space Launch System: Affordability for Sustainability.Todd May and Stephen Creech, Space Launch System Pro-gram, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA.

• Size Estimation of Rolling Spacecraft using RCS Time Series.Niu Wei, Zhang Rongzhi and Su Wei, State Key Laboratory of Astronautic Dynamics, Xi’an, China.

• GEO Debris Explorer of the Space Situation Monitoring Labo-ratory: An Interactive, Web-Based Tool. Justin McNeill et al (4 co-authors). The Aerospace Corporation, USA.

• Impact of Spaceflight over Human Gastrointestinal Tract.Petar Nikolov, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Sofia, Bulgaria,

Poster Papers

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• In-Orbit Collision Risk for Commercial Manned Space Assets.Chijioke Nwosa, South African Astronomical Observatory and Mahsa Taheran, ISU MSc’11.

• Orbital Footprinting for Awareness of Space Traffic Management.Angeline Asangire Oprong, University of Bremen, Germany and Cian Curran, Ireland.

• An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human-Robot Cooperation in Mars Exploration.Christopher Johnson and Jeffrey Osborne, ISU MSc’12 et al (6 co-authors from ISU SSP’11 CHARM Team Project).

• Sustainability in Planetary Science and Exploration.Toon Michielsen, Pepijn Cardoen and Tom Huysmans, Master of Space Studies students at KU Leuven, Belgium.

• Optical-Geometric Characteristics of High Area-To-Mass Ratio Debris Obtained by Multi-Color Photometrical Observations.Pavel Papushev, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia et al.

• Temperature Analysis of the Ion Composition Analyzer On-board the Rosetta Spacecraft.Umesh Balaji, Mälardalen University, Sweden and Sanja Scepanovic, USA.

• Space Sustainability – Perspectives from the Space Generation.Minoo Rathnasabapathy, RMIT University, Australia and Chi-jioke Nwosa, South African Astronomical Observatory.

• ASAT and the Need for a Minimisation of Weapons Develop-ment in Space.Mirza Saaib Beg and Prayag Piyush, Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, India.

• A Technological Proposal for Assisted Surgery Suitable at Space Missions.Almudena Sánchez, GMV Healthcare, Spain.

• Cooperation or Autonomy: Emerging Space-faring Nations and the Sustainability of Earth’s Orbit.Bernardo Santos, Republic of Panama.

• Policy Issues to be Addressed with respect to Sustainability and Debris Mitigation Guidelines as well as Debris Removal.Carla Sharpe, Foundation for Space Development, South Africa and Leslie Jane Smith, Leuphana University and Riga Graduate School of Law.

• Galileo Takes Off – Can Europe Sustain Large-scale Space Projects?Helmut Spitzl, Galileo Programme Manager Assistant, Euro-pean Commission.

• Swift SIFT (Space Incident Flagging Technique) for Satellite Event Detection.R. Swartz, John Coggi, Justin McNeill, William Ailor and R. Patera, The Aerospace Corporation, USA.

• MIBER, a Mission Definition for Active Space Debris Removal.Cristo Vera, Technical University of Madrid with Juan Manuel del Cura and Mercedes Ruiz, SENER, Spain.

Program CommitteeProgram Committee Chair

Walter Peeters, ISU President

Program Committee

• William Ailor Director, Center for Orbital and Re-entry Debris Studies, The Aerospace Corporation, USA

• Fernand AlbyResponsible for Space Debris and Space Surveillance Activities, CNES, France

• Werner Balogh Program Officer, UN Office of Outer Space Affairs (OOSA), Vienna and Co-Chair, IAA Study Group, International Cooperation on Space Weather.

• Roger BonnetExecutive Director, International Space Science Institute (ISSI).

• Gerard BrachetSpace Policy Consultant; Vice President, IAF; Chairman of IAF-CLIODN; President, Air and Space Academy, France.

• Joy BryantVice President/ISS Program Manager, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, USA.

• Major General Michael CareyDeputy Director, Command, Control and Nuclear Operations,Joint Staff, the Pentagon, USA.

• Yaohui ChengManager, International Coopera-tion Department, China Space Foundation.

• Mengu ChoDirector, Laboratory of Space-craft Environment Interaction Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.

• Richard CrowtherSpace Security and Resilience, UK Space Agency, UKSA.

• Ioannis DaglisResearch Professor in Space Sci-ences and Director of Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece.

• Roberto DestefanisSpace Environment and Habitat, Thales Alenia Space, Italy.

• Brig. General Frank de WinneAstronaut, ESA.

• HansJorg DittusBoard Member, DLR, Germany.

• Wilson HarkinsDeputy Chief, Safety and Mission Assurance Office, NASA. (Invited)

• Colleen HartmanAssistant Associate Administra-tor, Science Mission Directorate, NASA. (Invited)

• Ken HodgkinsDirector, Office of Space and Ad-vanced Technology, Department of State, USA.

• Ram JakhuAssociate Professor and Director, CSRI, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada.

• David KendallChair of Inter-Agency Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and Director of Science, Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

• Seishiro KibeDirector, Innovative Technology Research Center, JAXA, Japan.

• Peter MartinezChair, UN COPUOS Working Group on Space Sustainability, South Africa.

• General Bernard MolardVice President, Defence and Security, EADS Astrium.

• Terry OnsagerNOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre, USA.

• Scott PaceDirector, Space Policy Unit, George Washington University, USA.

• Larry PaxtonHead, Atmospheric Effects, JHU/APL, USA.

• Joseph PeltonPresident, International Space Safety Foundation (ISSF), USA.

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