1/ Terms of Reference:
The IAA Permanent Committee on Space Debris is in charge of the coordination of all activities related to Space Debris within the Academy, covering the complete span of related topics including but not limited to: measurements, modeling, risk assessment in space and on the ground, reentry, hypervelocity impacts and protection, mitigation and standards, legal and policy, Active Debris Removal and Space Surveillance.
As such, its main tasks are:
– Organization of the IAA Symposium on Space Debris A6 for the International Astronautical Congress, mainly identification of the proposed sessions including scope, chairs and rapporteurs, proposals for joint sessions with other symposia, proposals for Keynote Lectures within the A6 Symposium, or Highlight Lectures in the more general IAC frame,
– Organization of any stand-alone conference on Space Debris on behalf the Academy, including nomination of the Program Committee,
– Coordination of the Academy sponsoring, participation and contribution to selected conferences dedicated to Space Debris, such as for instance the ESA Conference on Space Debris in Darmstadt, or the NASA International Orbital Debris Conference in Houston,
– Coordination of the Space Debris contribution in conferences not dedicated to Space Debris, but where some sessions may be devoted to the topic, sponsored by the Academy,
– Identification of potential studies on Space Debris within Commission V or coordinated with any other Academy Commissions, proposals of associated Cosmic Studies and proposals for the corresponding Study Group Memberships,
– Dissemination of information among the members of the Committee, mainly during regular meetings taking place twice a year, before the IAC and during the IAA March meetings in Paris. During these meetings, general information concerning past activities at international level on Space Debris shall be shared among the members, including debriefings from past conferences and major related actions (for instance IADC, COSPAR…). Practical aspects of the preparation of the upcoming Conferences, Symposia, Sessions are also dealt with during these meetings.
2/Activity:
Space Debris Situation report 2016, published in July 2017, 170 pages.
Committee meeting, Milan, Italy, October 13, 2024
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 27, 2024
– List of participants
– Future of A6.10/E9.4 “Space carrying capacity assessment and capacity assessment and allocation
– Orbital Debris Remediation Summit
– 11th JAXA’s Space Debris Workshop
– 7th Workshop on Debris Modeling & Remediation
– COSPAR’s PEDAS Workshop
Committee minutes, Baku, Azerbaijan, September 30, 2023
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 29, 2023
Committee minutes, Paris, France, September 17, 2022
– List of participants
– Open exchanges
– Space Debris Situation Report Status
– Space Activities in China
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 28, 2022
– List of participants
– Space Debris Risk Assessment and Mitigation Analysis Workshop
– 10th JAXA’s Space Debris Workshop
– The Science of Human-Made Objects in Orbit: Space Debris and Sustainable Use of Space
– Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities
– Space Debris Activities in China
– Update on LeoLabs
– Rules of the Road in Collision Avoidance Maneuvering
Committee minutes, Dubai, UAE, October 24, 2021
– List of participants
– IAASS Space Safety Technical Webinars
– Stardust-R Global Virtual Workshop II
– 2nd European Operations Framework (EOF) Workshop
– LEO Kinetic Space Safety Workshop
– 6th International Workshop on Space Debris Modelling and Remediation
– 9th Satellites End of Life and Sustainable Technologies Workshop
– 3rd IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA)
– Analysis and Visualization for Orbit Insertion Deconfliction (AVOID)
– French Technical Regulation update
Committee minutes, Virtual meeting, March 22, 2021
– List of participants
– Technical Cttee STM
– WildTrackCube SIMBA & LEDSAT
Committee minutes, Virtual meeting, October 09, 2020
– List of participants
– Statistics IAC 2019
– ESA input to round-table
Committee minutes, virtual meeting, March 25, 2020
Committee minutes, Washington, USA, October 19, 2019
– List of participants
– Joseph P. Loftus Jr. Keynote Lectures series
– AMOS 2019 Conference
– Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities
– KePASSA : an international workshop on Orbit Propagation
– 1st IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA)
– Ongoing Events Related to S/C Anomalies and Failures
– Status of the evolutions of the ISO standards
– 8th Satellites End of Life and Sustainable Technologies Workshop
– IADC 2020 Toulouse
– CREAM Status Report
– 5th International Workshop on Space Debris Re-entry
– 11th IAASS Conference
– Updated assessment of the fragmentations of Atlas 5 Centaur upper stages
– STS-SSA-SEM
– Space Safety Coalition
– Mega-Constellations and Astronomy
– Space Debris Situation Report – 2019-2020
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 26, 2019
– List of participants
– Synthesis of the Space Debris Symposium
– Working Group on Space Traffic Management
– Fragmentation of Atlas 5 Centaur upper stage
– Stardust Reloaded (Stardust-R)
– ESA-ECSL Space Debris Workshop
– NEO and Debris Detection Conference
– ISO activities for Long-Term Sustainability (LTS) of space activities
– 10th IAASS Conference
– 5th Annual Space Traffic Management Conference
– UN COPUOS Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities
Committee minutes, Bremen, Germany, September 29, 2018
– List of participants
– Development of Best Practices for the Sustainability of Space Operations (Global VSAT Forum)
– Space Debris Mitigation Activities (KARI)
– Major fragmentation of Atlas 5 Centaur upper stage
– 5th European Workshop on Space Debris Modeling and Remediation (CNES)
– Status of the evolutions of the ISO standards
– PEDAS event report (COSPAR 2018)
– Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference 2018 (AMOS)
– Other Space Debris Related Gatherings
– 8th Space Debris Workshop (JAXA)
– KEPASSA Workshop and KEPASSA « Challenge »
– ESA NEO and Debris Detection Conference (ESA-ESOC)
– 10th International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Conference (IAASS)
– 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)
– 1st International Orbital Conference (IOC)
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 27, 2018
– List of participants
– Synthesis of the Space Debris Symposium
– Space Traffic Management Working Group
– Spacecraft Anomalies and Failures Workshop (SCAF)
– 7th Workshop on Satellites End of Life
– 4th International Workshop on Space Debris Re-entry
– 1st IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA)
– Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS)
– 42th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
– International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC)
– ESA NEO and Debris Detection Conference – Exploiting Synergies
– Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities Working Group
– Application of New Debris Risk Evolution and Dispersal (DREAD) Tool to Characterize Post-Fragmentation Risk
– NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) study on the micrometeoroid and orbital debris assessment for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
– A Grand Challenge for Active Removal of Space Debris
– Second fragmentation of Titan 3C Transtage SSN #3692
– Post‐Mission Disposal for Micro and Smaller Satellites : Concepts and Trade Studies
– IAA Space Debris Situation Report – Review comments
– IAA Space Debris Situation Report – Table of Content
Committee minutes, Adelaide, Australia, September 23, 2017
– List of participants
– Synthesis of the Space Debris Symposium
– 7th European Conference on Space Debris
– Space Debris Reentry workshop
– Technical Regulation Modification Proposal
– IAA Publication by UNISEC
– ESA Space Environment report
– Promoting Partnerships Between Commercial Space and the U.S. Government 1
– Promoting Partnerships Between Commercial Space and the U.S. Government 2
– IAA Situation Report on Space Debris Charts for Academy Day IAC 2017
– Open actions on study group 5.14
– Table of contents of the IAA Space Debris Situation Report
– Tentative table of contents study group 5.17
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 21, 2017
– List of participants
– Synthesis of the Space Debris Symposium
– AMOS 2016 Conference
– COPUOS Scientific & Technical Subcommittee Activities
– IAA Study Group 5.10 status
– 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly
– 1st International Workshop on Spacecraft Environmental Anomalies and Failures (SEAF)
– Sentinel-1A Solar Array Impact
– ONERA main space debris facts 2016
– Large Constellations End-of-Life Issues and Potential Solutions (D-Orbit)
– Space Data Center (SDC 2.0)
– Space Debris Situation report 2019
3/ Membership:
Chair: Bonnal Christophe
Co-Chair: Skinner Mark A.
Secretary: Omaly Pierre
Members:
Agapov Vladimir M
Aglietti Guglielmo
Agueda Alberto
Ailor William H
Alary Didier
Alby Fernand
Anilkumar A.K.
Anselmo Luciano
Anz-Meador Phillip
Bank Christian
Bastida-Virgili Benjamin
Berend Nicolas
Bevilacqua Riccardo
Bhatia Rachit
Brachet Gerard
Colombo Camilla
Dasgupta Upasana
Dolado Perez Juan-Carlos
Faucher Pascal
Christiansen Eric L
Cordelli Emiliano
Crowther Richard
Del Campo Borja
Finkleman David
Fitz-Coy Norman G.
Flohrer Tim
Forshaw Jason
Francesconi Alessandro
Francillout Laurent
Gong Zizheng
Grishko Dmitriy
Hanada Toshiya
Hyde James
Howard Diane
Jah Moriba K.
Kelso T. S.
Kerr Emma
Kibe Seishiro
Kitazawa Yukihito
Kim Hae-Dong
Krag Holger
Klinkrad Heiner
Kumi Nitta
Kuriyama Ikuko
Lecas Morgane
Jankovic Marko
Kawamoto Satomi
Lemmens Stijn
Letizia Francesca
Liou Jer-Chyi
Martinez Peter
Martinot Vincent
Marzioli Paolo
Masson-Zwaan Tanja L.
McKnight Darren S.
Metz Manuel
Monham Andrew
Nassisi Annamaria
Oltrogge Daniel L.
Opromolla Roberto
Pardini Carmen
Piergentili Fabrizio
Plattard Serge
Prevereaud Isolde
Rossettini Luca L.
Rossi Alessandro
Sanchez Ortiz Noelia
Santoni Fabio
Schaefer Frank
Schildknecht Thomas
Siminski Jan
Singh Balbir
Smith Lesley-Jane
Somma Gian Luigi
Sorge Marlon E.
Spencer David B.
Stokes Hedley
Seitzer Patrick
Usovik Igor
Yasaka Tetsuo
Wiedemann Carsten
Zemoura Melissa
4/ Archives:
Committee minutes, Guadalajara, Mexico, September 24, 2016
– List of participants
– Joint Small Satellite/Space Debris session to promote the long-term sustainability of space
– 4th International Workshop on Space Debris Modeling and Remediation
– The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC)
– 6th European Workshop on Satellites End of Life
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 22, 2016
– 6th European Workshop on Satellites End of Life
– Space Object Behavioral Sciences
– Why Should We Estimate the Future Costs of Orbital Debris?
– Business model for ADR – Preliminary ideas
– Proposed Series of Orbital Debris Remediation Activities
– Risks of Atmospheric re-entries on Aircrafts
– What does a collision leave in its wake?
Committee minutes, Jerusalem, Israel, October 10, 2015
– First International Conjunction Assessment Workshop
– ISTS, AMOS Conferences report
– Future Large Constellations in LEO and the Space Debris Environment – A Technical Analysis
– Review of Mitigation Rules Compliance in LEO
– SSA in Australia – Recent Developments
– 8th IAASS Conference – Safety First, Safety for All
– COPUOS STSC LTSSA report
– 41th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 24, 2015
– Committee attendance list
– Summary of the 2014 IAC A6 – IAA Symposium on Space Debris
– IAA Study Group 5.10 – Chapter outline
– First International Conjunction Assessment Workshop
– Workshop on Laser solutions for Orbital Space Debris
Committee minutes, Toronto, Canada, September 27, 2014
– Committee attendance list, September 27, 2014 meeting
– COSPAR 2014 PEDAS report
– 3rd European Workshop on Debris Modeling & Remediation Workshop synthesis
– Study group 5.10 status update
– 1st International Conjunction Assessment Workshop, CNES Paris
– Astrodynamics Innovation Committee
– COPUOS LTSSA status
– Orbital lifetime evaluation in GTO
– Survey of the IAA space debris studies
Committee minutes, Paris, France, March 19, 2014
– The Contribution of IAA Orbital Debris Initiatives Over the Last Twenty Years
– Status report on Space Debris
– Study group 5.14 proposal form
– Study group 5.14 status report form
– Summary of the End of Life Workshop
– Chairs and Rapporteurs for IAC Space Debris Symposia
Committee minutes, Beijing, China, September 21, 2013
– Study group on Reference report on Space Debris
– Orbital Debris Removal – Draft outline
– 6th European Conference on Space Debris
– 2012 Space Debris Activities in France
– Space Debris Re-entries and Aviation Safety
– Safety Design for Space Operations
– Space Safety Magazine – Issue 8
– Attendance list, 21 September 2013 meeting