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2009-03-25 17:11:03 UTC
Fifth European Conference on Space Debris
March 25th, 2009
http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=8527
ESA PR 07-2009. The European Space Agency will host the 5th European
Conference on Space Debris at ESAs Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in
Darmstadt, Germany, from 30 March - 2 April.
The conference, which is the largest dedicated event on space debris
issues, is co-sponsored by the British, French, German and Italian space
agencies (BNSC, CNES, DLR, ASI), the Committee on Space Research
(COSPAR) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and is
expected to gather more than 200 leading experts from all over the
world.
Space debris has recently been attracting increasing attention not only
due to the growing recognition of the long-term need to protect the
commercially valuable low-Earth and geosynchronous orbital zones (LEO
and GEO), but also due to the direct threat that existing debris poses
to current and future missions. While commercial and scientific uses of
space have expanded across a wide range of activities, including
telecommunications, weather, navigation, Earth observation and science,
space debris has continued to accumulate, significantly threatening
current and future missions.
Speakers at the conference will present results from research on space
debris, assist in defining future directions for research, consolidate
debris environment models, identify methods of debris mitigation and
remediation, assess debris-related risks and their control, devise
protective measures, and discuss policy issues, regulations and legal
aspects.
The conference will also promote the ongoing discussions taking place in
a number of organisations, including the Inter-Agency Space Debris
Coordination Committee (IADC) and the Scientific and Technical
Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(UNCOPUOS).
On 2 April a press briefing will be held with an international panel of
debris experts.
March 25th, 2009
http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=8527
ESA PR 07-2009. The European Space Agency will host the 5th European
Conference on Space Debris at ESAs Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in
Darmstadt, Germany, from 30 March - 2 April.
The conference, which is the largest dedicated event on space debris
issues, is co-sponsored by the British, French, German and Italian space
agencies (BNSC, CNES, DLR, ASI), the Committee on Space Research
(COSPAR) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and is
expected to gather more than 200 leading experts from all over the
world.
Space debris has recently been attracting increasing attention not only
due to the growing recognition of the long-term need to protect the
commercially valuable low-Earth and geosynchronous orbital zones (LEO
and GEO), but also due to the direct threat that existing debris poses
to current and future missions. While commercial and scientific uses of
space have expanded across a wide range of activities, including
telecommunications, weather, navigation, Earth observation and science,
space debris has continued to accumulate, significantly threatening
current and future missions.
Speakers at the conference will present results from research on space
debris, assist in defining future directions for research, consolidate
debris environment models, identify methods of debris mitigation and
remediation, assess debris-related risks and their control, devise
protective measures, and discuss policy issues, regulations and legal
aspects.
The conference will also promote the ongoing discussions taking place in
a number of organisations, including the Inter-Agency Space Debris
Coordination Committee (IADC) and the Scientific and Technical
Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(UNCOPUOS).
On 2 April a press briefing will be held with an international panel of
debris experts.
