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IAF Alliance Programme Partners 2023
1. Message from the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
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2. Message from the Local Organizing Committee
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3. Message from the IPC Co-Chairs
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4. Messages from the Partner Organizations
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5. International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
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6. International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
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7. International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
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8. The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
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9. Message from the IAF Vice President for Technical Activities
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10. Technical Sessions
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11. IAC 2024 Call for Papers Deadlines
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12. Preliminary IAC 2024 at a Glance
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13. Instructions for Authors
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14. Space in Italy
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Contents
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75th IAC
International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
On behalf of the International Programme Committee, it is our pleasure invite you to submit an abstract for the 75th International
Astronautical Congress which will be hosted in Milan, Italy.
IAC 2024 is being hosted by the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA), a founding member of the IAF. Collaborating
in this endeavour are the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Leonardo, prestigious co-hosts collectively representing the diverse aspects
of Italy's dynamic pursuits in space. Since its foundation and for more than 70 years, the IAF has -indeed- consistently served as a
premier global platform and forum for the Italian space academia, industry and diplomacy. Demonstrating its substantial engagement,
Italy ranked as the second-leading country worldwide in terms of abstract submissions to technical sessions for IAC 2023 in Baku. This
remarkable dedication of Italian representatives extends to various IAF Committees, including the IPC, underscoring Italy's steadfast
commitment to space exploration and technological progress. Harnessing the energy of the entire community and underpinned by a
vivid national enthusiasm, plans are already in motion to ensure an exceptional scientific and technical experience for IAC 2024.
Our theme, ‘Responsible Space for Sustainability’ invites our global space community to explore how space can bring the community
closer together to work towards common goals. We will bring together students, researchers, industry leaders, young professionals, and
national representatives to share recent discoveries and new technologies, and to form connections across national borders.
Space research is emerging globally as not just an exciting field for technological and scientific advancement, but as offering practical
solutions for a more sustainable world. We have seen examples worldwide of how earth observation and communications technologies
can bring people closer together, enable better disaster management, and make it possible to plan for the future. There is no better time
to consider how we can promote responsible uses of space for the promotion of sustainability, on earth and in space. We are certain
that contributions will be topical and exciting, and we hope that you will take the opportunity to connect with your international peers
in Milan and submit your latest research to one or more of the 180+ technical sessions we will host. All abstracts will be peer reviewed,
and a limited selection of papers will be chosen for oral or interactive presentations.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts for IAC 2024 in Milan. We hope to begin important conversations which can be continued in
2025 when IAC will be hosted in Sydney, Australia. IAC 2025 Sydney’s theme ‘Sustainable Space, Resilient Earth’ will pick up where Milan
left off, bringing our community together again to focus on how space research and technologies can solve global challenges.
I am pleased to invite you to attend the 75th International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy on 14 – 18 October 2024. It is a pleasure
organizing this event with our host and longstanding IAF member, the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA) and
the two co-hosts Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Leonardo. While this is the fifth IAC taking place in Italy, it is the first IAC ever to be
organized in the city of Milan. The previous IACs in Italy were held in Rome, Turin and most recently Naples in 2012. We look forward
returning to Italy and discovering this northern city in the heart of Lombardy with its rich history, vibrant culture, and innovative spirit.
The theme for 75th International Astronautical Congress will be “Responsible Space for Sustainability”, our intention is to highlight the
importance of Space as an environment that must be kept secure and open to exploration, peaceful use, and international co-operation
by present and future generations in the interests of the planet and all nations, regardless of their level of development and without
discrimination of any kind. Sustainability in orbit is crucial as even more countries and actors are becoming actively involved in the space
economy.
The IAC aims to gather researchers and professionals to discuss new developments in space science and exploration, space applications
and operations, space technology, space infrastructure, space and society, and much more. We have the great pleasure of inviting you to
propose one or more papers (oral or interactive) in any of the categories scheduled for the different symposia of the Congress. Submit
your abstract for a chance to present your latest research to the international space community in Milan at IAC 2024.
The IAC is the one place and time of the year where all global space actors come together. I am sure IAC 2024 will be outstanding and
you do not want to miss out on it. Make sure to join us in beautiful Milan with the whole space community in October 2024 for the 75th
International Astronautical Congress!
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is coming back to Italy following successful editions held in Rome, Turin and Naples.
The 75th edition of the IAC will be held indeed in the captivating city of Milan, Italy, from 14th to 18th October 2024.
The IAC 2024 is hosted by the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA), founder member of IAF, and co-hosted
by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Leonardo, representing together the entire ecosystem of space activities in Italy. AIDAA
embodies the academic pursuit of knowledge, with hundreds of academics and PhD students along with thousands of graduate and
undergraduate students. ASI, one of the world's most important players in space science and technologies to reach and explore the
cosmos, signifies the dedication of agencies and institutions. Finally, Leonardo, developing multi-domain capabilities in the aerospace,
defence and security sector and playing a prominent role in major international strategic programs, represents the ingenuity of the
Italian thriving space industry.
The motto of the IAC 2024 is "Responsible Space for Sustainability." In line with this theme, we aim to foster a collective commitment
to the responsible exploration and utilization of space, ensuring a sustainable future for our planet and the broader cosmos.
This edition of the IAC holds special significance as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the launch of San Marco 1, the first
Italian satellite. Launched on 15th December 1964 by an Italian crew using an American Scout rocket from Wallops Flight Facility,
Virginia, US, San Marco 1 was a pioneering achievement in Italy's space endeavors. As we reflect on this historical milestone, we are
inspired to build on our past successes and chart a course for a bright and sustainable future in space exploration.
Milan, a city steeped in history, culture, and innovation, offers a vibrant setting for this momentous event. We are confident that
this beautiful and dynamic city will provide an ideal backdrop for fruitful discussions, knowledge-sharing, and the formation of new
partnerships that will propel our collective vision forward.
The IAC 2024 will be a place to connect with like-minded individuals, exchange insights and ideas, and explore the boundless
possibilities that space has to offer for the betterment of humanity. Together, we will address global challenges and seize opportunities
to create a sustainable and responsible space ecosystem.
3. Message from the International Programme Committee (IPC)
Co-Chairs
2. Message from the Local Organizing Committee
1. Message from the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Clay Mowry
President,
International Astronautical Federation (IAF),
France
France
Erasmo Carrera
President,
Italian Association
of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIDA),
Italy
Teodoro Valente
President,
Italian Space Agency (ASI),
Italy
Roberto Cingolani
CEO and General Manager,
Leonardo,
Italy
Alfonso Pagani
IPC Co-Chair,
Italian Association of Aeronautics
and Astronautics (AIDAA),
Italy
Annie Handmer
IPC Co-Chair,
Faculty of Science,
University of Sydney,
Australia
On behalf of the host and co-hosts of IAC 2024, we extend our sincere invitation to each one of you to join us in this exciting journey.
Let us unite in Milan and embark on a transformative experience that will shape the future of space exploration and contribute to the
well-being of our planet and beyond.
We eagerly await your participation and look forward to welcoming you to Italy in 2024.
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International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Message from the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
Message from the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
On behalf of the International Institute of Space Law, I am pleased to invite you to attend our 67th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space
in Milan, Italy. This year’s Colloquium consists of seven exciting sessions and explores a range of highly relevant issues. Legal questions
raised by current public and private space activities will be addressed and debated by the world’s finest space lawyers as well as students
and young professionals. IISL will also co-host a session with the IAA: The 38th IAA-IISL ‘Scientific Legal Roundtable’ will provide an
opportunity for lawyers, scientists, and engineers to address current developments in space in an interdisciplinary setting. These are all
issues, to which, we believe, IISL can and should contribute to. No other Institution has this global inclusive reach and such a top-level
experienced expert membership paired with bright young scholars, which guarantees relevant contributions.
The World Finals of the 33rd Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition will take place in Milan, welcoming university students
from Africa, the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and North America, and we are proud and honoured that they will, as always, be
judged by sitting members of the International Court of Justice. The IISL is proud to be an integral part of the Congress and its Technical
Programme and to further the discourse between disciplines so fundamental to our shared ways forward in this new era of the use of
space. We are greatly looking forward to welcoming you in Milan!
Kai-Uwe Schrogl
President,
International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
For well over the past sixty years the International Academy of Astronautics, created at the outset of a new Space Age, has provided
answers and solutions to the immense challenges that have faced the world community. This has made it a foremost center of
excellence in Astronautics, thanks to the concerted efforts of its dedicated members who developed its vision for the role of
humankind in Space.
Aiming to mobilize the best talents from many fields of science and technology, the Academy has been most successful in developing
a wide array of new activities to explore the unlimited possibilities of Space to improve the quality of life for people all over the world.
Decades of continuous progress have been achieved through important international events such as the highly successful Summits
in Washington DC and Mexico attended by 25 to 35 Heads of Space Agencies, as well as nearly 25 standalone IAA conferences in the
world and 13 symposia each year at the International Astronautical Congress.
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) is pleased to invite you to attend the IAA Academy Day open meeting on Sunday and
the various IAA symposia throughout the week. The Academy is organizing 13 symposia at next year’s IAC in Milan, Italy, representing
about one third of the IAC technical program, and will co-host some interesting sessions with the IAF and the IISL. On the occasion of
the Academy Day, newly elected Academicians will be introduced and the major IAA Awards will be given.
Please join with us in advancing humankind’s reach into the Space frontier!
John Schumacher
President,
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
4. Messages from the Supporting Organizations
Message from the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
SGAC is thrilled to invite you to the 22nd annual Space Generation Congress (SGC), which will take place in Milan from 10 to 12 October
2024, right before the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC).
SGC is always the most awaited SGAC event, attracting hundreds of students and young professionals from all parts of the world. Every
year, the Congress gathers the next generation of space leaders to form critical connections for their professional development and
discuss pressing challenges within the global space community. In 2024, alongside the diamond jubilee edition of the IAC and the UN
Summit of the Future, SGC will offer a unique opportunity for an intergenerational dialogue on the future of space. Whether you are
one of our sponsors and partners, a longstanding SGAC member, or a new part of our community, we assure you that SGC can deliver a
significant added value to your IAC experience.
Every IAC manages to set new records, and we are confident that Milan will prove to be an outstanding edition. We highly encourage
students and young professionals from all parts of the world to submit abstracts for the IAC in 2024. Gathering scientists, practitioners,
engineers, and industry leaders in a single forum, the IAC is the most preeminent space event to discuss research advancements and
technological breakthroughs, consolidate partnerships and form new connections, contributing to the sustainable growth of the space
sector.
We look forward to seeing you in Milan!
Hamza Hameed
Co-Chair,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Antonino Salmeri
Co-Chair,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
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Founded in 1951, the International Astronautical Federation
is the world’s leading space advocacy body. The IAF has 469
members from 75 countries, including all leading space agencies,
companies, societies, associations and institutes worldwide.
Following its theme - “A space-faring world cooperating for
the benefit of humanity” and its motto "Connecting @ll Space
People" - the Federation advances knowledge about space and
fosters the development and application of space assets by
advancing global cooperation.
As organizer of the annual International Astronautical Congress
(IAC), and other meetings on specific subjects, the IAF actively
encourages the development of space for peaceful purposes and
supports the dissemination of scientific and technical information
related to space.
International Astronautical
Federation
100 Avenue de Suffren
75015 Paris, France
Tel: +33 1 45 67 42 60
Website: www.iafastro.org
5. International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Members of IAF Bureau 2022 – 2023
IAF PRESIDENT
Clay MOWRY
Chief Revenue Officer,
Voyager Space Holdings,
United States
IAF PAST PRESIDENT
Pascale EHRENFREUND
President,
International Space University (ISU),
Austria
VP: DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES AND EMERGING
COMMUNITIES
Pilar ZAMORA ACEVEDO
Executive Director,
Colombian Space Agency (AEC),
Colombia
VP: DIVERSITY INITIATIVES
Mishaal ASHEMIMRY
Aerospace Consultant & Special
Advisor to CEO,
Saudi Space Commission (SSC),
Saudi Arabia
VP: EDUCATION AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Davide PETRILLO
Managing Director of Nanoracks
Europe,
Nanoracks,
Italy
VP: FINANCIAL MATTERS AND
INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Andreas LINDENTHAL
Head of Business Operations
Space Systems, Head of Spacecraft
Equipment, Head of Space Systems
Germany,
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH,
Germany
VP: HONOURS AND AWARDS
Anthony TSOUGRANIS
Europe Team Lead,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA),
United States
VP: IAF GLOBAL NETWORKING
FORUM
Steve EISENHART
Senior Vice President,
Space Foundation,
United States
VP: RELATIONS WITH
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Anil KUMAR
Associate Director, ISTRAC,
Chief General Manager, Safe &
Sustainable Space Operations
Management,
Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO),
India
VP: SCIENCE AND ACADEMIC
RELATIONS
Tanja MASSON-ZWAAN
Assistant Professor and Deputy
Director of the International Institute
of Air and Space Law (IIASL),
Leiden University
The Netherlands
VP: SOCIETIES AND
MUSEUMS
Xiaojun WANG
President,
China Academy of Launch Vehicle
Technology (CALT),
China
VP: SPACE ECONOMY AND
SPONSORSHIP
Nobu OKADA
Founder & CEO,
Astroscale,
Japan
VP: TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
Lionel SUCHET
Chief Operating Officer,
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
(CNES),
France
GENERAL COUNSEL
Sergio MARCHISIO
Full Professor of International Law,
Sapienza University of Rome,
Italy
HONORARY SECRETARY
Geir HOVMORK
Norsk Astronautisk Forening,
Norway
A9C Capital
Bahrain
AAKA SPACE STUDIO CORP
Canada
Access e.V.
Germany
Adriatic Aerospace Association
Croatia
AED Cluster Portugal
Portugal
Aerojet Rocketdyne
United States
Aerospace Industries Association
United States
Aerospace Research Institute
Iran
Aexa Aerospace LLC
United States
Agence Spatiale Algérienne (ASAL)
Algeria
Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM)
Mexico
AGI
United States
Agrupacion Astronautica Espanola
Spain
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
Germany
Airbus Defence and Space SA
Spain
Airbus Defence and Space SAS
France
Airbus Ltd.
United Kingdom
Airbus Netherlands B.V.
The Netherlands
ALE Co., Ltd.
Japan
Alén Space, S.L
Spain
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Italy
ALTEC Spa
Italy
American Astronautical Society (AAS)
United States
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA)
United States
American Institute of Physics
United States
Andart Global
United Arab
Emirates
Andøya Space Center
Norway
Angolan National Space Program Management Office
(GGPEN)
Angola
ANU Institute for Space (InSpace)
Australia
ArianeGroup SAS
France
Arianespace
France
Arizona State University
United States
ArkEdge Space Inc.
Japan
Asgardia
Austria
Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI)
Israel
Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO)
China
Association Aéronautique & Astronautique de France
(3AF)
France
Association of Space Explorers (ASE)
United States
Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica
(AIDAA)
Italy
Astralintu Space Technologies
Ecuador
Astrax, Inc.
Japan
Astronautic Technology SDN BHD
Malaysia
Astronautical Society of India
India
Astrosat Ltd
United Kingdom
Astroscale
Japan
Auspace Pty Ltd
Australia
Australian Space Agency
Australia
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Austria
AUSTROSPACE
Austria
Axiom Space LLC
United States
Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
IAF Member Organizations 2023
IAF Secretariat
Christian Feichtinger, Executive Director
Giulia Maria Berardi, Deputy Executive Director
Isabella Marchisio, Senior Projects Manager
Myriam Morabet, Senior Projects Manager
Giulia Angeletti, Office Manager
Emma Boisdur, Projects Manager
Alessandra D’Argenio, Projects Manager
Martina Fabbiani, Projects Manager
Evelina Hedman, Creative Services &
Projects Manager
Stefano Pascali, Projects Manager
Martin Feichtinger, Administrative & Project Support
Constance Delaune, Projects Assistant
Michel Arnaud, IPC Co-Chairs Advisor
(Volunteer)
Elena Feichtinger, Projects Manager and
Special Advisor (Volunteer)
IAF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Christian FEICHTINGER
Executive Director,
IAF Secretariat,
Austria
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE IAF
PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE
FORUM (ISF)
Giorgio SACCOCCIA
Senior Advisor to DG,
European Space Agency (ESA),
Italy
SPECIAL ADVISOR
TO PRESIDENT ON
PARLIAMENTARIAN AND
MINISTERIAL RELATIONS
Dominique TILMANS
President,
EURISY,
Belgium
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT ON SPACE
AGENCIES RELATIONS
S. SOMANATH
Chairman,
Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO),
India
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT ON THE
SUSTAINABILITY, INVESTMENT
AND SECURITY (SIS) AGENDA
Joe LANDON
Chief Executive Officer,
Crescent Space,
United States
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Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Russian Federation
Beihang University
China
Beijing FutureSpace Space Technology Institute
China
Beijing Infinite Education Inc.
China
Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd
China
Beijing Minospace Technologies Co., Ltd
China
Beijing Smart Satellite Technology Co., Ltd.
China
Beijing SpaceD Aerospace Application & Science
Education Technology Co.,Ltd.
China
Beijing Sunwise Space Technology Ltd.
China
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
Belgium
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel
Berkeley SETI Research Center
United States
beSpace GmbH
Germany
beyond gravity
Switzerland
Black Engine Aerospace UG
Germany
Blue Origin LLC
United States
Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)
Brazil
Bryce Space and Technology
United States
Bulgarian Aerospace Agency
Bulgaria
C6 Launch Systems, Corporation
Canada
California Polytechnic State University
United States
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation
Canada
Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI)
Canada
Canadian Space Agency
Canada
Canadian Space Society
Canada
C-Astra Technologies
United States
Center of Space Exploration, Ministry of Education (COSE) China
Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space
(ACAE)
Costa Rica
Central Research Institute for Machine Building (JSC
TSNIIMASH)
Russian Federation
Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and
Technologies (C-MAST)
Portugal
Centre for the development of Industrial Technology
(CDTI)
Spain
Centre National de la Cartographie et de la Teledetection
(CNCT)
Tunisia
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
France
Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale (CRTS)
Morocco
Centro de Investigacion y Difusion Aeronautico Espacial
(CIDA-E)
Uruguay
China Head Aerospace Technology Co.
China
Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA)
China
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre
Italy
Coactum
Switzerland
Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos de Costa
Rica (CFIA)
Costa Rica
Colombian Space Agency
Colombia
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University
of Colorado
United States
Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE)
Argentina
Commission d'Astronautique de l'Academie Roumaine
Romania
COMSPOC Corp.
United States
Cosmoexport Aerospace Research Agency
Russian Federation
Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS)
Belgium
Croatian Astronautical and Rocket Federation (HARS)
Croatia
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science
Australia
CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)
Belgium
Curtin University
Australia
CVA (Community of Ariane Cities)
France
Cyprus Astronautical Society
Cyprus
Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO)
Cyprus
Czech Space Alliance
Czech Republic
Czech Space Office
Czech Republic
Dalian University of Technology (DUT)
China
Danish Aerospace Company A/S
Denmark
Danish Astronautical Society
Denmark
Dassault Aviation
France
DcubeD (Deployables Cubed GmbH)
Germany
Deimos Space S.L.
Spain
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands
Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota United States
Dereum Labs S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt, Lilienthal-
Oberth e.V. (DGLR)
Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Germany
Dhruva Space Private Limited
India
Disrupting Space LLC
United States
D-Orbit SpA
Italy
Dragonfly Aerospace Pty (Ltd)
South Africa
Dynetics
United States
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland
Egyptian Space Agency
Egypt
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
United States
EMPOSAT CO., LTD
China
EMXYS (Embedded Instruments and Systems S.L)
Spain
EnduroSat AD
Bulgaria
Engineers Australia
Australia
EngineRoom.io Pty Ltd
Australia
EOS Data Analytics Inc.
United States
Equatorial Launch Australia Pty Ltd
Australia
Estonian Business Innovation Agency
Estonia
EUMETSAT
Germany
EURISY
France
Euro Space Center
Belgium
Euroconsult
France
European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS)
Belgium
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Switzerland
European Space Agency (ESA)
France
European Space Foundation
Poland
European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
Austria
European Test Services (ETS) B.V.
The Netherlands
European Union Agency for the Space Programme
(EUSPA)
Czech Republic
Eurospace
France
Eutelsat
France
Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt GmbH
Austria
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial
Space Transportation (FAA/AST)
United States
Felix & Paul Studios
Canada
Finnish Astronautical Society
Finland
Firefly Aerospace Inc.
United States
Flinders University
Australia
Fondazione E. Amaldi
Italy
For all Moonkind Inc.
United States
Fraunhofer Alliance Space
Germany
Fundacion para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias la Sociedad y
el Estado (FUNDECISE)
Costa Rica
Future Space Leaders Foundation
United States
G.A.U.S.S. Srl
Italy
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development
Agency (GISTDA)
Thailand
Georgia Tech Center for Space Technology and Research
United States
German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI)
Germany
GIFAS
France
GK Launch Services, JSC
Russian Federation
GKN Aerospace Engine Systems
Sweden
Global Defence for Industrial Transformation
United States
GMV Aerospace & Defence SAU
Spain
Gokmen Space and Aviation Training Center (GUHEM)
Turkey
GomSpace Aps
Denmark
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)
Austria
Gumush Aerospace & Defense
Turkey
Habitat Company GR
Mexico
HE Space
Germany
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
Hellenic Space Centre
Greece
Hermann-Oberth-Raumfahrt Museum e.V.
Germany
Hermes Engineering
Bulgaria
High Technology Unit (UAT) Faculty of Engineering -
UNAM
Mexico
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (HKATG) China
Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT)
Hungary
IABG Industrieanlagen - Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
Germany
Iceland Space Agency
Iceland
Ideia Space
Brazil
IHI Aerospace Co, Ltd.
Japan
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
India
Indonesian Space Agency Secretariat (INASA)
Indonesia
Infostellar
Japan
IngeniArs Srl
Italy
INNOSPACE Co. Ltd.
Korea, Republic of
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
Spain
Institut Français d'Histoire de l'Espace
France
Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA)
France
Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE) France
Institute for Q-shu Pioneer of Space, Inc. (iQPS)
Japan
Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian
Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Russian Federation
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech
Technical University in Prague
Czech Republic
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart
Germany
Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE)
Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA)
Spain
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC)
Costa Rica
International Association for the Advancement of Space
Safety
The Netherlands
International Lunar Observatory Association
United States
International Peace Alliance
China
International Space Center - Space Park Israel Ashkelon
Israel
International Space University (ISU)
France
Internationaler Förderkreis für Raumfahrt – Hermann
Oberth – Wernher von Braun e.V.
Germany
Intersputnik International Organization of Space
Communications
Russian Federation
Invap S.E.
Argentina
Iranian Space Agency
Iran
Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH
Germany
ispace, inc
Japan
Israel Aerospace Industries. Ltd.
Israel
Israel Space Agency
Israel
Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Italy
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS)
Japan
Japan Society for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (JSASS) Japan
Japanese Rocket Society
Japan
Joanneum Research
Austria
JSC Glavkosmos
Russian Federation
JSC NPO Energomash
Russian Federation
JSC SRC Progress
Russian Federation
Karman Project
Germany
KBR
United States
Keldysh Research Center
Russian Federation
Kenya Space Agency
Kenya
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
United Arab
Emirates
Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center
Russian Federation
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST)
Saudi Arabia
Kongsberg Satellite Services AS
Norway
Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd
Korea, Republic of
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
Korea, Republic of
Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion (KASP) Korea, Republic of
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Korea, Republic of
Kyushu Institute of Technology
Japan
LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd.
China
Lavochkin Science and Production Association
Russian Federation
Law Offices of Sterns and Tennen
United States
Leviathan Space Industry LLC
United States
Libre Space Foundation
Greece
LIQUIFER Systems Group
Austria
Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology
Lithuania
Lithuanian Space Association (LSA)
Lithuania
Lockheed Martin Corporation
United States
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc
United States
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation
(ILOT)
Poland
Luxembourg Space Agency
Luxembourg
Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA)
Malaysia
Mars Planet
Italy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Maxar
United States
McGill Institute for Aerospace Engineering (MIAE)
Canada
MDA Corporation
Canada
MEDES - IMPS
France
Microcosm, Inc.
United States
MicroDrive Space Ltd.
China
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Japan
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Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)
United Arab
Emirates
Monaco Office of Space Affairs
Monaco
Moon Village Association (MVA)
Austria
Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI)
Russian Federation
MT Aerospace AG
Germany
Mudd Law
United States
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
China
NanoAvionika UAB (NanoAvionics LLC)
Lithuania
Nanoracks
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
National Aerospace Agency (NASA) of Azerbaijan Republic Azerbaijan
National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
Thailand
National Autonomous University of Honduras
Honduras
National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology (NICT)
Japan
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
United States
National Space Centre
Ireland
National Space Research and Development Agency
(NASRDA)
Nigeria
National Space Science Agency (NSSA)
Bahrain
National Space Society
United States
National Space Society Colombia
Colombia
NEC Corporation
Japan
Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR)
The Netherlands
Netherlands Space Office (NSO)
The Netherlands
Netherlands Space Society (NVR)
The Netherlands
NeutronStar Systems UG (hb)
Germany
New Zealand Space Agency
New Zealand
NGC Aerospace Ltd.
Canada
Nigerian Meteorological Agency
Nigeria
Norsk Astronautisk Forening
Norway
Northrop Grumman Corporation
United States
Northwestern Polytechnical University
China
Norwegian Space Agency
Norway
Novespace
France
Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore
Singapore
Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
(ONERA)
France
OHB Italia SpA
Italy
OHB System AG - Munich
Germany
OHB System AG-Bremen
Germany
Open Cosmos
United Kingdom
Orbital Express Launch Limited (Orbex)
United Kingdom
Orion Applied Science & Technology, LLC
United States
Pacific West Data Pty Ltd - Trading as ACME SpaceTek
Australia
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research
Commission (SUPARCO)
Pakistan
Paraguayan Space Agency
Paraguay
PJSC "Elmiz"
Ukraine
Planet Labs Germany GmbH
Germany
Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies
Turkey
Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
Polish Astronautical Society
Poland
Polish Space Agency (POLSA)
Poland
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
Portugal Space Agency
Portugal
PRATIAN LLC
Puerto Rico
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory (PwC)
France
Privateer Space, Inc.
United States
Proximai
United States
PTS Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH
Germany
Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO)
China
QinetiQ Space nv
Belgium
QSTC Inc.
Canada
Qwaltec Inc.
United States
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
Israel
Ramirez de Arellano y Abogados, S.C. Law Firm
Mexico
Reaction Engines
United Kingdom
Redwire Space
United States
RFA - Rocket Factory Augsburg
Germany
Rocket Research Institute, Inc.
United States
Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
Romania
ROSCOSMOS
Russian Federation
Rovsing A/S
Denmark
RUDN University
Russian Federation
Rwanda Space Agency
Rwanda
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
Russian Federation
Safran Aircraft Engines
France
SAHA Istanbul Defence & Aerospace Cluster
Turkey
Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace
Instrumentation
Russian Federation
Samara National Research University (Samara University) Russian Federation
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy
Satellogic
Spain
Satrec Initiative
Korea, Republic of
Saudi Space Commission (SSC)
Saudi Arabia
SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University
Italy
Secure World Foundation
United States
SEMECCEL Cité de l'Espace
France
Serbian Office for Space Sciences, Research and
Development (SERBSPACE)
Serbia
SES
Luxemburg
Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Microsatellites
China
Shaanxi XingYi Space technologies Co. Ltd.
China
Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory
Azerbaijan
Shanghai Azimuth Data Technology
China
Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and
Technology (SAASST)
United Arab
Emirates
Shoal Group
Australia
SIDERALIS Foundation
Ecuador
Sierra Space
United States
Simera Sense
Belgium
Singapore Space and Technology LTd (SSTL)
Singapore
Singapore Technologies Engineering Limited
Singapore
Sirius XM Radio
United States
Sitael Spa
Italy
Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency
(SARIO) - Slovak Space Office
Slovakia
SODERN
France
Soletop Co., Ltd
Korea, Republic of
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
South Africa
South African Space Association (SASA)
South Africa
Space Applications Services NV/SA
Belgium
Space Arbitration Association
France
Space Canada Corporation
Canada
Space Center Houston
United States
Space Commercial Services Holdings (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)
Canada
Space Foundation
United States
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Austria
Space Industry Association of Australia
Australia
Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
United States
Space Renaissance International (SRI)
Italy
Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of
Sciences (RAS)
Russian Federation
Space Tech Expo - Smarter Shows Ltd
United Kingdom
Space Trust
United Kingdom
SpaceBuzz
The Netherlands
SpaceChain Foundation Ltd.
Singapore
SpaceForest
Poland
SpaceLand Africa
Mauritius
SpaceNed
The Netherlands
Spacety
China
SpaceX
United States
Spade
France
Spartan Space
France
STAR.VISION Aerospace Group Limited
China
Starburst Aerospace Ltd
Israel
Stardust Technologies Inc.
Canada
State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU)
Ukraine
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
Stichting Space Professionals Foundation (SSPF)
The Netherlands
STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Muhenislik ve Ticaret A.S.)
Turkey
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)
United Kingdom
Swedish Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sweden
Swedish Space Coorporation (SSC)
Sweden
Swiss Space Office (SSO)
Swizerland
SwissSpace Association
Switzerland
Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI)
United States
Technical University of Košice
Slovak Republic
Techno System Developments S.R.L.
Italy
Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Teledyne Brown Engineering
United States
Telespazio S.p.A.
Italy
Telespazio VEGA UK LTD
United Kingdom
Tensor Tech CO., LTD.
Taiwan, China
Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Thales Alenia Space France
France
Thales Alenia Space Italia
Italy
The Aerospace Corporation
United States
The Andy Thomas Space Foundation
Australia
The Boeing Company
United States
The British Interplanetary Society
United Kingdom
The Chinese Aeronautical and Astronautical Society
located in Taipei
Taiwan, China
The Exploration Company GmbH
Germany
The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)
Nigeria
The Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
Canada
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory United States
The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Korea, Republic of
The National Space Science and Technology Center
(NSSTC)
United Arab
Emirates
The Ohio State University College of Engineering
United States
The Planetary Society
United States
The Sergei Korolev Space Museum
Ukraine
The University of Sydney
Australia
The University of Winnipeg
Canada
ThrustMe
France
TNO
The Netherlands
Tsinghua University
China
Turkish Space Agency (TUA)
Turkey
U.S. Geological Survey
United States
UAE Space Agency
United Arab
Emirates
UK Space Agency
United Kingdom
United Launch Alliance LLC
United States
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM)
Malaysia
University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria
Italy
University of Adelaide
Australia
University of Alabama in Huntsville
United States
University of Naples "Federico II"
Italy
University of New South Wales
Australia
University of South Australia
Australia
University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
University of Tartu
Estonia
University of Vigo
Spain
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest - Research Center
for Aeronautics and Space
Romania
University Space Program, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico
University Wuerzburg
Germany
UzayA Law and Science Association
Turkey
Valispace
Germany
Viasat, Inc.
United States
Victorian Space Science Education Centre
Australia
Vieira de Almeida & Associados
Portugal
Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC)
Vietnam
Virgin Galactic L.L.C
United States
Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
United States
VITO nv
Belgium
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Belgium
Voyager Space Holdings
United States
WeMe Global
Austria
WFB - Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen
Germany
Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E)
The Netherlands
World Space Week Association
United States
Yinhe Hangtian (Beijing) Internet Technology Company
Limited (GalaxySpace)
China
Yuzhnoye State Design Office
Ukraine
ZARM Fab GmbH
Germany
Zero2infinity
Spain
Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science & Technology Co. Ltd
China
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PRESIDENT
John SCHUMACHER
United States
SECRETARY GENERAL
Jean-Michel CONTANT
France
Email: info@iislweb.org
Website: https://iislweb.space
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spacelaw
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iisl_space
75th IAC
International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
The International Academy of Astronautics is a community of
leading experts committed to expanding the frontiers of space,
the newest realm of human activity. To foster the development
of astronautics, the Academy undertakes a number of
activities, including the recognition of outstanding contributors
through elections and awards. It also facilitates professional
communication, develops and promotes new ideas and initiatives,
engages the public and fosters a sense of community among the
members. The IAA is a unique independent non-governmental
organization established in 1960 and recognized by the United
Nations in 1996. It is an honorary society with an action agenda.
With about 1200 elected members and corresponding members
from 90 nations, the International Academy of Astronautics
works closely with space agencies, industry, the academic
community and the national science and engineering academies
to determine needs and objectives and to help shape policy
and forge cooperation by means of studies, position papers,
conferences and publications. The IAA has published more than
70 studies to date and is engaged in the preparation of about
40 others. The Academy also publishes four book series and
its journal Acta Astronautica ranked 1st in the space area in the
world and containing each year about 3500 refereed papers. The
Academy organizes about 25 conferences and regional meetings
per year focused on the development and promotion of all space
activities and covering all continents including space developing
countries. In addition, the Academy activity also includes, in
cooperation with the International Astronautical Federation
and the International Institute of Space Law, the traditional
contribution to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC),
where the Academy organizes 13 symposia. The Academy also
continues to enjoy its participation in the COSPAR Assemblies
and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (ISPRS) congress. Although the IAA has many connections
to these and other similar organizations, it is distinctive as the
only International Academy of elected members in the broad
area of astronautics and space.
6. International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
PRESIDENT
John Schumacher (United States)
VICE-PRESIDENT SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania)
VICE-PRESIDENT PUBLICATIONS & COMMUNICATION
Kailasavadivoo Sivan (India)
VICE-PRESIDENT AWARDS & MEMBERSHIP
Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (Greece)
VICE-PRESIDENT FINANCE
Shigeki Kinai (Japan)
PAST-PRESIDENT
Peter Jankowitsch (Austria)
SECRETARY GENERAL
Jean-Michel Contant (France)
LEGAL COUNSEL
Leslie Tennen (United States)
IAA Board of Trustees 2021-2023
Trustees Section 1, Basic Sciences
Ralph McNutt Jr. (United States, Chairman)
Athena Coustenis (France)
Rumi Nakamura (Japan)
Tilman Spohn (Germany)
Antonio Viviani (Italy)
Wang Jinnian (China)
Lev Zelenyi (Russian Federation)
Trustees Section 2, Engineering Sciences
Weimin Bao (China, Chairman)
Vladimir Agapov (Russia)
James Chilton (United States)
Junichiro Kawaguchi (Japan)
Daniel Neuenschwander (Switzerland)
Paolo Teofilatto (Italy)
Raman Umamaheswaran (India)
Trustees Section 3, Life Sciences
Elena Fomina (Russia, Chairman)
Jeffrey Davis (United States)
Du Jichen (China) Jichen Du
Jens Jordan (Germany)
Chiaki Mukai (Japan)
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romania)
Thais Russomano (Brazil)
Trustees Section 4, Social Sciences
Filippo Graziani (Italy, Chairman)
Natalia Archinard (Switzerland)
Miguel Bello-Mora (Spain)
Jose R. Braga Coelho (Brazil)
Joseph Landon (United States)
Efim Malitikov (Russia)
Wu Meirong (China)
Founded in 1960, the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
is an independent non-governmental organization dedicated to
fostering the development of space law. The membership of the
Institute is composed of individuals and institutions from more
than fourty countries, elected on the basis of their contributions
to the field of space law or other social sciences related to space
activities. Additionally, prospective membership is open to
students and young professionals with a demonstrated interest
in space law.
Since 1992, the IISL has organized the annual Manfred Lachs
Space Law Moot Court Competition. The competition is based
on a hypothetical space law case, and is written by IISL members.
Approximately sixty student teams from universities in Africa,
the Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America participate. The
competition is an important part of the organization ’s outreach
programme, and is its principal mechanism for engaging future
generations of space law experts. The regional champions
compete in the World Finals, which take place at the IAC and are
judged each year by judges of the International Court of Justice.
This unique feature makes the Manfred Lachs Moot Court one of
the most prestigious moot court competitions in the world.
The IISL is an officially recognized observer at sessions of the
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space, and its Scientific & Technical and Legal Subcommittees.
In cooperation with the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL),
the IISL organizes an annual space law symposium for the
delegates and staff attending the sessions of the UNCOPUOS
Legal Subcommittee. In addition the Institute organizes a variety
of conferences on space law throughout the year in locations all
over the world. It publishes an annual volume of IISL Proceedings
with papers and reports of all these activities during the year.
7. International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
Frans G. von der Dunk (The Netherlands)
Marco Ferrazzani (Italy)
Steven Freeland (Australia)
Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz (United States)
Mahulena Hofmann (Czech Republic)
Ranjana Kaul (India)
Peter Martinez (South Africa)
Martha Mejia-Kaiser (Mexico/Germany)
Elina Morozova (Russian Federation)
Olavo de Oliveira Bittencourt Neto (Brazil)
Masahiko Sato (Japan)
Lesley Jane Smith (United Kingdom)
Olga Stelmakh-Drescher (Ukraine)
Jenni Tapio (Finland)
Fabio Tronchetti (Italy/China)
Guoyu Wang (China)
IISL Board of Directors 2022 - 2023
Members of the Board
PRESIDENT
Kai-Uwe SCHROGL
Germany
VICE PRESIDENT
Setsuko AOKI
Japan
VICE PRESIDENT
Lesley Jane SMITH
United Kingdom/Germany
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
P.J. BLOUNT
United States
TREASURER
Dennis J. BURNETT
United States
Address: 6 rue Galilée, 75016 Paris
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1268-16
– 75766 Paris Cedex 16 – France
Phone: 33 (0)1 47 23 82 15
Email: sgeneral@iaamail.org
Website: www.iaaspace.org
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International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
The Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United
Nations Programme on Space Applications is a global non-
governmental, non-profit (US 501(c)3) organization and network
which aims to represent university students and young space
professionals aged 18-35 to the United Nations, space agencies,
industry, and academia. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, the
SGAC network of members, volunteers, and alumni has grown
to more than 27000 members representing more than 165
countries. SGAC was conceived at UNISPACE III in 1999, as part
of the Vienna Declaration, "To create a council to support the
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,
through raising awareness and exchange of fresh ideas by youth.
The vision is to employ the creativity in advancing humanity
through peaceful uses of space". SGAC holds Permanent
Observer status at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful
Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) and regularly takes part in the
annual meeting, as well as its Legal and Scientific and Technical
Subcommittees. SGAC holds consultative status at the United
Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC), contributing
to discussions on the role of space in achieving the UN Sustainable
Development Goals. As a volunteer-run organization, SGAC
believes in empowering its members and providing them with
opportunities for professional development through roles in the
SGAC teams.
Further information regarding SGAC can be found at:
www.spacegeneration.org
The International Programme Committee (IPC) is pleased to invite you to submit an abstract for consideration for the 75th International
Astronautical Congress to be held in Milan, Italy from 14 to 18 October 2024. The Congress is organized by the International Astronautical
Federation (IAF), hosted by the AIDAA, ASI and Leonardo, and will be supported by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) who contribute to the IAC through their
events and symposia.
Under the motto
“Responsible Space for Sustainability”, the intention of the IAC 2024 is to highlight the importance of Space as an
environment that must be kept secure and open to exploration, peaceful use and international co-operation by present and future
generations in the interests of the planet and all nations, regardless of their level of development and without discrimination of any kind.
This “Call for Abstracts” is a precursor to a subsequent submission of a final paper, which may be presented at the 75th IAC. Authors are
invited to submit an abstract regarding an original, unpublished paper that has not been submitted in any other forum. Abstracts must
fit into one of the following IAC categories: A. Science and Exploration; B. Applications and Operations; C. Technology; D. Infrastructure;
E. Space and Society. Abstracts must be written in English and the length shall not exceed 400 words. Tables or drawings are not allowed
in the abstract. Submitted abstracts can be considered for oral presentations (as 'Short Talks' in the Symposia) and for interactive
presentations (IP).
Submit your abstract through the online IAF portal at https://iafastro.directory/iac/account/login/ by 28 February 2024. Submitted
abstracts will be evaluated by the Session Chairs based on technical quality and relevance to the session topics. Abstracts will be
considered for an oral or interactive presentation. All selected papers will be treated as equally important in the presentation sessions
and Congress Proceedings, differing only in the format of the presentation sessions (in other words, Oral Presentation papers will NOT
be considered more important than Interactive Presentation papers). Their evaluation will be submitted to the International Programme
Committee, which will make the final decision during the IAF Spring Meetings to be held in March 2024 in Paris, France. Please note that
any relevance to the Congress main theme will be considered as an advantage. Accepted abstracts will be displayed on the Congress
website and published in the IAC Congress Proceedings.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts for IAC 2024 and please check the IAF website regularly to get the latest updates on the
Technical Programme!
Lionel SUCHET
Vice President, Technical Activities
International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
9. Message from the IAF Vice President for Technical Activities
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
European Space Policy Institute
Schwarzenbergplatz 6
A-1030 Vienna, Austria
E: info@spacegeneration.org
Facebook: @spacegeneration
Twitter: @SGAC
8. Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
SGAC Leadership
Hamza Hameed
Co-Chair,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Antonino Salmeri
Co-Chair,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Valentina Luchetti
Acting Executive Director,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Nikol Koleva
Deputy Executive Director,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Tatiana Komorná
Operations Officer,
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
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14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Category
A SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION
Systems sustaining missions, including life, microgravity, space exploration, space debris, near-earth objects and SETI
A1
IAF/IAA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
A2
IAF MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES AND PROCESSES SYMPOSIUM
A3
IAF SPACE EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM
A4 53RD IAA SYMPOSIUM ON THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) – THE NEXT STEPS
A5 27TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
A6 22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS
A7
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON ONGOING AND NEAR FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SOLAR-SYSTEM SCIENCE MISSIONS
Category coordinated by Maria Antonietta Perino, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy
A1
IAF/IAA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
This symposium jointly organised by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) addresses all aspects of space life sciences
research and practice in human and robotic spaceflight, from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to the universe beyond, and from the Big Bang to the lives of future explorers on other planets
of our solar system.
Coordinators
Peter Graef
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Oleg Orlov
Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian Academy
of Sciences (RAS) — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
A1.1
Behaviour, Performance and Psychosocial Issues in Space
This session considers psychosocial, interpersonal, cultural, cognitive, sleep, circadian rhythm and human factors issues and countermeasures related to human spaceflight and space
exploration.
Co-Chairs
Nick Kanas
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
— UNITED STATES
Gro M. Sandal
University of Bergen — NORWAY
A1.2
Human Physiology in Space
This session focuses on physiological effects of short- and long-duration spaceflight, and how this affects general health. Research into mitigation (countermeasures) of space
effects are also included.
Co-Chairs
Elena Fomina
State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute
of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
— RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Jens Jordan
Institute of Aerospace Medicine (DLR) — GERMANY
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Alain Maillet
MEDES - IMPS — FRANCE
Angelique Van Ombergen
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
A1.3
Medical Care for Humans in Space
This session focuses on medical care for astronauts including operational medicine aspects, countermeasure development and applications, as well as needs for future care
for astronauts during long term, stays in space and missions to and on the Moon and Mars. A further focus will lie on medical care for passengers and operators of commercial
suborbital and orbital space flights.
Co-Chairs
Satoshi Iwase
Aichi Medical University — JAPAN
Oleg Orlov
Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian Academy
of Sciences (RAS) — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Hasan Birol Cotuk
— TÜRKIYE
Katrin Stang
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
A1.4
Medicine in Space and Extreme Environments
Over the last decades numerous space missions and experiments have taken place. The use of microgravity as a tool to study new fundamentals of life revealed a substantial
number of new scientific insights and surprises. Space is the most famous extreme environment but different extreme environments also exist on Earth, such as high altitudes,
confined and isolated environments like Antarctica and Arctica or even submarines. Results from research in these environments can be successfully applied for the benefits of
human beings both in space and on Earth. This session will cover the latest scientific results and technological achievements from medical-physiological or psychological research in
extreme environments for the benefit on Earth.
Co-Chairs
Oleg Orlov
Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian
Academy of Sciences (RAS) — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Hanns-Christian Gunga
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin — GERMANY
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Jeffrey R. Davis
Exploring 4 Solutions — UNITED STATES
Alexander Choukér
University of Munich — GERMANY
A1.5
Radiation Fields, Effects and Risks in Human Space Missions
The major topics of this session are the characterization of the radiation environment by theoretical modeling and experimental data, radiation effects on physical and biological
systems, countermeasures to radiation and radiation risk assessment.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Lawrence Pinsky
University of Houston — UNITED STATES
Guenther Reitz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
Premkumar Saganti
Prairie View A&M University — UNITED STATES
A1.6
Advancements in Astrobiology and Space Exploration
This session offers an insightful exploration of the latest advancements in astrobiology and space exploration. From ambitious human missions to the Moon and Mars to cutting-
edge robotic exploration of Mars subsurface and ocean worlds like Europa, and Enceladus, this session covers all aspects of astrobiology. Therefore, this scientific gathering seeks to
foster collaboration and knowledge exchange on extremophiles research, exobiology, biosignature detection, planetary protection, space exploration technology, and the quest to
find evidence of habitability and life beyond our home planet.
Co-Chairs
Fathi Karouia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Ames Research Center / UCSF — UNITED
STATES
Stephan Ulamec
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
A1.7
Life Support, Habitats and EVA Systems
This session will address strategies, solutions and technologies in providing for human requirements during future deep space and planetary/lunar surface exploration.
Co-Chairs
Ulrich Kuebler
Airbus DS GmbH — GERMANY
Khalid Badri
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) — UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Hong Liu
Beihang University — CHINA
Gisela Detrell
Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart —
GERMANY
A1.8
Biology in Space
This session focuses on all aspects of biology and biological systems related to gravity in ground-based and space flight experiments as well as on topics not covered by other
sessions of this symposium.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Didier Chaput
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Fengyuan Zhuang
Beihang University — CHINA
Jancy McPhee
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
A1.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF/IAA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Life Sciences addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific eight minute slot to personally present the
topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot
links, pictures, audio and video clips, etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract
that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Didier Chaput
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Jancy McPhee
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
A2
IAF MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES AND PROCESSES SYMPOSIUM
The objective of the Microgravity Science and Processes Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), is to highlight and discuss the state of the art
in microgravity (reduced-gravity) physical sciences and processes, as well as to prepare for future orbital infrastructure. Session topics cover all microgravity science disciplines
(material science, fluid physics, combustion science, fundamental physics), current results and research perspectives, together with relevant technology developments.
Vice-Coordinator
Vice-Coordinator
Valentina Shevtsova
Université Libre de Bruxelles — BELGIUM
Angelika Diefenbach
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
A2.1
Gravity and Fundamental Physics
This session is devoted to the search for new fields of research in condensed matter physics and gravitational physics including cryogenic fluids, critical fluids, equivalence principle,
atomic clock and plasma crystals.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Thomas Driebe
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
Vladimir Pletser
Blue Abyss — UNITED KINGDOM
A2.2
Fluid and Materials Sciences
The main focus of the session is on perspective research fields in fluid and materials sciences, multi-phase and chemically reacting flows including theoretical modeling, numerical
simulations, and results of pathfinder laboratory and space experiments.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Nickolay N. Smirnov
Lomonosov Moscow State University — RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
Satoshi Matsumoto
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Qi Kang
National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences — CHINA
A2.3
Microgravity Experiments from Sub-Orbital to Orbital Platforms
This session presents recent results of microgravity experiments from all disciplines using different microgravity platforms, including drop towers, parabolic aircrafts, sounding
rockets and capsules.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Raffaele Savino
University of Naples "Federico II" — ITALY
Rainer Willnecker
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
Vladimir Pletser
Blue Abyss — UNITED KINGDOM
A2.4
Science Results from Ground Based Research
This session is focused on the results of ground based preparatory experiments from all disciplines in physical sciences.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Valentina Shevtsova
Université Libre de Bruxelles — BELGIUM
Antonio Viviani
Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" —
ITALY
Nickolay N. Smirnov
Lomonosov Moscow State University — RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
A2.5
Facilities and Operations of Microgravity Experiments
This session is devoted to new diagnosis developments, new instruments definition and concepts for the future, ground and flight operation (telescience, robotics, hardware &
software).
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Co-Chairs
Qiu-Sheng Liu
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
— CHINA
Remi Canton
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
A2.6
Microgravity Sciences on board of Space stations
This session focusses on the presentation of scientific and operational results obtained from microgravity sciences research conducted on large orbital platforms, in particular the
ISS, the Chinese Space Station (CSS) and upcoming commercial space stations. Papers on planned or newly developed research topics and experiment scenarios are also invited.
The session is not limited to the usage of stations in low Earth orbits (LEO), but comprises the preparation scenarios for further long-term flight opportunities beyond low Earth
orbits such as the Deep Space Gateway station.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Angelika Diefenbach
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Yang Yang
Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization,
Chinese Academy of Sciences — CHINA
Thomas Driebe
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
A2.7
Life and Physical Sciences under reduced Gravity
This session focuses on the presentation of scientific and operational results obtained from life and physical sciences research conducted on large orbital platforms, in particular the
ISS, the Chinese Space Station (CSS) and upcoming commercial space stations . Papers on planned or newly developed research topics and experiment scenarios are also invited.
The session is not limited to the usage of stations in low Earth orbits (LEO), but comprises the preparation scenarios for further long-term flight opportunities beyond low Earth
orbits such as the Deep Space Gateway station.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Angelika Diefenbach
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Remi Canton
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Peter Graef
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
A2.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES AND PROCESSES SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Microgravity Sciences and Processes addressed in
the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week.
In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally
present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts,
embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony.
An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Gabriel Pont
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Qi KANG
National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences — CHINA
A3
IAF SPACE EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM
This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), covers the current and future robotic missions and material plans for initiatives in the exploration of
the Solar System.
Coordinators
Vincenzo Giorgio
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Pierre W. Bousquet
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Keyur Patel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
A3.1
Space Exploration Overview
This Session covers Space Exploration strategies and architectures, as well as technology roadmaps. Papers of both national and international perspectives are invited, as are
papers dealing with the emerging area of commercial space exploration activities.
Co-Chairs
Kathy Laurini
Osare Space Consulting Group — UNITED STATES
Keyur Patel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Norbert Frischauf
TU Graz – AUSTRIA
Masaki Fujimoto
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
A3.2A
Moon Exploration – Part 1
This session will address current and future lunar missions. The session will address orbital missions, robotic surface missions, as well as life sciences on the Moon, resource
utilisation and preparatory activities for future solar system exploration.
Co-Chairs
Bernard Foing
ILEWG "EuroMoonMars" — THE NETHERLANDS
David Korsmeyer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Ames Research Center — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Pierre-Alexis Joumel
Airbus Defence and Space — GERMANY
Nadeem Ghafoor
Avalon Space — CANADA
A3.2B
Moon Exploration – Part 2
This session will address current and future lunar missions. The session will address orbital missions, robotic surface missions, as well as life sciences on the Moon, resource
utilisation and preparatory activities for future solar system exploration.
Co-Chairs
Bernard Foing
ILEWG "EuroMoonMars" — THE NETHERLANDS
David Korsmeyer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Ames Research Center — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Pierre-Alexis Joumel
Airbus Defence and Space — GERMANY
Nadeem Ghafoor
Avalon Space — CANADA
A3.2C
Moon Exploration – Part 3
This session will address current and future lunar missions. The session will address orbital missions, robotic surface missions, as well as life sciences on the Moon, resource
utilisation and preparatory activities for future solar system exploration.
Co-Chairs
Bernard Foing
ILEWG "EuroMoonMars" — THE NETHERLANDS
David Korsmeyer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Ames Research Center — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Sylvie Espinasse
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Nadeem Ghafoor
Avalon Space — CANADA
A3.3A
Mars Exploration – Missions Current and Future
The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover current results from ongoing Mars
missions and the designs for proposed Mars missions.
Co-Chairs
Vincenzo Giorgio
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Pierre W. Bousquet
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Cheryl Reed
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems — UNITED
STATES
Amalia Ercoli Finzi
Politecnico di Milano — ITALY
A3.3B
Mars Exploration – Science, Instruments and Technologies
The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover science, instruments and
technologies for Mars missions including expected experiments. Papers on any aspects of the search for evidence or extinct Martian life, and forward and backward contamination
are particularly welcome.
Co-Chairs
Vincenzo Giorgio
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Pierre W. Bousquet
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Cheryl Reed
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems — UNITED
STATES
Amalia Ercoli Finzi
Politecnico di Milano — ITALY
A3.4A
Small Bodies Missions and Technologies (Part 1)
This session will present the missions and technological aspects related to the exploration of small bodies including a search for pre-biotic signatures.
Co-Chairs
Cheryl Reed
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems — UNITED
STATES
Stephan Ulamec
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Norbert Frischauf
TU Graz — AUSTRIA
Marc D. Rayman
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
A3.4B
Small Bodies Missions and Technologies (Part 2)
This session will present the missions and technological aspects related to the exploration of small bodies including a search for pre-biotic signatures.
Co-Chairs
Stephan Ulamec
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Cheryl Reed
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Marc D. Rayman
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Norbert Frischauf
TU Graz — AUSTRIA
A3.5
Solar System Exploration including Ocean Worlds
This session covers robotic missions for Solar System exploration (inner and outer planets and their satellites, and space plasma physics) except the Earth, Moon, Mars, and small
bodies covered in other sessions of this symposium. Special emphasis on papers addressing missions to so-called Ocean Worlds (Enceladus, Europa, Titan) is sought. Papers
covering both new mission concepts as well as the associated specific technologies are invited.
Co-Chairs
Mariella Graziano
GMV Aerospace & Defence SAU — SPAIN
Junichiro Kawaguchi
Australian National University (ANU) — AUSTRALIA
Rapporteurs
Charles E. Cockrell Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Gabriel Pont
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
A3.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Exploration addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic
and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links,
pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts
Co-Chairs
Christian Sallaberger
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation — CANADA
Bernard Foing
ILEWG "EuroMoonMars" — THE NETHERLANDS
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53RD IAA SYMPOSIUM ON THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) – THE NEXT STEPS
This symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), deals with the scientific, technical, and interdisciplinary aspects of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial
Intelligence (SETI) on an international scale. SETI researchers are typically looking for anomalies in astronomical data, potentially associated with other technical civilisations in the
Milky Way and beyond (so-called “techno-signatures”). The search includes all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and utilises cutting-edge technologies deployed on some of
the largest telescopes in the world. The interdisciplinary aspects of the topic involve the social and societal consequences of detecting a signal, engaging with a very wide variety of
human cultural pursuits - including art, language, education, science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, legal, political and institutional issues, interactions with the media, public
outreach and risk communication.
Coordinators
Mike Garrett
University of Manchester — UNITED KINGDOM
Andrew Siemion
Berkeley SETI Research Center — UNITED STATES
A4.1
SETI 1: SETI Science and Technology
All scientific and technical aspects associated with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including current and future developments and search strategies.
Co-Chair
Patrizia Caraveo
INAF — ITALY
A4.2
SETI 2: SETI and Society
All interdisciplinary aspects of SETI, in particular the social and societal consequences of detecting a signal, engaging with a very wide variety of human cultural pursuits - including
art, language, education, science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, legal, political and institutional issues, interactions with the media, public outreach and risk communication.
Co-Chair
John Elliott
SUPA, University of St Andrews — UNITED KINGDOM
A4.IP
Interactive Presentations - 53rd IAA SYMPOSIUM ON THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) – The Next Steps
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of SETI addressed in the classic Sessions. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is
dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact
with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio
and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard
format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Claudio Maccone
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) — ITALY
Steve Croft
University California Berkeley — UNITED STATES
Mike Garrett
University of Manchester — UNITED KINGDOM
A5
27TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
This symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), covers the strategic plans, architectural concepts and technology development for future human
exploration of the Moon, Mars, Lagrangian Points and NEO’s.
Coordinators
Support
Christian Sallaberger
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation — CANADA
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
A5.1
Human Exploration of the Moon and Cislunar Space
This session will examine the scenarios and infrastructure required to support human exploration of the Moon and Cislunar space. Papers are invited to discuss technology
roadmaps as well as interfaces to allow international cooperation.
Co-Chairs
Nadeem Ghafoor
Avalon Space — CANADA
Greg Chavers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Marc Haese
DLR, German Aerospace Center — GERMANY
Henrik Petersson
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) — SWEDEN
A5.2
Human Exploration of Mars
This session will examine the scenarios and infrastructure required to support human exploration of Mars and the moons of Mars. Papers are invited to discuss technology
roadmaps as well as interfaces to allow international cooperation.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Kathy Laurini
Osare Space Consulting Group — UNITED STATES
Norbert Frischauf
TU Graz – AUSTRIA
A5.3
B3.6
Human and Robotic Partnerships in Exploration - Joint session of the IAF Human Spaceflight and IAF Exploration Symposia
This session seeks papers on new systems and technologies for current human spaceflight and exploration programmes, and the role of human and robotic partnerships in areas
such as onboard robotic assistants, habitat / infrastructure construction support, human mobility support systems (e.g. EVA mobility aids, rovers); and robotic precursor activities
to human spaceflights for test, validation, and demonstration of systems. This session also welcomes papers considering how the roles of humans, machines and intelligent systems
are likely to evolve in the coming years and the corresponding impact on complex mission design, implementation, and operations.
Co-Chairs
Pierre-Alexis Joumel
Airbus Defence and Space — GERMANY
Mark Hempsell
The British Interplanetary Society — UNITED KINGDOM
Rapporteur
Juergen Schlutz
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Scott Ritter
University of Bern — SWITZERLAND
A5.4
Deep Space Habitats and Resources
This session will focus on the habitability aspects for Moon and Mars outposts and bases and to sustain human deep space exploration missions and the needed resources,
exploring technical solutions like greenhouses, plant-growth in space, harvesting water from the Moon and Mars regolith.
Co-Chairs
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Barbara Imhof
LIQUIFER Systems Group — AUSTRIA
Rapporteurs
Olga Bannova
University of Houston — UNITED STATES
Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
TU Wien — AUSTRIA
A5.IP
Interactive Presentations - 27th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Human Exploration of the Solar System addressed
in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week.
In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally
present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts,
embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony.
An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Christian Sallaberger
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation — CANADA
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
A6
22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS
The Symposium will address the complete spectrum of issues associated to space debris, including orbital sustainability and operations in debris dominated environment. It will
cover every aspect of Space Environment Management (SEM) including Mitigation and Remediation measures, Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST), Space Situational Awareness
(SSA), Space Traffic Management (STM), including all aspects of measurements, modelling, risk assessment in space and on the ground, re-entry, hypervelocity impacts and
protection, mitigation and standards, post-mission disposal, remediation, debris removal, Space Surveillance, collision avoidance as well as non-technical topics associated to space
debris dominated environment.
Coordinators
Christophe Bonnal
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) —
FRANCE
Mark A. Skinner
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Pierre Omaly
CNES — FRANCE
A6.1
Space Debris Detection, Tracking and Characterization - SST
This session will address every aspect of SST (Space Surveillance and Tracking), advanced ground and space-based measurement techniques, relating processing methods, and
results of space debris characterization.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Mark A. Skinner
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Vladimir Agapov
— RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Thomas Schildknecht
SwissSpace Association — SWITZERLAND
A6.2
Modelling and Risk Analysis
This session will address the characterization of the current and future debris population and methods for in-orbit and on-ground risk assessments. The in-orbit analysis will cover
collision risk estimates based on statistical population models and deterministic catalogues, and active collision avoidance.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Marlon Sorge
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Dan Oltrogge
COMSPOC Corporation — UNITED STATES
Carmen Pardini
ISTI-CNR — ITALY
A6.3
Impact-Induced Mission Effects and Risk Assessments
This session addresses disruptions of spacecraft operations induced by hypervelocity impacts including spacecraft anomalies, perturbation of operations, component failures up
to mission loss , and spacecraft fragmentations. It includes risk assessments for impact vulnerability studies and corresponding system tools. Further topics are spacecraft impact
protection and shielding studies, laboratory impact experiments, numerical simulations, and on-board diagnostics to characterize impacts such as impact sensors, accelerometers, etc.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Zizheng Gong
Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment
Engineering, China Academy of Space Technology
(CAST) — CHINA
Yukihito Kitazawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)— JAPAN
Jean-Claude Traineau
Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
(ONERA) — FRANCE
A6.4
Mitigation - Tools, Techniques and Challenges - SEM
This session will focus on the Mitigation part of the SEM (Space Environment Monitoring), implementation of debris prevention and reduction measures; vehicle passive protection
at system level including end of life strategies and tools to verify the efficiency of the implemented measures. The session will also address practical experiences in the planning
and verification of measures and issues and lessons learnt in the actual execution of mitigation actions.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Pierre Omaly
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Satomi Kawamoto
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Holger Krag
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
A6.5
Post Mission Disposal and Space Debris Removal 1 - SEM
This session will focus on the Remediation part of the SEM, dealing with ADR (Active Debris Removal), JCA (Just in time Collision Avoidance), LDTM (Large Debris Traffic
Management) among solutions. It will address post-mission disposal and active removal techniques “ground and space based”, review potential solutions and identify
implementation difficulties.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Balbir Singh
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of
Higher Education — INDIA
Roberto Opromolla
University of Naples "Federico II" — ITALY
Laurent Francillout
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
A6.6
Post Mission Disposal and Space Debris Removal 2 - SEM
This session will focus on the Remediation part of the SEM, dealing with ADR (Active Debris Removal), JCA (Just in time Collision Avoidance), LDTM (Large Debris Traffic
Management) among solutions. It will address post-mission disposal and active removal techniques “ground and space based”, review potential solutions and Identify
implementation difficulties.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Marko Jankovic
DFKI GmbH, Robotics Innovation Center — GERMANY
Dmitriy Grishko
Bauman Moscow State Technical University — RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
Jason Forshaw
Astroscale Ltd — UNITED KINGDOM
A6.7
Operations in Space Debris Environment, Situational Awareness - SSA
This session will address the multiple aspects associated to STM (Space Traffic Management) and SSA (Space Situational Awareness) including safe operations in space dealing with
Space Debris, operational observations, orbit determination, catalogue build-up and maintenance, data aggregation from different sources, relevant data exchanges standards and
conjunction analyses.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Vincent Martinot
Thales Alenia Space France — FRANCE
T.S. Kelso
CelesTrak — UNITED STATES
Noelia Sanchez Ortiz
Arribes Enlightenment — SPAIN
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14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
A6.8
E9.1
Political, Legal, Institutional and Economic Aspects of Space Debris Mitigation and Removal - STM Security
This session will address all non-technical aspects of debris mitigation, debris remediation and STM. Papers may focus on aspects of responsibility, liability and registration, on the
role of bodies such as UNCOPUOS or IADC, as well as on insurance, financial incentives and funding. In addition, security-related aspects and the role of international cooperation
in addressing these issues may be considered.
Co-Chairs
David Spencer
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — UNITED KINGDOM
Tanja Masson-Zwaan
International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden
University — THE NETHERLANDS
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Andrea Capurso
LUISS Guido Carli University — ITALY
Victoria Samson
Secure World Foundation — UNITED STATES
Emma Kerr
Deimos Space UK Ltd — UNITED KINGDOM
A6.9
Orbit Determination and Propagation - SST
This session will address every aspect of orbit determination coming from the SST (Space Surveillance and Tracking), related to assessment of raw and derived data accuracy,
optical measurements processing and modelling and risk analysis of space debris.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Jan Siminski
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Juan Carlos Dolado Perez
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Paolo Marzioli
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
A6.IP
Interactive Presentations - 22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE DEBRIS
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Debris addressed in the classic Sessions. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is
dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact
with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio
and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard
format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Francesca Letizia
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Paolo Marzioli
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
Roberto Opromolla
University of Naples "Federico II" — ITALY
Rapporteur
Marko Jankovic
DFKI GmbH, Robotics Innovation Center — GERMANY
Emma Kerr
Deimos Space UK LTD — AUSTRALIA
Christophe Bonnal
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
A7
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON ONGOING AND NEAR FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SOLAR-SYSTEM SCIENCE MISSIONS
The symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), invites leaders from the science, space industry, and space-agencies community to share information,
insights, and planning for ongoing and near future space missions in exoplanets, astronomy, space physics, fundamental physics, and outer-solar-system planetary science. The
Symposium will comprise both invited talks and contributed papers in these five areas of scientific endeavour. For each, the Symposium solicits discussion of phenomena coming
within our reach over the next decades; their enabling measurement and system technologies, including significant progress made by industry and research laboratories; mission
concepts to implement such investigations, and corporate and space agency strategies to prioritize and invest in bringing them into reality.
Coordinators
Andrew Court
TNO — THE NETHERLANDS
Alessandra Di Cecco
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) — ITALY
A7.1
Space Astronomy Missions, Strategies and Plans
The session comprises invited talks by international space-agency division directors about their long-term views, priorities, and plans to implement developments and missions for
the four fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics and fundamental physics). The mission scope ranges from flagship-class, large-class, medium-class, and small-class to
smallsat platforms. The programme scope includes status updates on current programmes, near-term investment priorities, and long-range directions, including the relationship to
community and guiding research panels.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Eric Wille
ESA — THE NETHERLANDS
Alessandra Di Cecco
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) — ITALY
Andrew Court
TNO — THE NETHERLANDS
A7.2
Science Goals and Drivers for Future Exoplanet, Space Astronomy and Space Physics
The session has invited and contributed talks about scientific motivations, goals, opportunities, and needs in the four fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics, and
fundamental physics). New directions for measurements that are being opened by emergent results and newly understood phenomena will be explored, and science roadmaps to
pursue them will be discussed.
Co-Chair
Rapporteur
Pietro Ubertini
INAF — ITALY
Maria Cristina Falvella
Italian Space Agency (ASI) — ITALY
Alessandra Di Cecco
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) — ITALY
A7.3
Technology Needs for Future Missions, Systems, and Instruments
The session includes invited and contributed talks about the technology challenges and plans required to enable breakthrough science objectives in: exoplanet detection and
characterization; astronomy throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and using gravitational waves; space physics including fractional gravity regimes and heliophysics; and
fundamental physics including relativity. Topical focus includes measurement techniques, data types, performance requirements, instrument designs, mission concepts and systems,
and associated technology developments.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Eric Wille
ESA — THE NETHERLANDS
Andrew Court
TNO — THE NETHERLANDS
Maria Cristina Falvella
Italian Space Agency (ASI) — ITALY
A7.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SYMPOSIUM ON FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SPACE PHYSICS
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Astronomy addressed in the classic Sessions. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is
dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact
with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio
and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the A Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard
format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Andrew Court
TNO — THE NETHERLANDS
Alessandra Di Cecco
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) — ITALY
Category
B APPLICATIONS AND OPERATIONS
On-going and future operational applications, including Earth observation, communication, navigation, human space endeavours
and small satellites
B1
IAF EARTH OBSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
B2
IAF SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYMPOSIUM
B3
IAF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT SYMPOSIUM
B4 31ST IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS
B5
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
B6
IAF SPACE OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Category coordinated by Igor V. Sorokin, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
B1
IAF EARTH OBSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
The Earth Observation Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), covers all aspects of Earth observations from space, including observations related
to the Earth’s environment, societal and economic benefit. Aspects include programs, constellations, missions, and systems; microwave and optical sensors; land, oceanographic,
atmospheric, geological, geophysical, societal, economic, and business; the associated science, ground data-processing, applications and services; through all life cycle phases from
research and technology through, planning, conceptualization, development, commissioning, operations, retirement and historical retrospective. Participation is encouraged from
all sectors including institutional (including Government, Agencies, multi-lateral, non-Governmental, Academic) and Commercial.
Coordinators
Harry A. Cikanek
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) — UNITED STATES
Luís Ferreira
Airbus Defence and Space — GERMANY
B1.1
International Cooperation and Business Ventures in Earth Observations
Focus is on the planning, governance, business models, management and how to achieve successful program outcomes of space-based Earth Observations missions (including
single and constellation missions, one time and sustained observations, programs, and projects), systems (including instruments, spacecraft, communications, processing, archive,
distribution, and calibration / validation systems), and applications (user driven value-added products and services for societal and business benefit, and science and technology
advancement). Presentations are encouraged which provide plans, status, and experience in developing, implementing, and operating Earth Observations international ventures
to better meet societal needs including addressing climate change mitigation, earth system health, underdeveloped and emerging space nations capacity building, entrepreneurial
and commercial development, governmental policy, regulation and planning, disaster mitigation and response, news and media, and security.
In addition to cooperations, collaborations and partnerships also are of interest.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Mukund Kadursrinivas Rao
— INDIA
José Gavira Izquierdo
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Charles Wooldridge
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
— UNITED STATES
B1.2
Earth Observation Systems
Emphasis is on functional and technical description of envisioned, planned recently launched, and ongoing systems, missions, constellations, and programs for experimental
and operational Earth observation. Descriptions of present systems as well as new concepts and innovative Earth Observation systems are encouraged. This session includes
governmental / agency programs, public-private partnerships, commercial programs, and academic / non-governmental / non-commercial programs.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Annamaria Nassisi
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Timo Stuffler
OHB System AG — GERMANY
Gunter Schreier
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
B1.3
Earth Observation Sensors and Technology
Focus is on Earth Observation sensors and instruments including future concepts being proposed, developed, tested, or calibrated, and those in operations for all aspects of
Earth observation. Driven by user and scientific requirements, particular emphasis is on systems and technologies that make innovative measurements and deliver improved
performance for science, operational or commercial applications.
Co-Chairs
Andrew Court
TNO — THE NETHERLANDS
Kate Becker
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
— UNITED STATES
B1.4
Earth Observation Data Systems and Technology
The focus is on the development and operations of Earth Observation-related data processing systems. The emphasis of the session is on the challenges of emerging information
and web-based technology (e.g. Big Data, Cloud-based operations, internet of things, crowd sourcing) for acquisition, communication, processing, dissemination and archiving
of data. The session also covers innovative methods for making data analysis ready, the extraction of information from these resulting large data sets (e.g. machine learning and
artificial intelligence) and methods for making the information available timely to decision makers. This session also includes the evolving data processing infrastructure like
federated Cloud systems and digital twin.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Gunter Schreier
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
James Graf
Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Ana-Mia Louw
Simera Sense — SOUTH AFRICA
B1.5
Earth Observation Societal and Economic Applications, Challenges and Benefits
The focus of the session is on using Earth Observation data to generate information and deliver applications and services for meeting sustainable development challenges,
addressing socio-economic benefits, and delivering commercial applications from the data. Presentation of analyses, methods, algorithms, processing, case studies and results
from developing and operating applications and services including consideration of investment cost, economic return, and societal benefits, especially leveraging innovative
approaches, are encouraged. Optimized application satellite constellations, which do not focus on individual techniques or single satellites and describe the socio-economic aspects
of these collective systems, are also encouraged.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Masami Onoda
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) —
UNITED STATES
Na Yao
Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China
Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
Michael Kern
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
B1.6
Assessing and Mitigating the Global Freshwater Crisis
Water is life and with Earth’s changing climate, water availability, quality and security are under stress creating a global societal crisis. Despite its importance, the challenges
of assessing and monitoring fresh water are poorly understood as is the ability to generate products to inform decision makers. The vantage point of space affords a unique
opportunity to make the critical measurements related with fresh water. This session will focus on the past, present and future space flight missions devoted to making freshwater
measurements. It will also include modelling systems for predicting availability and address products generated for societal benefits.
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75th IAC
International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Parag Vaze
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Elizabeth Seward
— UNITED KINGDOM
Chen Xiaoli
Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics & Electricity, China
Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
B1.7
Earth Observations to address Earth’s Environment and Climate Challenges
The IPCC reports on climate change articulate the major global environmental challenges that require vast and sustained measurement and information systems to monitor key
climate parameters and inform decision makers and enable potential mitigations. Global governmental agencies, commercial and public/private partnerships are investing in
creating systems and applications for environmental monitoring and prediction, and climate monitoring and change mitigation. This session focuses on the latest major findings
in climate research and the systems being used to address the climate challenges, Earth Observations science, weather, oceanography, and land monitoring. Presentation of
algorithms, processing chains and services especially leveraging innovative approaches, are encouraged. Optimized application satellite constellations, which do not focus on
individual techniques or single satellites and describe the environmental / climate aspects of these collective systems, are also encouraged.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Ole Morten Olsen
Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) — NORWAY
Shimrit Maman
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev — ISRAEL
Patrick Castillan
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
B1.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF EARTH OBSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Earth Observation addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten-minute slot to personally present the topic
and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links,
pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Oana van der Togt
Antwerp Space — THE NETHERLANDS
Harry A. Cikanek
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) — UNITED STATES
Bernard Foing
ILEWG "EuroMoonMars" — THE NETHERLANDS
Parag Vaze
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATESY
Masami Onoda
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — UNITED
STATES
B2
IAF SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYMPOSIUM
This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), examines developments in space-based systems, services, applications, and technologies as they
relate to communication and navigation. Communication topics include fixed, broadcast, high-throughput, mobile, optical, and quantum communications. Navigation topics include
position, velocity, and time determination and tracking for both relative and inertial reference frames. The symposium addresses geostationary, non-geostationary, and extra-
terrestrial systems and constellations. The topics of IoT and M2M as they relate to communication and navigation are also applicable to this symposium.
Coordinators
Rita Lollock
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Morio Toyoshima
National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology (NICT) — JAPAN
B2.1
Advances in Space-based Navigation Systems, Services, and Applications
This session is focused on advances in space-based navigation systems, including the existing global systems (Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS) and regional systems (EGNOS, IRNSS,
QZSS, WAAS), as well as proposed and emerging new space-based systems. The session also addresses advances in the services and applications of those systems for position,
velocity, and time determination and tracking, and integrity assurance on Earth, Moon, and potentially other bodies of the solar system.
Co-Chairs
Giovanni B. Palmerini
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
Raj Thilak Rajan
Technical University of Delft — THE NETHERLANDS
Rapporteur
Joshua Critchley-Marrows
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) —
AUSTRALIA
Norbert Frischauf
TU Graz — AUSTRIA
B2.2
Advances in Space-based Navigation Technologies
This session is focused on advances in technology applicable to space-based navigation systems. Technologies include hardware or software necessary for the entire navigation
system (spacecraft, monitor and control system, end-user equipment) such as: sensors, star trackers, sensor fusion algorithms, space-born frequency standards, crosslink ranging
techniques, etc. Technologies should be applicable to position, velocity, and time determination and tracking, and integrity assurance on Earth, Moon, and potentially other bodies
of the solar system.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Peter Buist
European Union Agency for the Space Programme
(EUSPA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Joe M. Straus
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Sanat K Biswas
IIIT Delhi — INDIA
B2.3
Advance Higher Throughput Communications for GEO and LEO satellites
This session is focused on advanced higher throughput communications for LEO constellations, GEO, MEO and Molnya to improve performances (increased capacity, low latency
and reduced cost) including all aspects of space communications, services, architecture and infrastructure: fixed, mobile and broadcast services; High-Throughput Satellite (HTS);
Very-High Throughput Satellites (VHTS); Ultra-High Throughput Satellites (UHTS); Software Defined Satellite (SDS); 5G integration into satellite networks; Ku- and Ka-band, Q/V/W/E
bands and higher frequencies; VSAT/ESIM and radio/television and internet services, including video to users.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Robert D. Briskman
Sirius XM Radio — UNITED STATES
Laszlo Bacsardi
Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT) — HUNGARY
Dunay Badirkhanov
Azercosmos, Space Agency of Republic of Azerbaijan —
AZERBAIJAN
B2.4
Space-based Optical and Quantum Communications
This session is focused on optical and quantum communications in space including all aspects of space-based optical and quantum communications: in-orbit, on-ground
demonstrations and results; present and future scenarios; next generation systems and applications; terrestrial-based systems; small satellites; ranging technology with optical
communications; imaging technology for optical communications; optical devices; optoelectronic subsystems and components; laboratory demonstration hardware; atmospheric
propagation and modeling, transmission effects; compensation techniques; site-diversity techniques; modulation formats; trade-offs between optical and microwave (RF) systems;
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); advances in quantum communications.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Morio Toyoshima
National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology (NICT) — JAPAN
Otto Koudelka
Joanneum Research — AUSTRIA
Steven Shumsky
Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company — UNITED
STATES
B2.5
Extra-Terrestrial and Interplanetary Communications, and Regulations
This session focuses on near-Earth, deep-space and extra-terrestrial communications with particular emphasis on unique concepts, techniques and technologies including
all aspects of space communications, services, architecture and infrastructure: ARTEMIS related missions; Earth orbiting, lunar, and planetary missions; flight and ground
demonstrations and results; present and future scenarios; next generation systems and applications; science missions; terrestrial-based systems; small satellites; near-Earth and
planet observation satellites. It also includes spectrum allocations and regulations issues, and impacts of Space Debris and optical pollution to satellite communications for new
systems/services, and systems modeling.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Dipak Srinivasan
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Ramon P. De Paula
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
Sara AlMaeeni
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) — UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES
B2.6
Cubesat, Internet of Things, and Mobile Direct Communications
This session is focused on small satellite, IoT and mobile communication services that can communicate directly with 3GPP mobile phone terminals including all aspects of space
communications, services, architecture and infrastructure: Narrow Band (NB)-IoT, 3GPP IoT terminals; LoRa IoT terminals; Low Power Wide Area (LPWA); Non-Terrestrial Network
(NTN); cube-, pico-, nano-, micro-satellites; High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS); in-orbit, on-ground demonstrations and results; present and future scenarios; next generation
systems and applications; terrestrial-based systems; small satellites; Earth observation satellites; devices; subsystems and components; laboratory demonstration hardware; site-
diversity techniques; modulation formats. Both terrestrial and satellite networks will be available at the same terminal, and coverage is expected to expand significantly.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Debra Emmons
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Amane Miura
National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology (NICT) — JAPAN
Nader Alagha
ESA — THE NETHERLANDS
B2.7
Advances in Space-based Network and Communication Technologies
This session is focused on all aspects of advanced novel technologies for space-based networks and communications and data relay of payload, spacecraft, and Earth station. It
covers applications ranging from those used in nanosatellites to those applicable to large, high throughput systems, and integrated applications and services. It includes modulation
and coding, propagation, power amplifiers, adaptive transmit technologies, inter-satellite links, antenna (including phased array) design, Q/V/W/E band technologies, onboard
processing, digital payload technologies, security, and other technology relevant to satellite communication.
Co-Chairs
Elemer Bertenyi
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute — CANADA
Enrique Pacheco Cabrera
Incomspace — MEXICO
Rapporteurs
K.R. Sridhara Murthi
NIAS — INDIA
Steven Shumsky
Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company — UNITED
STATES
B2.8
GTS.3
Space Communications and Navigation Global Technical Session
A Global session to present and discuss developments in a wide range of satellite communication topics, including fixed, mobile, broadcasting, and data relay technologies and
services, as well as those for satellite-based position, velocity, and time determination and tracking for navigation. Both Earth's orbital and interplanetary space communications
topics can be addressed. This session is co-sponsored by the Space Communications and Navigation Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme
Committee.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Kevin Shortt
Airbus Defence & Space — GERMANY
Joshua Critchley-Marrows
The University of Sydney — AUSTRALIA
Eric Wille
ESA — THE NETHERLANDS
B2.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Communications and Navigation addressed in
the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week.
In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten-minute slot to personally
present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts,
embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony.
An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Morio Toyoshima
National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology (NICT) — JAPAN
Rita Lollock
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Behnoosh Meskoob
École de technologie supérieure — CANADA
Hugo Moen
Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) —
B3
IAF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT SYMPOSIUM
The symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), invites papers on all aspects of on-going and planned human spaceflight including the design,
development, operations, utilization and future plans of space missions involving humans. The scope covers past, present and planned space missions and programmes in LEO and
beyond, both governmental and private. The Human Spaceflight Symposium will also feature discussions on preparations for the launch of new human spaceflight capabilities and
collaborative efforts of human and robotic systems and technologies.
Coordinators
Kevin D. Foley
The Boeing Company — UNITED STATES
Igor V. Sorokin
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia —
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Peter Batenburg
Netherlands Space Society (NVR) — THE NETHERLANDS
B3.1
Governmental Human Spaceflight Programmes (Overview)
The session provides the forum for updates and annual “Overview” presentations on present and evolving governmental Human Spaceflight programmes. Each year, the session
will focus on specific themes dealing with human spaceflight exploration. These will be selected by the session chairs based on the received abstracts. The session will accept
manuscripts from any organization (agencies, industries, research centers, academia, etc.) dealing with international, Governmental human space programmes initiatives.
The range of topic to be addressed in this session include mission to low Earth orbit (LEO) and those beyond Earth orbit (BEO) and include orbital systems, crew and cargo
transportation systems, as well as surface systems and operations on the Moon. The format of the session (e.g. panel, pitching presentations, keynote speech) will be a result of
such a selection.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Sam Scimemi
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Juergen Schlutz
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Antonio Fortunato
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
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75th IAC
International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
B3.2
Commercial Human Spaceflight Programmes
This session provides a forum for papers describing commercial human orbital and sub-orbital endeavours including orbital space stations, commercial transportation systems,
services, operation and uses, as well as human-tended space station platforms. This session also accepts papers on commercial human spaceflight activities in cis-lunar space and
lunar surface operations. Topics include the status of development, testing, operations and utilization; the architecture and performance of various systems; orbital infrastructure
development; commercial operations and utilization projects, market and economic development activity, and other pertinent areas of commercial human spaceflight. Examples
of activity include but are not limited to commercial utilization and other commercial activity on the International Space Station, international capability for commercial
transportation, activities planned for future human spaceflight platforms either in low Earth orbit (LEO) or beyond Earth orbit (BEO) and other applications are appropriate for this
session.
Co-Chairs
Sergey K. Shaevich
Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center
— RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Kevin D. Foley
The Boeing Company — UNITED STATES
Michael E. Lopex Alegria
MLA Space, LLC — UNITED STATES
B3.3
Utilization & Exploitation of Human Spaceflight Systems
This session addresses the utilization and exploitation of space stations, spacecraft, and surface systems and provides the opportunity to discuss achievements, plans and outlooks.
Topics for discussion include proposed or available payload facilities, experiments, research, manufacturing, and other on-orbit and surface activity and its related planning,
accommodation, and implementation. Additional items appropriate for discussion include scientific and industrial utilization applications and engineering research and technology
demonstrations, as well as uses of space stations (ie. International Space Station and Chinese Space Station Tjangong) and other crewed vehicles as test beds for exploration. We
also invite papers on challenges for future sustainability of human spaceflight which may be investigated through utilization of on-orbit crew and crewed platforms, and includes
those in cis-lunar space and on the surface of the Moon. These may include investigation of in-situ resources and other potential economic and technological enablers, results of
advanced manufacturing tests and demonstrations, and reduction and mitigation of risks.
Co-Chairs
Eleanor Morgan
Lockheed Martin Space Systems — UNITED STATES
Kavya K. Manyapu
Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
— UNITED STATES
Thomas A.E. Andersen
Danish Aerospace Company A/S — DENMARK
B3.4
B6.4
Flight & Ground Operations aspects of Human Spaceflight - Joint Session of the IAF Human Spaceflight and IAF Space Operations
Symposia
This session addresses systems, advanced concepts, key challenges and their solutions related to flight and ground operations within governmental and commercial human
spaceflight. Topics include among others; cutting-edge operational tools, solutions, efficient cost reduction measures, improved operational ground facilities or infrastructure,
enhanced logistics concepts as well as new approaches for mission planning, ground transportation, and sustainment.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Dieter Sabath
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Annamaria Piras
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Maria Grulich
Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
— GERMANY
B3.5
Astronaut Training, Accommodation, and Operations in Space
This session begins with an Astronaut Roundtable where an international group of astronauts from the various programmes will discuss their experiences in a roundtable format.
There will be an extended Question and Answer period of interaction with the audience. This session concentrates on all aspects of spaceflight that are unique to the presence of
astronauts. It encompasses astronaut activities such as selection, training, workload management, and task division between flight and ground segments. It includes spacecraft
systems and robotic tools; interfaces; international command, control and communications; payloads; research; and utilization. It addresses the unique spacecraft systems
required to safely accommodate astronauts during intravehicular and extravehicular activities. The session includes astronaut pre-mission, mission, and post-mission support of
technological and scientific space-based research and utilization of human space complexes and the space environment.
Co-Chairs
Igor V. Sorokin
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation
Energia — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Alan T. DeLuna
American Astronautical Society (AAS) — UNITED STATES
Rapporteur
Keiji Murakami
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Andrea Boyd
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
B3.6
A5.3
Human and Robotic Partnerships in Exploration - Joint session of the IAF Human Spaceflight and IAF Exploration Symposia
This session seeks papers on new systems and technologies for current human spaceflight and exploration programmes, and the role of human and robotic partnerships in areas
such as onboard robotic assistants, habitat / infrastructure construction support, human mobility support systems (e.g. EVA mobility aids, rovers); and robotic precursor activities
to human spaceflights for test, validation, and demonstration of systems. This session also welcomes papers considering how the roles of humans, machines and intelligent systems
are likely to evolve in the coming years and the corresponding impact on complex mission design, implementation, and operations.
Co-Chairs
Pierre-Alexis Joumel
Airbus Defence and Space — GERMANY
Mark Hempsell
The British Interplanetary Society — UNITED KINGDOM
Rapporteurs
Jan Marius Bach
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
Scott Ritter
University of Bern — SWITZERLAND
B3.7
Advanced Systems, Technologies, and Innovations for Human Spaceflight
This session is designed to examine and identify the potential evolution of key elements of Human Spaceflight missions, especially those driven by advanced technologies and
innovations. Papers are solicited that address potential future subsystems, technologies, innovations, logistics, processes, procedures, etc. Papers are also encouraged that address
key factors in enabling innovation and new system insertion in human space flight, including reliability, availability, first time use, learning by doing, early testing and integration
results, and prototyping. Topics which enable or significantly improve future human space mission objectives are of interest including for exploration, commercial initiatives,
tourism, and industrial undertakings. Also, lessons learned from past missions and their application to future missions are essential topics in this session.
Co-Chairs
Michele Gates
NASA Headquarters — UNITED STATES
Sebastien Barde
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Mauro Augelli
UK Space Agency — UNITED KINGDOM
Rapporteur
Gi-Hyuk Choi
Korean Aerospace Research Institute — KOREA,
REPUBLIC OF
B3.8
Human Space & Exploration
This session addresses current and future missions, applications and preparatory plans for human lunar and planetary exploration activities. The session covers human exploration
of the Moon including its surface and cislunar space as well as Mars missions. Papers that delve into the programmatic and technical aspects of these activities are encouraged.
Both national and international perspectives are invited as are emerging areas of commercial human exploration activities.
Co-Chair
Rapporteur
Dan King
MDA Corporation – CANADA
Tara Ruttley
Blue Origin LLC — UNITED STATES
Joost van Tooren
ArianeGroup SAS — FRANCE
B3.9
GTS.2
Human Spaceflight Global Technical Session
The Human Space Endeavours Global Technical Session is targeting individuals and organizations with the objective of sharing best practices, future projects, research and
issues for the future of Human Space Endeavours. This is a Global session co-sponsored by the Human Space Endeavours Committee and the Workforce Development/Young
Professionals Programme Committee.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Guillaume Girard
Zero2infinity — SPAIN
Andrea Jaime
Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH — GERMANY
Joao Lousada
GMV Aerospace & Defence SAU — GERMANY
B3.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Human Spaceflight addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on digital screens in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic
and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links,
pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chair
Peter Batenburg
Netherlands Space Society (NVR) — THE NETHERLANDS
Matej Poliacek
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — SLOVAK
REPUBLIC
B4
31ST IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Symposium on Small Satellite Missions is focused on recent advances in small satellite class missions weighing much less than
1000kg, addressing needs in government, commerce, or academia. Papers should focus on how microsatellites, nanosatellites, CubeSats and small and “megaconstellations”
amongst others enable valuable results for the mission end-user. Papers should benefit the wider smallsat community, and demonstrate a degree of ingenuity and innovation in
small satellite utilization, design, manufacture and/or engineering. Papers can report on important lessons-learned, describe notable missions in the planning stages, or include
topics that demonstrate the value of small satellites and their constellations, their applications. Sessions cover the role that small satellites can play in developing space nations,
science, exploration, “NewSpace”, communications and Earth Observation. Sessions also cover cost-effective operations, affordable and reliable access to space through launch,
and emerging and promising smallsat technologies and techniques.
Coordinators
Support
Alex da Silva Curiel
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) —
UNITED KINGDOM
Jian Guo
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
Rhoda Shaller Hornstein
— UNITED STATES
B4.1
25TH Workshop on Small Satellite Programmes at the Service of Developing Countries
This workshop is organized jointly by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). It shall review the needs that
could be satisfied and results achieved by developing nations through using small satellites. National space plans and examples of application results and benefits shall be included.
Small satellite programmes in Africa, Middle-East, and Central Asia would be of particular interest to the session. The workshop shall also review the results of international
cooperation, technology transfer, lessons learned and the extent to which these efforts have contributed to the space maturity of developing countries.
Co-Chairs
Sias Mostert
Space Commercial Services Holdings (Pty) Ltd
— SOUTH AFRICA
Nathalie Ricard
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs — AUSTRIA
Taiwo Raphael Tejumola
International Space University — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Danielle Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) —
UNITED STATES
Pierre Molette
— FRANCE
B4.2
Small Space Science Missions
This session will address the current and near-term approved small/micro/nano missions whose objective is to achieve returns in the fields of Earth science, solar, interplanetary,
planetary, astronomy/astrophysics observations, and fundamental physics. Emphasis will be given to results achieved, new technologies and concepts, and novel management
techniques.
Co-Chairs
Larry Paxton
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Norbert M.K. Lemke
OHB System AG - Oberpfaffenhofen — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
Oana van der Togt
Antwerp Space — THE NETHERLANDS
B4.3
Small Satellite Operations
This session covers the planning for, and execution of, cost-effective approaches for Small Satellite Operations, with emphasis on new missions, including constellations of small
satellites, with new models of operation to reduce mission lifecycle costs and to minimize the cost impact of mission extensions. Papers addressing innovation, an entrepreneurial
approach to new business opportunities, novel finance and business models, management techniques, and international cooperation in support of Small Satellite Operations are
particularly encouraged. Papers that discuss the application of novel technology to mission operations, such as automation and autonomy, constraint resolution, and timeline
planning, as well as reports on missions recently accomplished and lessons learned, are also welcome. For papers not addressing small satellites, please refer to Symposium B6.
Co-Chairs
Andreas Hornig
AerospaceResearch.net — GERMANY
Nijin Jose Thykkathu
Science and Technology Facilities Council — UNITED
KINGDOM
Stephan Roemer
Antwerp Space — BELGIUM
Rapporteur
Lynette Tan
Singapore Space and Technology LTD (SSTL) —
SINGAPORE, REPUBLIC OF
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14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
B4.4
Small Earth Observation Missions
We call for papers that will present information to decision makers, scientists, engineers, and managers about cost-effective small satellite missions, instruments, technologies,
and designs of both current and planned Earth and near-Earth missions. This session addresses the technologies, applications and missions achieved through the use of small,
cost-effective satellites to observe the Earth and near-Earth space. Innovative cost-effective solutions to the needs of the science and applications communities are sought. Satellite
technologies suited for use on small satellites including those in the single to multiple CubeSat ranges are particularly encouraged. Satellite or technology development efforts that
make use of innovative launch opportunities, such as the developing space tourism market and commercial launch capability, hold significant promise for low-cost access to space
make Earth observation missions attainable to non-governmental organizations as well as traditional users: papers addressing these evolving opportunities would be welcomed.
Co-Chairs
Carsten Tobehn
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Larry Paxton
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory —
UNITED STATES
Eugene D Kim
Satrec Initiative — KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Rapporteurs
Werner R. Balogh
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Marco Gomez Jenkins
— UNITED KINGDOM
B4.5
Access to Space for Small Satellite Missions
A key challenge facing the viability and growth of the small satellite community is affordable and reliable space access. Topics of interest for this session include the utilization of
dedicated launches; development of ride-share systems, auxiliary payload systems, and separation and dispenser systems; and responsive integration approaches that will enable
efficient small satellite access to space. Includes lessons learned from users on technical and programmatic approaches. For a dedicated discussion of small satellite propulsion
systems, please refer to session B4.5A-C4.8. For a discussion of small launchers concepts and operations, please refer to session D2.7.
Co-Chairs
Yves Gerard
Airbus Defence & Space — FRANCE
Philip Davies
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Rapporteurs
Jeffery Emdee
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Carlos Niederstrasser
Northrop Grumman Corporation — UNITED STATES
B4.5A
C4.8
Joint Session between IAA and IAF for Small Satellite Propulsion Systems
This session will pay particular attention to propulsion systems and associated technologies as an enabler to efficient small satellite access to space and orbit change. Papers are
invited discussing the particular challenges of design, manufacture, testing, operations and technological developments of small satellite propulsion systems, and the challenges
of obtaining high performance within a small volume and mass. The scope includes chemical and electric propulsion systems for major orbit changes, fine orbit control and
maintenance, and end-of-life disposal. This session will be accepting submissions for oral presentations only. For papers with an emphasis on the small satellite and its system
design, refer to other B4 sessions. For a focus on other propulsion systems and technologies, refer to other C4 sessions.
Co-Chairs
Jeff Emdee
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Arnau Pons Lorente
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
— UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Elena Toson
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — ITALY
Vito Salvatore
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua — ITALY
B4.6A
Generic Technologies for Small/Micro Platforms
This session covers emerging and promising generic technologies for small and micro platforms. Real-life examples are particularly encouraged, both recently launched and shortly
to be launched (next 3 years).
Co-Chairs
Philip Davies
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Joost Elstak
Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands
— THE NETHERLANDS
Rapporteurs
Jian Guo
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
Thomas Terzibaschian
DLR, German Aerospace Center — GERMANY
B4.6B
Generic Technologies for Nano/Pico Platforms
This session covers emerging and promising generic technologies for nano and pico platforms. Real-life examples are particularly encouraged, both recently launched and shortly to
be launched (next 3 years).
Chairman
Co-Chair
Andy Vick
RAL Space — UNITED KINGDOM
Zeger de Groot
Innovative Solutions in Space BV — THE NETHERLANDS
Rapporteurs
Martin von der Ohe
Lacuna Space — GERMANY
Eugene D Kim
Satrec Initiative — KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
B4.7
Constellations and Distributed Systems
Small satellites offer important advantages in creating new opportunities for implementing spatially-distributed space-based systems (e.g. Constellations). In this session we
focus on new, emerging, or enabling technologies that can be used or are being used to create networked data collection systems via small satellites. Specifically, Session B4.7
focuses on Constellations (e.g. Constellation missions for Earth Observation, IoT/M2M and LEO Communications), distributed architectures (e.g. Distributed SAR systems) and
sensor systems and how these low-cost and rapidly delivered technologies offer the potential to fulfill complex user needs, working in coordination with other small or large
space infrastructures (e.g. mega-constellations), as well as with airborne or terrestrial assets. Papers should show how cross-platform compatibility (both hardware and software
aspects) can be used to enable these systems, any standards that are proposed or adopted, design techniques that enable this cross-platform compatibility, etc. We are particularly
interested in technologies that enable small spacecraft to play an important role in upcoming applications, such as (but not limited to) civil security, telecommunications in
remote areas, navigation support (e.g., along the new foreseen routes in the Arctic), natural disaster management (e.g., damage assessment and first responders support), and
planetary exploration. In this regard, the development and usage of Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies are also of specific interest to the session. Distributed systems
and their impact in terms of new opportunities for the emerging Commercial Space Industry and new commercial space missions with small platforms is also of specific interest
to the session. The integrated applications of these sensor systems are covered in Symposium Session B5.2, and the broader view of tools and technologies to enable integrated
applications are covered in B5.1. In B4.7 authors are also invited to analyze technological enhancements and new developments needed to guarantee small satellite integration
with existing and scheduled assets from both the bus and payload perspectives. Also analysis of inter-operability within integrated systems can be addressed, like payload data
management, spacecraft operation, and formation flying.
Co-Chairs
Rainer Sandau
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) —
GERMANY
Michele Grassi
University of Naples "Federico II" — ITALY
Rapporteurs
Jaime Esper
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Maria Daniela Graziano
University of Naples "Federico II" — ITALY
B4.8
Small Spacecraft for Deep-Space Exploration
This session focuses on innovative small spacecraft designs, systems, missions and technologies for the exploration and commercialization of space beyond Earth orbit. Target
destinations for these miniaturized space probes include the Earth's Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids, as well as other destinations that are targets for in-situ resource utilization
(ISRU). Small exploration probes covered by this session may come in many different forms including special-purpose miniature spacecraft, standard format small platforms such as
Cubesats or other microsats, nanosats, picosats, etc. Topics include new and emerging technologies including the use of commercial off the shelf (COTS) technologies, miniaturized
subsystems including propulsion, avionics, guidance navigation & control, power supply, communication, thermal management, and sensors and instruments. The main focus of
this session is on new and emerging systems, missions, driving technologies and applications that are both government-funded as well as driven by commercial ventures.
Co-Chairs
Leon Alkalai
Mandala Space Ventures — UNITED STATES
Rene Laufer
Luleå University of Technology — SWEDEN
Rapporteurs
Amanda Stiles
Rocket Lab — UNITED STATES
Jaime Esper
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
B4.9
GTS.5
Small Satellite Missions Global Technical Session
The Small Satellite Missions Global Technical Session (GTS) is a collaboration between the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Small Satellite Missions Symposium and the
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee. This session is unique in that it allows for sharing of information
on a global scale with presenters and audience both at the IAC venue and online at their home/work/university locations. Abstracts are solicited regarding operational missions
or mature proposals for small satellite systems and related topics. These must have clear relevance on an international scale or at a business level, and must also provide young
professionals a taste of what the space sector has to offer. Where possible, abstracts should have a wide interest in the community and should include transferable knowledge or
lessons learned. Abstracts highlighting ingenuity or innovation are preferred. Examples include space missions utilizing small satellites that address specific new societal, scientific
or commercial challenges, or novel technologies that have the potential to revolutionize space missions and/or enable their access to space. Papers are to describe the specific
need, the small satellite approach that addresses this need, the benefits of this approach and the use of space technology, and demonstrate that other non-space approaches
provide inferior solutions. Papers from, or directed at the young professional community are preferred. This session will be accepting submissions for oral presentations only.
Co-Chairs
Matthias Hetscher
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
Norbert M.K. Lemke
OHB System AG - Oberpfaffenhofen — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Alex da Silva Curiel
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Victoria Barabash
Luleå University of Technology — SWEDEN
B4.IP
Interactive Presentations: 31ST IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects on small satellite missions addressed in the classic
Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition,
one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the
topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot
links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Danil Ivanov
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS —
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Balbir Singh
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of
Higher Education — INDIA
Andreas Hornig
AerospaceResearch.net — GERMANY
Rapporteur
Klaus Schilling
Zentrum für Telematik — GERMANY
Jian Guo
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
B5
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
Space systems are more and more involved in the delivery of global services to end-users. Integrated Applications are built on the exploitation of space and terrestrial technologies
for the benefit of the global population. This symposium will address various aspects of space-based downstream services with a special emphasis to the sustainable development
of our planet in line with the objectives defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Integrated applications combine data from existing space assets, such as Satellite
Communications, Earth Observation, Satellite Navigation with airborne and ground-based systems, in addition to other technologies, such as big data, drone, analytics, IOT, 5G and
others to deliver sustainable solutions and services responding to users’ needs. The goal of the symposium is to discuss the different types of systems, tools and technologies, such
as the kind of space and non-space data to be collected, how are data collected and integrated, that can enable the development of end-to-end solutions.
Coordinators
Jeanne Holm
City of Los Angeles — UNITED STATES
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
B5.1
Tools and Technology in Support of Integrated Applications
The session will focus on specific systems, tools and technology in support of integrated applications by addressing the various issues associated with applications development,
the kind of data to be collected, how are data collected and how the data are integrated and distributed to address key user needs. Integrated Applications are built on the
exploitation of space and terrestrial technologies for the benefit of the global population. Emerging technologies, such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twin,
Internet of Things, and other advanced technologies are rapidly revolutionizing and reshaping infrastructure and global-local economies. Leveraging these new transformative
developments and understanding their disruptive potential with respect to technology, shifting demographics and global connectivity is essential for space technologies. Possible
topics include: ground-truthing of data collected from space platforms; innovative, low-cost solutions for data distribution and access that focus on the space segment; new ways
of integrating space and non-space data; data fusion and visualization tools; enabling technologies in support of new developments, models in support of applications, managing
integrated applications programmes and public outreach efforts to connect the public to these applications.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Jeanne Holm
City of Los Angeles — UNITED STATES
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
Marion Allayioti
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
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14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
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B5.2
Integrated Applications End-to-End Solutions
The session will be a forum for end-to-end solutions, case studies, proof-of-concept applications and current projects that aim to provide innovative , and sustainable solutionsthat
combine terrestrial and space-based data sources with models and other technologies to address specific user requirements. These examples can cover a variety of sectors, like
disaster/crisis monitoring and management, energy, food security, smart cities, transport, health, maritime, education, tourism, etc. The user needs, the organizations of the user
communities, the service value chain, the business case and the societal impact of the solutions are among the many aspects that can be considered. Examples of projects with
established partnerships between space and non-space stakeholders are appreciated. The different ways of assessing the impact of specific integrated applications in addressing
the users and stakeholders needs and requirements could also be discussed.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Boris Penne
OHB System AG — GERMANY
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
Marion Allayioti
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
B5.3
Satellite Commercial Applications
The emergence of “New Space” and satellite-based IoT solutions has contributed to the rise of commercial satellite applications. There is an increasing demand for connectivity
in several vertical markets such as agriculture, energy, transport and satellite IoT plays a key role to increase productivity. Meanwhile that the downstream market is evolving
through innovative approaches to amplifying satellite services, M2M and 5G/6G technologies are changing the traditional satellite services with satellite IoT as the key
application. This session solicits papers pertinent to several areas such as the Commercial Space and Space Culture; A Commercial Space Model for Public Users; Atmosphere,
Ecosphere, Environment; New Application Video Optics & Video SAR ; New Application-Travellers (Outdoors, Automobiles, Sailboat, General Aviation); Global communications;
Commercialising data about the Earth; Case Analysis of Satellite Commercial Applications. This session solicits papers pertinent to several areas such as the commercial space and
space culture; a commercial space model for public users; atmosphere, ecosphere, environment; new application video optics and video SAR; new application-travelers (outdoors,
automobiles, sailboat, general aviation); global communications; commercializing data about the Earth; and case analysis of satellite commercial applications.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
John M. Horack
The Ohio State University College of Engineering —
UNITED STATES
Dengyun Yu
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
(CASC) — CHINA
Samuel Malloy
The Ohio State University — UNITED STATES
B5.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of integrated applications addressed in the classic
Sessions. The IP session is not restricted to any specific topic related to space law and invites authors to contribute presentations on any interesting, relevant and current space
law issues. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition,
one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the
topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot
links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
Jeanne Holm
City of Los Angeles — UNITED STATES
B6
IAF SPACE OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
The Space Operations Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), addresses all aspects of spaceflight operations. The sessions address space
operations including human spaceflight and robotic space missions, from low-Earth and geosynchronous orbit, to lunar, planetary, science and exploration missions. The symposium
covers both flight and ground systems, and included mission planning, training, and real time operations. Particular focus is provided for commercial space operations, advanced
systems, new operations concepts, and small satellite operations.
Coordinators
Andreas Rudolph
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Otfrid Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Zeina Mounzer
Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH — GERMANY
B6.1
Ground Operations - Systems and Solutions
This session focuses on all aspects of ground systems and solutions for all mission types, for both preparation and execution phases.
Co-Chairs
Sean Burns
EUMETSAT — GERMANY
Claude Audouy
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Regina Mosenkis
Airbus Defence & Space — GERMANY
Keyur Patel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
B6.2
Innovative Space Operations Concepts and Advanced Systems
This session focuses on innovative space operations and addresses advanced concepts, systems, approaches, and tools for operating existing and new types of missions, improving
mission output in quality and quantity, and reducing cost.
Co-Chairs
Mario Cardano
Thales Alenia Space France — ITALY
Andreas Ohndorf
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Jackelynne Silva-Martinez
NASA — UNITED STATES
Yuichiro Nogawa
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS) —
JAPAN
B6.3
Mission Operations, Validation, Simulation and Training
This session addresses the broad topic of operations, from preparation through validation, simulation and training, including operations concepts, execution and lessons learned.
This includes both flight and surface operations.
Co-Chairs
Andreas Rudolph
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Zeina Mounzer
Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Borre Pedersen
Kongsberg Satellite Services AS — NORWAY
Matthew Duggan
The Boeing Company — UNITED STATES
B6.4
B3.4
Flight & Ground Operations of HSF Systems - A Joint Session of the IAF Human Spaceflight and IAF Space Operations Symposia
This session addresses systems, advanced concepts, key challenges and their solutions related to flight and ground operations within governmental and commercial human
spaceflight. Topics include among others; cutting-edge operational tools, solutions, efficient cost reduction measures, improved operational ground facilities or infrastructure,
enhanced logistics concepts as well as new approaches for mission planning, ground transportation, and sustainment.
Co-Chairs
Dieter Sabath
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Annamaria Piras
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Rapporteurs
Jérôme Campan
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Maria Grulich
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
B6.5
Large Constellations & Fleet Operations
Access to space has been simplified, and opened the door to a wider range of missions. Organisations are opting for distributed architectures of small satellite constellations
instead of single-satellite missions. The complexity of the overall system has shifted, and necessitated a focus on efficient management and operation of a multitude of
heterogeneous smaller elements. This session addresses the operations of large constellations, covering all related elements and phases; the operations concepts and solutions,
the required ground segment architecture, the scale-up, deployment, and exploitation, the space traffic management approaches, end-of-life management, as well as the
advantages, challenges, the outlook and foreseen developments.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Simon Plum
European Space Agency (ESA-ESOC) — GERMANY
Thomas Uhlig
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Shawn Linam
Qwaltec, Inc. — UNITED STATES
Mario Cardano
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
B6.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Operations addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic
and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links,
pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Andreas Rudolph
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Otfrid G. Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
TECHNOLOGY
Common technologies to space systems, including astrodynamics, structures, power and propulsion
C1
IAF ASTRODYNAMICS SYMPOSIUM
C2
IAF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES SYMPOSIUM
C3
IAF SPACE POWER SYMPOSIUM
C4
IAF SPACE PROPULSION SYMPOSIUM
Category coordinated by John C. Mankins, ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC, UNITED STATES
C1
IAF ASTRODYNAMICS SYMPOSIUM
This symposium addresses advances in orbital mechanics, attitude dynamics, guidance, navigation and control of space systems
Coordinators
Daniel Scheeres
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research,
University of Colorado — UNITED STATES
Vincent Martinot
Thales Alenia Space France — FRANCE
C1.1
Attitude Dynamics (1)
This theme discusses advances in spacecraft attitude dynamics and control, as well as design, testing and performance of novel attitude sensors and actuators. This theme also
covers dynamics and control of multiple interconnected rigid and flexible bodies, including tethered systems, and in-orbit assembly.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Giovanni B. Palmerini
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
Zhanfeng Meng
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
Robert G. Melton
Pennsylvania State University — UNITED STATES
C1.2
Attitude Dynamics (2)
This theme discusses advances in spacecraft attitude dynamics and control, as well as design, testing and performance of novel attitude sensors and actuators. This theme also
covers dynamics and control of multiple interconnected rigid and flexible bodies, including tethered systems, and in-orbit assembly.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Toshio Kamiya
NEC Corporation — JAPAN
Mikhail Ovchinnikov
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS — RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
Bang Hyochoong
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
— KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
C1.3
Guidance, Navigation and Control (1)
The emphasis of this theme is on the studies and application related to the guidance, navigation and control of Earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft, including formation
flying, rendezvous and docking.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Guo Linli
Institute of Manned Space System Engineering,China
Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
Krishna Kumar
Ryerson University — CANADA
Juan Carlos Bastante
OHB System AG-Bremen — GERMANY
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C1.4
Guidance, Navigation and Control (2)
The emphasis of this theme is on the studies and application related to the guidance, navigation and control of Earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft, including formation
flying, rendezvous and docking.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Mai Bando
Kyushu University — JAPAN
Eberhard Gill
Delft University of Technology — THE NETHERLANDS
Hanspeter Schaub
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of
Colorado — UNITED STATES
C1.5
Guidance, Navigation & Control (3)
The emphasis of this theme is on the studies and application related to the guidance, navigation and control of Earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft, including formation
flying, rendezvous and docking.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Jean de Lafontaine
NGC Aerospace Ltd. — CANADA
Yung Fu Tsai
National Cheng Kung University — TAIWAN, CHINA
Miguel Bello Mora
Deimos Space SLU — SPAIN
C1.6
Mission Design, Operations & Optimization (1)
The theme covers design, operations and optimization of Earth-orbiting and interplanetary missions, with emphasis on studies and experiences related to current and future
missions.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Yury Razoumny
Peoples's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)
— RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Mauro Pontani
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
Liang Tang
Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, China Academy of
Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
C1.7
Mission Design, Operations & Optimization (2)
The theme covers design, operations and optimization of Earth-orbiting and interplanetary missions, with emphasis on studies and experiences related to current and future
missions.
Co-Chairs
Erick Lansard
Thales Research & Technology — FRANCE
Richard Epenoy
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
C1.8
Orbital Dynamics (1)
This theme discusses advances in the knowledge of natural motions of objects in orbit around the Earth, planets, minor bodies, Lagrangian points and more generally natural
orbital dynamics of spacecraft in the Solar System. It also covers advances in orbit determination.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Yuichi Tsuda
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Elena Fantino
Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST)
— UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Kathleen Howell
Purdue University — UNITED STATES
C1.9
Orbital Dynamics (2)
This theme discusses advances in the knowledge of natural motions of objects in orbit around the Earth, planets, minor bodies, Lagrangian points and more generally natural
orbital dynamics of spacecraft in the Solar System. It also covers advances in orbit determination.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Rapport
Othon Winter
UNESP - São Paulo Sate University — BRAZIL
Josep J. Masdemont
Josep J. Masdemon
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) —
Universitat Politecnica de Catalun
SPAIN
SP
David C. Folta
David C. Folt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Cent — UNITED STATES
— UNITED STATE
C1.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF ASTRODYNAMICS SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Astrodynamics addressed in the classic Sessions. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is
dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact
with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio
and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the C Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard
format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Diane Davis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Johnson Space Center — UNITED STATES
Florian Renk
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
C2
IAF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES SYMPOSIUM
The IAF Materials and Structures Committee addresses materials and structures technologies applicable to space transportation, space exploration and in orbit operation. Three
sessions are allocated for the design, verification of qualification of launcher, spacecraft, large orbital structures and in-orbit operating vehicles and robotic systems. It concerns
their structures, propellant tanks, propulsive subsystem mechanical components, fluidic and thermal control systems. Six sessions deal with specific technical topics related to
the aforementioned different types of applications. Mastering the space structures control, dynamics and micro-dynamics is an important technical field of expertise ensuring the
proper functioning of space transportation systems and in-orbit structures and robotic systems. The structures require for high reliability and performance a thorough selection,
characterization and qualification of materials, considering the space environmental conditions covering a temperature range from cryogenic conditions up to extreme high
temperatures during re-entry in the atmosphere. Protection systems are mandatory especially for in-orbit operating structures, vehicles, space stations and robotic systems. The
application of additive manufacturing technologies allow to design and produce multifunctional structures. New smart materials, adaptive structures and nanotechnologies pave
the way for new advanced designs of e.g. Sensors and actuators. Reduction of production cost are nowadays playing a very important role. A specific session has been set-up which
is addressing the manufacturing and industrialization for Launch Vehicle and Space Vehicle Structures and components.
Coordinator
Jochen Albus
ArianeGroup — GERMANY
Alwin Eisenmann
IABG Industrieanlagen - Betriebsgesellschaft mbH —
GERMANY
C2.1
Space Structures I Design, Development and Verification (Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles, including their Mechanical/Thermal/
Fluidic Systems)
The topics addressed in this session cover the aspects of the design, development and verification of space launch system structures (e.g. pressurized propellant tanks, non-
pressurized structures of space vehicles, control surfaces) and their components (e.g. fluidic equipment and propulsive lines, thermal control systems). The aspects of design,
development, verification, and qualification concern: • Thermo-Mechanical loads and environment • New structural concepts (e.g. multi-functional structures, design concepts
for reusability) • Structure design and verification (stiffness, strength, static and dynamic stability, damage tolerance, reusability) • design, verification and qualification of fluidic
and thermal control systems • Structure optimization • Materials • Static and dynamic ground testing • Exploitation of flight measurements and in-orbit testing • Lessons learned
related to space vehicle structures and components development, verification and qualification.
Co-Chairs
Alwin Eisenmann
IABG Industrieanlagen - Betriebsgesellschaft mbH —
GERMANY
Jochen Albus
ArianeGroup — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Zijun Hu
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
— CHINA
Coraline Dalibot
Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) — UNITED
KINGDOM
C2.2
Space Structures II Development and Verification (Orbital deployable and dimensionally stable structures, including mechanical and
robotic systems and subsystems)
The topics to be addressed within this session concern all aspects of deployable and dimensionally stable structures e.g. reflectors, telescopes, antennas etc. It includes structural
design, analysis and verification, shape control and thermal distortion as well as evaluation of analysis versus test results, of both on-ground and in-orbit testing. Furthermore,
related mechanical, thermal and robotic systems and subsystems/mechanisms will be covered.
Co-Chairs
Paolo Gasbarri
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — ITALY
Pavel Trivailo
RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
— AUSTRALIA
Rapporteurs
Jiawen Qiu
— CHINA
Thomas Sinn
DcubeD (Deployables Cubed GmbH) — GERMANY
C2.3
Space Structures III Design, Development and Verification (Orbital infrastructure for in orbit service & manufacturing, Robotic and
Mechatronic systems, including their Mechanical/Thermal/ Fluidic Systems)
The topics to be addressed include all aspects of orbital infrastructures design, development and verification, including their mechanical/robotic/thermal/fluidic systems and
subsystems, such as manned and unmanned spacecraft, space stations, re-entry vehicles and small satellites. Advanced subsystems and design of future exploration missions
will be covered, considering issues arising from material selection, cost efficiency and reliability, and advancements in development with respect to engineering analysis,
manufacturing, and test verification. Furthermore, design and testing of robotic and mechatronics systems for exploration, in-orbit servicing and manufacturing of space structures
will be addressed. It is also planned to discuss the issues of experimental and computational simulation of functioning and full-scale tests of space infrastructures and their
systems/subsystems. Attention will be paid to the problem of verification and validation of mathematical models for the design and experimental development of these objects at
various phases of their life cycle.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Thierry Pichon
ArianeGroup — FRANCE
Oleg Alifanov
MAI — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Ijar M. Da Fonseca
ITA-DCTA — BRAZIL
Ijar M. Da Fonseca
ITA-DCTA — BRAZIL
Paolo Gasbarri
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
C2.4
Space Structures Control, Dynamics and Microdynamics
The topics to be addressed include dynamics analysis and testing, modal identification, landing and impact dynamics, pyro-shock, test facilities, vibration suppression techniques,
damping, micro-dynamics, in-orbit dynamic environment, wave structural propagation, excitation sources and in-orbit dynamic testing. Attention will be paid to dynamics
modelling and control of robotic and mechatronic systems (e.g. manipulators for the servicing and/or assembly of space structures, pointing mechanisms, etc).
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Federica Angeletti
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — ITALY
Élcio Jeronimo de Oliveira
Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica
(AIDAA) — BRAZIL
Harijono Djojodihardjo
Bandung Institut of Tecnology — INDONESIA
C2.5
Space Structures and Materials for Extreme Environment (High-temperature and cryogenic-temperature applications including
thermal insulation concepts)
The topics to be addressed include structures and materials for extreme environments, including both cryogenic applications and high temperature applications in space related
domains. The session covers the full spectrum of material, design, manufacturing and testing. Operation of structures and mechanisms in cryogenic environment is quite
challenging. This concerns the components design as well as the materials they are made of or lubricants needed for proper functioning. Tanks for storage of cryogenic propellants
for launch vehicle application or long term storage of cryogenic liquids require an appropriate material selection and characterization, especially when organic composite materials
are considered. Cryogenic insulation for propellant tanks and lines, especially for reusable launch vehicles exposed to aerothermal loads might require a combination with high
temperature thermal protection systems. (Foam with metallic protection, vacuum insulated sandwich, stand-off thermal protection…). For the elevated temperature regime, this
session includes carbon-carbon and ceramic matrix composites, ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites, ablative materials, ceramic tiles and insulations, together with
innovative structural concepts making use of the above, for propulsion systems, launchers, hypersonic vehicles, re-entry vehicles, aero capture, power generation.
Co-Chairs
David E. Glass
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Andreas Rittweger
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Zijun Hu
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
— CHINA
James Tucker
— UNITED STATES
C2.6
Space Environmental Effects and Spacecraft Protection
The focus of the session will be on space environmental effects and spacecraft protection. The effects of vacuum, radiation, atomic oxygen, spacecraft charging, thermal cycling,
dissociation, meteoroids and space debris impact on space systems, materials and structures, and microelectronics will be addressed. Protective and shielding technologies,
including analysis, simulation and testing of debris impact, and susceptibility of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) micro-electronics to space radiation will be covered.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Antonio Del Vecchio
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre — ITALY
Anatolii Lohvynenko
Yuzhnoye State Design Office — UKRAINE
Kyeum-rae Cho
Pusan National University — KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
C2.7
Manufacturing and industrialization for Launch Vehicle and Space Vehicle Structures and components (High volume production,
industrialization, automatization and digitalization)
This session will focus on manufacturing, inspection and testing technologies to enable efficient high volume production for launch vehicle and spacecraft structures as well as
components. This includes industrialization aspects of series production as e.g. high cadences automatization design, design-to-manufacturing concepts and lean production
principles. Other topics covered are the use of digitalization in particular of artificial intelligence, AR, VR, machine learning, digital twins and real-time manufacturing data
evaluation to support spacecraft production.
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Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Oliver Kunz
Beyond Gravity — SWITZERLAND
Aicke Patzelt
MT Aerospace AG — GERMANY
Elizabeth Barrios
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
C2.8
Advancements in Materials Applications, Additive Manufacturing, and Rapid Prototyping Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping
The topics to be addressed include advancements in materials applications, novel technical concepts in the rapid prototyping of space systems, and materials and processes for in
space manufacturing and construction. Continuous improvements in materials and structural concepts are always needed to achieve extremely demanding goals in performance,
reliability, and affordability of space components, especially in terms of greater accuracy/dimensional stability, longer life, greater survivability to both natural and threat
environments, and producibility capability for high volume production. Different additive manufacturing (AM) processes are currently used for different materials in the fabrication
of metal, ceramic, and plastic parts. New and different processes are being developed for utilization of lunar regolith materials for manufacturing and construction. As a very new
technique, AM is strongly emerging due to the capability of optimization of structural parts for space applications as it concerns weight reduction, improvement of mechanical
properties and reduction of development and lead times as well as cost reduction. The ability to utilize in situ resources for manufacturing and construction is very attractive for
logistics reduction for deep space exploration.
Co-Chairs
Raymond Clinton
NASA — UNITED STATES
Pierre Rochus
CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) — BELGIUM
Rapporteur
Bangcheng Ai
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
— CHINA
Mario Marchetti
Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica
(AIDAA) — ITALY
C2.9
Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures & Specialized Technologies, Including Nanotechnology
The focus of the session will be on application of smart materials to spacecraft and launch vehicle systems, novel sensor and actuator concepts and new concepts for multi-
functional and intelligent structural systems. Also included in the session will be new control methods for vibration suppression and shape control using adaptive structures as
well as comparisons of predicted performance with data from ground and in-orbit testing. Specialized material and structures technologies are explored in a large variety of space
applications both to enable advanced exploration, and science/observation mission scenarios to perform test verifications relying on utmost miniaturization of devices and highest
capabilities in structural, thermal, electrical, electromechanical/ optical performances offered by the progress in nanotechnology. Examples are the exceptional performances
at nano-scale in strength, electrical, thermal conduction of Carbon nanotubes which are experiencing first applications at macro-scale such as nano-composite structures, high
efficiency energy storage wheels, MEMS and MOEMS devices. Molecular nanotechnology and advances in manipulation at nano-scale offer the road to molecular machines,
ultracompact sensors for science applications and mass storage devices. The Session encourages presentations of specialized technologies, in particular of nanomaterial related
techniques and their application in devices offering unprecedented performances for space applications.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Behnam Ashrafi
National Research Council — CANADA
Aashish Agrawal
Space Applications Centre (ISRO) — INDIA
Kanjuro Makihara
Tohoku University — JAPAN
C2.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Materials and Structures addressed in the classic
Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition,
one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the
topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot
links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the C Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Jochen Albus
ArianeGroup — GERMANY
Alwin Eisenmann
IABG Industrieanlagen - Betriebsgesellschaft mbH —
GERMANY
C3
IAF SPACE POWER SYMPOSIUM
Reliable energy systems continue to be key for all space missions. The future exploration and development of space depend on new, more affordable and more reliable energy
sources of diverse types ranging from the very small to the extraordinarily large. Moreover, the continuing support for space activities by the public requires that these activities
are increasingly inserted into the global challenge to transition current terrestrial energy systems into more environmentally friendly, sustainable ones. The space sector has
traditionally served as cutting edge precursor for the development of some renewable power systems. These activities are now put into a much larger space & energy perspective.
These range from joint technology development up to visionary concepts such as space solar power plants. The Space Power Symposium, organized by the International
Astronautical Federation (IAF), addresses all these aspects, covering the whole range from power generation, energy conversion & storage, power management, power
transmission & distribution at system and sub-system levels including commercial considerations. It will include, but not be restricted, to topics such as advanced solar and nuclear
systems for spacecraft power and propulsion, novel power generation and energy harvesting, and examine the prospects for using space-based power plants to provide energy
remotely to the Earth or other planets.
Coordinator
John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC —
UNITED STATES
Koji Tanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
C3.1
Solar Power Satellite
This session deals with all aspects of concepts and architectures for space-based solar power plants and concepts integrating space and terrestrial energy activities. It will be
structured in two half-sessions, one focusing on advances in the field of space solar power plant architectures and one on activities in the field of space & energy, including all
types of conceptual, technical and organizational progress to better integrate space and terrestrial energy activities. It is the primary international forum for scientific and technical
exchanges on this topic and thus provides a unique common platform for discussions. Topically it will include all system-level, architectural, organizational and commercial aspects,
including modeling and optimization as well as related non-technical aspects.
Co-Chairs
John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC —
UNITED STATES
Ming Li
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
Rapporteurs
Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Koji Tanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
C3.2
Wireless Power Transmission Technologies and Application
This session focuses on all aspects of wireless power transmission systems. It covers wireless power transmission technologies, including laser, microwave-based as well as novel
wireless power transmission technologies from the short ranges (e.g. within spacecraft or between two surface installations) up the very large distances for space exploration
and power transmission from space to ground. The session covers theoretical as well as applied and experimental results, including emitter/receiver antenna architectures and
deployment.
Co-Chairs
Nobuyuki Kaya
Kobe University — JAPAN
Ming Li
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
Rapporteurs
Massimiliano Vasile
University of Strathclyde — UNITED KINGDOM
Haroon B. Oqab
Space Canada Corporation — CANADA
C3.3
Advanced Space Power Technologies
This session covers all types of advanced space power technologies and concepts for the satellites, moon/asteroid/planetary exploration and manned space activities. These
include technologies and concepts related to power generation (solar, nuclear, other) and harvesting, power conditioning, management and distribution, power transmission and
energy storage.
Co-Chairs
Matthew Perren
Airbus Defence & Space — UNITED KINGDOM
Gary Barnhard
XISP-Inc — UNITED STATES
Lisa May
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
Rapporteurs
Lee Mason
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Glenn Research Center — UNITED STATES
Koji Tanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
C3.4
Space Power System for Ambitious Missions
This session is devoted to emerging concepts ranging from very small power (micro and milli-watt power) to very large power systems toward future ambitious space missions and
space utilizations such as future moon village. These include concepts and technology developments of space power system for the increasing spacecraft market by the nano-,
micro- and mini spacecraft. This session is dedicated to power systems for such applications as well as for long-duration exploration probes and sensors.
Co-Chairs
Massimiliano Vasile
University of Strathclyde — UNITED KINGDOM
Shoichiro Mihara
Japan Space Systems — JAPAN
Lisa May
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
Rapporteurs
Xinbin Hou
CAST — CHINA
Koji Tanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
C3.5
C4.10
Joint Session on Advanced and Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems
This session, organized jointly between the Space Power and the Space Propulsion Symposia, addresses all aspects related to nuclear power and propulsion systems for space
applications. The session also addresses all types of propellantless propulsion including (but not limited to) solar sails, magnetic sails, laser propulsion, tethers, etc.
Co-Chairs
Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Christian Bach
Technical University Dresden — GERMANY
Lisa May
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
Rapporteurs
Markus Jaeger
The Exploration Company GmbH — GERMANY
Saroj Kumar
University of Alabama in Huntsville — UNITED STATES
C3.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE POWER SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Power addressed in the classic Sessions. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is
dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact
with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio
and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the C Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard
format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Coordinators
Ming Li
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) — CHINA
Koji Tanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
C4
IAF SPACE PROPULSION SYMPOSIUM
The Space Propulsion Symposium addresses sub-orbital, Earth to orbit and in-space propulsion. The general areas considered include both chemical and non-chemical rocket
propulsion, air-breathing propulsion, and combined air-breathing and rocket systems. Typical specific propulsion categories of interest are liquid, solid and hybrid rocket systems,
ramjet, scramjet, detonation-based propulsion and various combinations of air-breathing and rocket propulsion and nuclear, electric, solar and other advanced rocket systems, and
propulsion systems dedicated to small satellites. The Symposium also welcomes contributions on component technologies, the operation and application to missions of overall
propulsion systems, and unique propulsion test facilities.
Coordinators
Angelo Cervone
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
Elena Toson
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — ITALY
Riheng Zheng
Beihang University — CHINA
Christophe Bonhomme
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
C4.1
Liquid Propulsion (1)
The session Liquid Propulsion (1) is dedicated to Liquid Rocket Engines (mono-propellant or bi-propellant), with particular emphasis on full engine systems. The session welcomes
manuscripts on all research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and calculations, modelling, applications, science and
fundamentals.
Co-Chairs
Christophe Bonhomme
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
(CNES) — FRANCE
Markus Jaeger
The Exploration Company GmbH — GERMANY
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Rapporteurs
Annafederica Urbano
ISAE - Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de
l'Espace — FRANCE
Hidenori Hara
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. — JAPAN
C4.2
Liquid Propulsion (2)
The session Liquid Propulsion (2) is dedicated to Liquid Rocket Engines (mono-propellant or bi-propellant), with particular emphasis on sub-systems and specific components
(including propellants). The session welcomes manuscripts on all research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and
calculations, modelling, applications, science and fundamentals.
Co-Chairs
Angelo Cervone
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
Annafederica Urbano
ISAE - Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
— FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Christian Bach
Dresden University of Technology (DUT) / Technische
Universität Dresden — GERMANY
Hidenori Hara
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. — JAPAN
C4.3
Solid and Hybrid Propulsion (1)
The session Solid and Hybrid Propulsion (1) is dedicated to Solid and Hybrid Rocket motors, with particular emphasis on full systems. The session welcomes manuscripts on all
research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and calculations, modelling, applications, science and fundamentals.
Co-Chairs
Marco Di Clemente
Italian Space Agency (ASI) — ITALY
Ozan Kara
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) — UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
Rapporteurs
Adam Okninski
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation
(ILOT) — POLAND
Jean-Claude Traineau
Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
(ONERA) — FRANCE
C4.4
Solid and Hybrid Propulsion (2)
The session Solid and Hybrid Propulsion (2) is dedicated to Solid and Hybrid Rocket motors, with particular emphasis on sub-systems and specific components (including
propellants). The session welcomes manuscripts on all research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and calculations,
modelling, applications, science and fundamentals.
Co-Chairs
Didier Boury
ArianeGroup SAS — FRANCE
Adam Okninski
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation (ILOT)
— POLAND
Rapporteurs
Christophe Bonhomme
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
(CNES) — FRANCE
Arif Karabeyoglu
Koc University — TURKEY
C4.5
Electric Propulsion (1)
The sessions Electric Propulsion (1) and Electric Propulsion (2) are dedicated to all aspects of Electric Propulsion, including full systems, sub-systems and specific components. The
sessions welcome manuscripts on all research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and calculations, modelling, applications,
science and fundamentals.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Garri A. Popov
Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and
Electrodynamics (RIAME), MAI — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Vito Salvatore
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua — ITALY
Marco Di Clemente
ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI) — ITALY
C4.6
Electric Propulsion (2)
The sessions Electric Propulsion (1) and Electric Propulsion (2) are dedicated to all aspects of Electric Propulsion, including full systems, sub-systems and specific components. The
sessions welcome manuscripts on all research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and calculations, modelling, applications,
science and fundamentals.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Davina Maria Di Cara
— Italy
Nicoletta Wagner
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Angelo Cervone
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
C4.7
Hypersonic Air-breathing and Combined Cycle Propulsion, and Hypersonic Vehicle
This session covers hypersonic air-breathing and combined cycle propulsion with space applications. The typical types of engine considered in this session include: turbojet, ramjet,
Scramjet, detonation engine, Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC), Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC), Hypersonic Pre-cooled Propulsion, Air Turbo Rocket (ATR) and other
types of hypersonic combined cycle propulsion, together with the associated vehicle.
Co-Chairs
Arif Karabeyoglu
Koc University — TÜRKIYE
Jean-Claude Traineau
Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
(ONERA) — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Didier Boury
ArianeGroup SAS — FRANCE
Riheng Zheng
Beihang University — CHINA
C4.8
B4.5A
Joint Session between IAA and IAF for Small Satellite Propulsion Systems
This session will pay particular attention to propulsion systems and associated technologies as an enabler to efficient small satellite access to space and orbit change. Papers are
invited discussing the particular challenges of design, manufacture, testing, operations and technological developments of small satellite propulsion systems, and the challenges
of obtaining high performance within a small volume and mass. The scope includes chemical and electrical propulsion systems for major orbit changes, fine orbit control and
maintenance, and end-of-life disposal. For papers with an emphasis on the small satellite and its system design, refer to other B4 sessions. For a focus on other propulsion systems
and technologies, refer to other C4 sessions.
Co-Chairs
Arnau Pons Lorente
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — UNITED
STATES
Jeff Emdee
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Elena Toson
T4i — ITALY
Vito Salvatore
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua — ITALY
C4.9
Disruptive Propulsion Concepts for Enabling New Missions
This session will explore advanced and disruptive propulsion technologies, systems, ideas (including integration of different propulsion concepts) showing potential to enable new
mission concepts, or to enhance the capabilities of current mission concepts.
Co-Chairs
Elena Toson
T4i — ITALY
Nicoletta Wagner
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Angelo Cervone
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
Arnau Pons Lorente
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — UNITED STATES
C4.10
C3.5
Joint Session on Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems, and Propellantless Propulsion
This session, organized jointly between the Space Power and the Space Propulsion Symposia, addresses all aspects related to nuclear power and propulsion systems for space
applications. The session also addresses all types of propellantless propulsion including (but not limited to) solar sails, magnetic sails, laser propulsion, tethers, etc.
Co-Chairs
Leopold Summerer
ESA - European Space Agency — THE NETHERLANDS
Christian Bach
Technical University Dresden — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Markus Jaeger
The Exploration Company GmbH — GERMANY
Saroj Kumar
University of Alabama in Huntsville — UNITED STATES
C4.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE PROPULSION SYMPOSIUM
Authors with an abstract accepted for an interactive presentation will be asked to prepare slides and display them for the duration of the congress on plasma screens. Authors will
be assigned to interactive sessions in which they must be near the plasma screens to engage in interactive discussions with other congress attendees.
Coordinators
Angelo Cervone
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — THE
NETHERLANDS
Ozan Kara
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) — UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
Riheng Zheng
Beihang University — CHINA
INFRASTRUCTURE
Systems sustaining space missions, including space system transportation, future systems and safety
D1
IAF SPACE SYSTEMS SYMPOSIUM
D2
IAF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS SYMPOSIUM
D3
22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
D4
22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON VISIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
D5
57TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, QUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SPACE ACTIVITIES
D6
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY ISSUES
Category coordinated by Roberta Mugellesi-Dow, European Space Agency (ESA), UNITED KINGDOM
D1
IAF SPACE SYSTEMS SYMPOSIUM
The Space Systems Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), addresses the present and future development of space systems, architectures, and
technologies, with sessions on Innovative Systems toward Future Architectures, Technologies that Enable Space Systems, Emergent Space Systems, Cooperative Systems, Systems
Engineering Modeling and Analysis, Systems Engineering Approaches, Processes and Methods, and Lessons Learned in Space Systems.
Coordinators
Reinhold Bertrand
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Jill Prince
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
Tibor S. Balint
Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
D1.1
Innovative Systems toward Future Architectures
This session explores innovative system concepts, technical capabilities that enable future architectures, new applications, new business models and evolution of the global
ecosystem. It also analyses how new challenges such as reduction of environmental impact (space debris, CO2 footprint reduction) can induce new space system architectures,
applications, eventually proposing solutions to reduce global warming and debris mitigation. As examples: Could Space based Solar Power contribute to reduction of CO2
emission and make an economically and technically feasible option to meet the energy needs? Will in-space transportation and logistics develop in association with reusable
launchers? Which new applications could be enabled i.e., Active Debri Removal (ADR), In-orbit Service and Manufacturing (IOSM) or recycling? How would these changes affect the
ecosystems? This session objective is to connect innovators and researchers in building a vision of transformation of space systems architecture. In this perspective, the dreams of
yesterday are the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Xavier Roser
Thales Alenia Space France — FRANCE
Peter Dieleman
National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) —
THE NETHERLANDS
Mamatha Maheshwarappa
UK Space Agency — UNITED KINGDOM
D1.2
Technologies that Enable Space Systems
This session focuses on innovative and technological developments that are often high risk, but which have the potential to significantly enhance the performance of existing and
new space systems. Leading-edge technologies that enable space applications come in many diverse forms, from system level innovations down to the subsystem or component
level. Examples include instrumentation, sensors, biotechnology, components, micro- and nano-technology, advanced new structures and software techniques. Additionally,
architectural solutions incorporating technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual/augmented reality, autonomy and automation are also of interest. The
scope of the session includes architectures for single satellite systems or multiple satellite systems, such as constellations, formations, swarms, distributed systems, and system-
of-systems (including hybridization with terrestrial systems). Ground-versus-space allocation of functionality and aspects of autonomy, both on-board and on-ground, may be
addressed.
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International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Matteo Emanuelli
Airbus Defence and Space — GERMANY
Steven Arnold
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory —
UNITED STATES
Audrey Berquand
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
D1.3
Emergent Space Systems
This session focuses on the novel aspects of currently emerging systems, with a special emphasis put on new system design paradigms related to Human-Centered Design (HCD).
In this context, we seek ideas on how and where HCD, Human System Integration (HSI), User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
systems, as well as designerly processes may broaden technical fields and provide demonstrable benefit throughout the full lifecycle, from formulation through implementation
to operations. Our session addresses today’s challenges by leveraging novel approaches for current and emerging space systems, but also for system of systems, where the space
element represents key contributions to overall system topology.
Co-Chairs
Publication officer
Tibor Balint
Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Reinhold Bertrand
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Hui Du
Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering,China Academy
of Space Technology (CAST) — China
Rapporteur
Igor V. Belokonov
Samara National Research University (Samara
University) — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
D1.4.
Cooperative Systems
Emphasis of this session is on innovative cooperative and self-organizing approaches to address increasing complexities in space systems coordinating several actors. Examples
concern the following fields: formations in multi-satellite systems, in-space servicing, robotics in planetary explorations or in satellite production. Contributions related to
algorithms, software simulations, testbeds and in-orbit experiences for cooperative systems are highly encouraged.
Co-Chairs
Otfrid G. Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Klaus Schilling
University Wuerzburg — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Eberhard Gill
Delft University of Technology — THE NETHERLANDS
Avid Roman-Gonzalez
Business on Engineering and Technology S.A.C. (BE Tech)
— PERU
D1.5
Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis
This session focuses on digital applications for improved systems engineering modeling and analysis across the product life-cycle. The session will gather a community of those
on “the front lines” of implementing system modeling. Papers are sought in three topical areas: 1. Tactical results, use cases or examples, which validate mission, systems or
sub-system application and subsequent return on investment for traditional versus future SE approaches. 2. Strategic results, organizational progress toward a fully integrated
enterprise digital solution, including how SE modeling fits into that solution space. 3. Innovative approaches, more forward looking or lower TRL tooling advances which offer large
improvement opportunities and their potential application (AI/ML for example). Lessons learned on challenges and opportunities within the three topic areas are of special interest
and highly desired.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Jon Holladay
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Thierry Floriant
CNES — FRANCE
Sapna Rao
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
D1.6
Systems Engineering Approaches, Processes and Methods
This session focuses on state-of-the-art systems engineering methodologies to deliver space systems of high quality that meet stakeholder needs at a manageable risk, reducing
the development time and life cycle cost. Of special interest are papers on multi-disciplinary approaches, processes, methods, tools, and training used for improving development
and life cycle productivity and risk management, and increasing safety, availability, reliability, resilience, dependability, testability, ease of operation, serviceability and quality
of life cycle cost estimates. Papers are sought in four topical areas: 1) space systems architecting, which includes campaign analysis and design, mission analysis and design, and
systems of systems (SoS); 2) trade off studies, optimization, and simulation tools and decision analysis; 3) AIV&V (assembly, integration, verification and validation); and 4) space
systems management, which includes stakeholder management, technical planning, control and assessment of space system design, earned value management, technical risk
management, requirements management, configuration management, and information management.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Geilson Loureiro
National Institute for Space Research - INPE — BRAZIL
Timothy Cichan
Lockheed Martin Corporation — UNITED STATES
Norbert Frischauf
SpaceTec Partners SPRL — BELGIUM
D1.7
Lessons Learned in Space Systems
Lessons learned are essential to significantly improve space projects implementation practices and, in turn, increase their success-rate. Collecting and sharing information regarding
analysis of past and recent successes/failures is deemed the key element to support that and, in addition, it is also highly valuable since it can foster setting up of a collaborative
paradigm where people from different Systems Engineering & Management cultures, in different projects, and at different maturity stages, share knowledge among teams,
organizations and people, to contribute to the above common practice. For the above practice to be effective, this retrospective viewpoint shall come from a variety of sources.
In this regard, the scope of the D1.7 session covers the full spectrum of a space project life-cycle activities such as: project management and systems engineering; systems and
missions design; systems MAIVT (manufacturing, assembly, integration, verification, and testing); mission execution, systems exploitation, and post-mission evaluation. Additional
added-value can also come from discussion and examination on side-aspects (yet important) as: diversity of standards/practices including lessons learned yielded from their
adoption interpretation and application; as well as project-data management approaches (design results, engineering models, documentation, mission results, etc.) to preserve and
make them available to future missions.
Co-Chairs
Giuseppe Guidotti
Deimos Space SLU — SPAIN
Yoshihisa Arikawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Rapporteurs
Dapeng Wang
China HEAD Aerospace Technology Co. — CHINA
Hamed Gamal
Mynaric — GERMANY
D1.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE SYSTEMS SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Systems addressed in the classic Sessions. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon
is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and
interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures,
audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the
standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Reinhold Bertrand
European Space Agency (ESA) — GERMANY
Jill Prince
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
D2
IAF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Topics of this symposium, orgit be possible some social media advertismenet conncetanized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), address worldwide space
transportation solutions and innovations as well as relevant technologies needed and ground support infrastructure. The symposium addresses existing vehicles, vehicles in
development and future space transportation solutions.
Coordinators
Yuguang Yang
China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation
(CASIC) — CHINA
Markus Jaeger
The Exploration Company GmbH — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Randolph Kendall
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
John M. Horack
The Ohio State University College of Engineering —
UNITED STATES
D2.1
Launch Vehicles in Service or in Development
Review of up to date status of launch vehicles currently in use in the world or under short term development.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Aaron Weaver
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Yorichika Mihara
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. — JAPAN
Martin Sippel
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
D2.2
Launch Services, Missions, Operations and Facilities
Review of the current and planned launch services and support, including economics of space transportation systems, financing, cost, insurance, licensing. Advancements in ground
infrastructure, ground operations, production methods, mission planning and mission control for both expendable and reusable launch services.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Vincent Taponier
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Xiaowei Wang
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) —
CHINA
Jeremy Pinier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Langley Research Center — UNITED STATES
D2.3
Upper Stages, Space Transfer, Entry and Landing Systems
Discussion of existing, planned or new advanced concepts for cargo and human orbital transfer. Includes current and near term transfer, entry and landing systems, sub-systems
and technologies for accommodating crew and cargo transfer in space.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Oliver Kunz
Beyond Gravity — SWITZERLAND
Bryan Smith
NASA Glenn Research Center — UNITED STATES
Nicole Viola
Politecnico di Torino — ITALY
D2.4
Future Space Transportation Systems
Discussion of future overall transportation system designs and operational concepts for both expendable and reusable systems for Earth-to orbit transportation and exploration
missions.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
José Gavira Izquierdo
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Nicolas Bérend
ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab — FRANCE
Emmanuelle David
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) —
SWITZERLAND
D2.5
Technologies for Future Space Transportation Systems
Discussion of technologies enabling new reusable or expendable launch vehicles and in-space transportation systems. Emphasis is on early TRL hardware development and
verification prior to flight, including ground testing and/or innovative technology prototype demonstrations not yet involving flight.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Lin Shen
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
— CHINA
Shana Diez
SpaceX — UNITED STATES
D2.6
Future Space Transportation Systems Verification and In-Flight Experimentation
Discussion of atmospheric and in-space flight testing and qualification of system, sub-system, and advanced technologies for future launch vehicles and in-space transportation
systems. Emphasis is on higher TRL in-flight experimentation, demonstration, and qualification, including test plans and innovative technology prototype demonstrations involving
or leading to flight as well as new and unique test platforms and capabilities.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
David E. Glass
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) — UNITED STATES
Christie Maddock
University of Strathclyde — UNITED KINGDOM
Tetsuo Hiraiwa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
D2.7
Small Launchers: Concepts and Operations
Discussion of existing, planned and future Launchers for small payloads ranging from 1500 kg to as low as 1 kg into Low Earth Orbit. Includes innovative solutions such as airborne
systems, evolutions from sub-orbital concepts, combinations of existing/emerging elements and new elements, reusable, partially reusable and expendable concepts, and flexible,
highly responsive concepts. Includes mission operations, design, development, and specific constraints.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Harry A. Cikanek
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) — UNITED STATES
Ulf Palmnäs
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) — SWEDEN
Florian Ruhhammer
MT Aerospace AG — GERMANY
D2.8
Space Rider, the first European reusable Space Transportation System
Discussion of on-going activities for the development of Space Rider vehicle and mission. Emphasis is on key technologies development and qualification of system design aspects,
the entire mission profile, subsystem and system on-ground verification, descent and landing system in flight verification, payloads management, mission operations and ground
segment. The session also includes future perspective for Space Rider evolutions.
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75th IAC
International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Kenneth Bruce Morris
Sierra Space — UNITED STATES
Josef Wiedemann
MT Aerospace AG — GERMANY
Gennaro Russo
Campania Aerospace District, DAC — ITALY
D2.9
D6.2
Space Transportation Solutions for Deep Space Missions and Emerging Space Ventures, including Space Logistics and Space Safety
for Sustainability
This session is focused first on in-space transportation capabilities and mission architectures, existing or under study, for human deep space exploration missions as well as the
driving scientific mission objectives. Related enabling and support missions, such as robotic servicing and supply, as well as technology roadmaps to achieve successful deep space
exploration missions shall be discussed Second this session is dedicated to discussions of technical innovations or initiatives to achieve sustainable (considering cost, operability,
capability and impact) Space Transportation Systems. Of particular interest are: • Identification of core evolving capabilities (systems, components, technologies) to conduct
increasingly complex missions to a range of destinations over time • Addressing of emerging Space logistics, safety, technical challenges to foster flexible mission architectures
using interoperability of building block components, and avoiding "one mission for one goal" (i.e. single destination systems)
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Aline Decadi
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Charles E. Cockrell Jr.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
Francesco Santoro
Altec S.p.A. — ITALY
D2.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Transportation Solutions and Innovations
addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire
Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot
to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint
charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a special
ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Christophe Bonnal
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Jens Lassmann
ArianeGroup — GERMANY
Markus Jaeger
The Exploration Company GmbH — GERMANY
D3
22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
This symposium, organised by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will involve papers and discussion that traverse a wide range of highly valuable future space
capabilities (FSC) – in other words “building blocks” for future space exploration, development and discovery – that could enable dramatic advances in global space goals and
objectives. The international discussion of future directions for space exploration and utilisation is fully underway, including activities involving all major space-faring nations.
Decisions are now being made that will set the course for space activities for many years to come. New approaches are needed that establish strategies, architectures, concepts
and technologies that will lead to sustainable human and robotic space exploration and utilisation during the coming decades. The symposium will examine the possible paths,
beginning with current capabilities such as the International Space Station, which may lead to ambitious future opportunities for space exploration, discovery and benefits. The
sessions that comprise this symposium are key elements of current or planned International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) studies.
Coordinators
John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC —
UNITED STATES
Alain Pradier
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
D3.1
Strategies & Architectures as the Framework for Future Building Blocks in Space Exploration and Development
Future scenarios for sustainable exploration and development in space will unfold in the context of global conditions that vary greatly from those of the 1950s-1970s (the first
generation of space programmes, driven by international competition), or those of the 1980s-2000s (the second generation of space programmes, enabled by international
cooperation). Looking to the future, it is likely that space-faring countries will pursue their goals and objectives in a more building-block fashion focused on developing high-
value future space capabilities, rather than through massive, geo-politically driven programmes. Increasingly, these developments may also reflect future commercial space
opportunities. As a result, it is important that the international community should engage in an ongoing discussion of strategies and architectures to frame a “building block”
approach to our future in space. Such a discussion should involve sustainable budgets and multiple-purpose system-of-systems capabilities that lead to a diverse range of future
activities of broad benefit to humanity. This session, which is related to a prospective new International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) study group, will address strategies and
architectural approaches that may allow a new paradigm, a “building block” approach, to be established among the space-faring countries. Papers are solicited in these and related
areas.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC —
UNITED STATES
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
Anouck Girard
University of Michigan — UNITED STATES
D3.2A
Systems and Infrastructures to Implement Sustainable Space Development and Settlement - Systems
The emergence of novel systems and infrastructures will be needed to enable ambitious scenarios for sustainable future space exploration and utilization. New, reusable space
infrastructures must emerge in various areas include the following: (1) infrastructures that enable affordable and reliable access to space for both exploration systems and logistics;
(2) infrastructures for affordable and reliable transportation in space, including access to/from lunar and planetary surfaces for crews, robotic and supporting systems and logistics;
(3) infrastructures that allow sustained, affordable and highly effective operations on the Moon, Mars and other destinations; and, (4) supporting in space infrastructures that
provide key services (such as communications, navigation, etc.). Considering its focus on design and operation solutions for future crewed missions, in 2024 this session will be
jointly curated with the recently-formed IAF Space Habitats Committee, whose aims include fostering research and partnerships in the design, the construction, the scalability, the
commercialization, the disassembling and the sustainability of space habitats and associated infrastructures, emphasizing Moon and Mars surface structures and orbital stations.
Papers are solicited in all areas related to the scope of this session, from a variety of disciplinary approaches.
Co-Chairs
Paivi Jukola
Aalto University — FINLAND
Gary Barnhard
XISP-Inc — UNITED STATES
Julie Patarin-Jossec
Spartan Space — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Christopher Moore
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
— UNITED STATES
Junjiro Onoda
ISAS/JAXA — JAPAN
D3.2B
Systems and Infrastructures to Implement Sustainable Space Development and Settlement - Technologies
The emergence of new technologies will be essential to realizing the various systems and infrastructures that will be needed to enable ambitious scenarios for sustainable future
space exploration, utilization and eventual settlement. Technologies for new, reusable space infrastructures are needed, including the following: (1) infrastructures that enable
affordable and reliable access to space for both exploration systems and logistics; (2) infrastructures for affordable and reliable transportation in space, including access to/from
lunar and planetary surfaces for crews, robotic and supporting systems and logistics; (3) infrastructures that allow sustained, affordable and highly effective robotic and human
operations on the Moon, Mars and other destinations; and, (4) supporting in space infrastructures that provide key services (such as communications, navigation, etc.). Papers are
solicited in these and related areas.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Alain Pradier
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Christopher Moore
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
Gary Barnhard
XISP-Inc — UNITED STATES
D3.3
Space Technology and System Management Practices and Tools
The effective management of space technology and systems development is critical to future success in space exploration, development and discovery. This session is the next
in an ongoing series at the International Astronautical Congress that provides a unique international forum to further the development of a family of ‘best practices and tools’
in this important field. Specific areas of potential interest include: (1) Technology Management Methodologies and Best Practices; (2) R&D Management Software Tools and
Databases; and (3) Systems Analysis Methods and Tools. The full range of R&D activities is appropriate for discussion, ranging from technology development long-term planning,
through technology R&D programmes, to system development projects, with special emphasis on the transition of new technologies from one stage to the next. Particular topics
could include: Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and Technology Readiness Assessments, Technology R&D Risk Assessments and Management, Advanced Concepts Modeling
Approaches and Tools, etc. Either more theoretical discussions, or examples of applications of R&D management techniques and/or tools to specific R&D programmes and projects
are of interest for the session.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC —
UNITED STATES
Paivi Jukola
Aalto University — FINLAND
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
D3.IP
Interactive Presentations Interactive Presentations - 22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION
AND DEVELOPMENT
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Building Blocks for Future Space Exploration and
Development addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for
the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten
minute slot to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as:
PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a
special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
John C. Mankins
ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC —
UNITED STATES
Alain Pradier
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Maria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — ITALY
D4
22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON VISIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
This 22nd symposium is organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). In Space Activities the focus is usually kept on the short term developments, at the expense
of future goals. The Symposium will discuss topics with at least 20 to 30 years prospective lead time and identify technologies and strategies that need to be developed. These
developments will be examined with the goal to support also short/medium term projects and to identify priorities required for their development. The Sessions in the Symposium
will address innovative technologies and Strategies to develop Space Elevator as well as Interstellar Precursor Missions. A session will address also how the Moon Village can
contribute to the resolution of World Societal Changes as well as increasing the countries engaged in lunar activities.
Coordinators
Giuseppe Reibaldi
Moon Village Association (MVA) — AUSTRIA
Yu Lu
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China —
CHINA
D4.1
Innovative Concepts and Technologies
1) In order to realize future, programs of space exploration and resource utilization, a focused suite of transformational new system concepts and enabling technologies must be
developed during the coming decades. The technical objectives to be pursued should be drawn from a broad, forward-looking view of the technologies and system needed, but
must be sufficiently focused, to allow tangible progression and dramatic improvements over current capabilities. 2) Ideally, the concepts should be presented in three categories: 1.
Concepts which represent a significant advance, but require laboratory advancement, and 2. Concepts which have been demonstrated to some level in the laboratory, but require
demonstration to validate their utility, and 3. Concepts which identify cross-cutting advances which, when combined can be successfully developed to support transformational
new system concept. Papers are solicited in these and related areas.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Ayman Ahmed
Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) — EGYPT
Timothy Cichan
Lockheed Martin Corporation — UNITED STATES
Xiaowei Wang
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) —
CHINA
D4.2
Contribution of Moon Village to Solving Global Societal Issues
Moon Village is a concept that brings together efforts, world-wide, from the private sector, governments, academics and others to explore and use the Moon in a sustainable
manner. Moon Village is a community of projects carried out by stakeholders from different fields (for example, technical, scientific, cultural, economic) working together. The
implementation of the Moon Village has already started with missions and activities in line with its spirit, It is a major step forward for the peaceful development of humankind.
Moon Village can offer a new start to humanity on the Moon and on the Earth by contributing to solve global societal issues. The session will discuss the contributions of the Moon
Village to the solution of global challenges (e.g., energy, population, sustainable development, many others). How the Moon Village will support the understanding of the global
societal issues and bring benefits to society on a global scale will also be discussed. The session will include also the identification of the related technologies that need to be
developed. The definition of a roadmap complementary to the UN Agenda 2030 will be also discussed.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Giuseppe Reibaldi
Moon Village Association (MVA) — AUSTRIA
Yu Lu
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China —
CHINA
Paivi Jukola
Aalto University — FINLAND
D4.3
Modern Day Space Elevator Transformational Strengths and their Applications
Modern Day Space Elevator design concepts are driven from many arenas. The customer is of course the first driver of design for the future; however, the transformational
strengths determine the mission fulfillment. Once the 100,000 km tether is in place and the tether climbers start raising customer payloads, the remarkable characteristics will
start to dominate the movement of mass for customers. This symposia will address how the following characteristics impact mission success for the customers: (a) Unmatched
efficiencies with daily, routine, safe, and inexpensive delivery of logistics payloads, (b) Unmatched massive movement (initial operational capability (IOC) at 30,000 tonnes/yr with
full operational capability (FOC) 170,000 tonnes/yr), (c) Unmatched velocity (starting at 7.76 km/sec at 100,000 altitude enables rapid transits to the Moon, Mars and beyond), (d),
Ensures environmentally neutral operations as a green road to space, (e) Reduces rocket fairing design limitations, (f) Assembly at the top of the gravity well, and (g) Transforming
the economic strengths of strategic investment, ubiquitous access, and uninterrupted exchange of resources. The Keynote Speech for this technical session will be entitled the
"Jerome Pearson Memorial Lecture."
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Peter Swan
Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI) — UNITED
STATES
Yoji Ishikawa
Obayashi Corporation — JAPAN
Jerry Eddy
International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) — UNITED
STATES
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D4.4
Strategies for Rapid Implementation of Interstellar Missions: Precursors and Beyond
Knowledge about space beyond our solar system and between the stars—that is interstellar space —is lacking data. Even as IBEX, NASA’s Interstellar Background Explorer, studies
the edge of our solar system, it still is confined to earth orbit. Arguably, some of the most compelling data to understand the universe we live in will come from sampling the
actual environment beyond our solar system as Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are on the threshold of doing. In the 36 years since the Voyager probes’ launches, significant
advances in materials science, analytical chemistry, information technologies, imaging capabilities, communications and propulsion systems have been made. The recently released
IAA study: “Key Technologies to Enable Near-Term Interstellar Scientific Precursor Missions” along with significant initiatives like the DARPA seed-funded 100 Year Starship and the
Breakthrough Starshot project, signal the need, readiness and benefits to aggressively undertaking interstellar space missions. This session seeks to define specific strategies and
key enabling steps to implement interstellar precursor missions within the next 10-15 years. Suggestions for defined projects, payloads, teams, spacecraft and mission profiles that
leverage existing technological capacities, yet will yield probes that generate new information about deep space, rapidly exit the solar system and which can be launched before
2040 are sought.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Mae Jemison
100 Year Starship — UNITED STATES
Giancarlo Genta
Politecnico di Torino — ITALY
Les Johnson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Marshall Space Flight Center — UNITED STATES
D4.5
Space Resources, the Enabler of the Earth-Moon Econosphere
1) With NASA announcing the Artemis Program to return to the Moon by 2024, and increasing numbers of companies investing in extraterrestrial resource utilization, this session
is dominated by technology assessments and legal analyses associated with space resources. 2) In particular, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is seeking
commercially developed payloads to exploit lunar resources for supplies, fuel and other consumables. There are many opportunities to participate. 3) One issue which nags U.S.
investors is the lack of a legal regime for authorization and continuing oversight of commercial entities seeking to exploit space resources for profit. Fortunately, Luxembourg has
defined such a legal regime for its country’s payloads. 4) This session seeks innovative ideas and concepts in the legal and technological regime. This session also seeks willing
investors to present concepts for financing concepts to exploit space resources.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Roger X. Lenard
LPS — UNITED STATES
Mark Sundhal
Cleveland State University — UNITED STATES
Peter Swan
Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI) — UNITED
STATES
D4.IP
Interactive Presentations - 22ND IAA SYMPOSIUM ON VISIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Visions and Strategies for the Future addressed in
the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week.
In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally
present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts,
embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a special ceremony.
An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Helen Tung
NewSpace2060 — AUSTRALIA
Gongling Sun
International Space University — FRANCE
D5
57TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, QUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SPACE ACTIVITIES
Increasingly complex challenges around quality, safety, and security reflect how a space system can be developed and operated to perform its functions at its best with the proper
robustness. In that environment, where radiation is not the least stress and possible ill-intentioned actions may occur, decreasing the level of failures in space activities is a must.
Knowledge management (the proper capturing, protecting, and sharing of knowledge) and application of lessons learned and experience are key factors. This International
Academy of Astronautics Symposium will be a lively discussion and raise awareness of new and innovative approaches to: obtain and run reliable and safe space systems: design
solutions, validation, and tests; software development, validation, and security; and methods, management approaches, and regulations to improve the quality, efficiency,
and collaborative ability of space programs and operations. All aspects are considered: risk management, complexity and security of systems and operations, knowledge and
information management, human factors, economical constraints, international cooperation, norms, and standards.
Coordinators
Jeanne Holm
City of Los Angeles — UNITED STATES
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
D5.1
For a Successful Space Program: Quality and Safety!
Space is a difficult challenge, and no complex program can be successful without a creative and thoughtful approach to quality and safety! Relying on luck cannot be the only
way to proceed! Beginners or veterans, for training, for science or for industry, for small or large programs, share your projects, methods, observations, analyses of successes
or failures... This session deals with methods, tests, standards for the analysis and mitigation of the many risks to maintain the desired quality and required safety. It offers an
opportunity to discuss all aspects of the life cycle (including design, development and production philosophy, operations) and the associated risk management approach. It
concerns all types of space missions: transportation systems, orbital systems, exploration vehicles, and is also a management, manpower and education issue.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Alexander S. Filatyev
Lomonosov Moscow State University — RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
Kaitlyn Holm
University of Pennsylvania — UNITED STATES
D5.2
Emerging Trends of Knowledge Management in Organizations
Digital transformation and innovations, such as cloud computing, new collaboration tools, intelligent search technologies, AI, are changing how people access and share the
knowledge. Therefore, knowledge management needs to evolve adapting to the new environment and users needs. Technology is undoubtedly a big part of the growing need
for a more effective knowledge management. Although technology plays crucial roles, KM will fail if end users and stakeholders are not in the centre of the strategy, design,
implementation, and operations. Key themes addressed during the session are trends, innovations, concerns as well as practical challenges encountered, and solutions and
technologies adopted in the field of Knowledge Management in Organisations to sustain, energise and invigorate the ability to learn, innovate, and share knowledge. The session
aims to include case studies that demonstrate how KM strategies have been applied and the lessons learned, the challenges faced by the organizations, and innovative solutions that
facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration as well as search mechanisms.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
Jeanne Holm
City of Los Angeles — UNITED STATES
Daniel Galaretta
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
D5.3
Prediction, Testing, Measurement and Effects of Space Environment on Space Missions
The space environment can strongly impact the performance and reliability of space missions. It has several natural and induced components, including high-energy radiation, plasma,
atomic oxygen, planetary dust, extreme temperature, vacuum, micro-gravity, micrometeoroid and debris, molecular and particulate contamination, etc. Environmental conditions
yield constraints at design phase, and consideration of significant risks in the course of the mission. The evaluation of the nominal and worst-case conditions to be met, mitigation
and protection options, and of their impact on missions and flight systems are thus of prime importance. This session will encompass the following topics: Space Weather, Plasma,
Spacecraft Charging, Radiation, Atomic Oxygen, Planetary Dust, Molecular and Particulate Contamination, Plume Induced Contamination Effects and Interactions, and Combined
Environments. The key themes addressed during this session are flight measurements, physical processes, prediction of nominal and worst-case conditions, ground-based testing,
flight experiments and lessons learned.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Henry de Plinval
Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches
Aérospatiales (ONERA) — FRANCE
Teppel Okumura
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Carlos Soares
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
D5.4
Cybersecurity in Space Systems, Risks and Countermeasures
In the past few years our society and economy have become largely dependent on information technology, computer networks, and IoT solutions. Managing cyber-related risks and
protecting against cyberattacks is therefore a growing concern requiring the identification and deployment of relevant cybersecurity measures and solutions. This session covers
several topics focused on cyber-security: tools & methods aiming at preventing & forecasting attacks, risk assessment and cyber intelligence, protecting systems, infrastructures
and data, space-enabled solutions, making secure the use of satellite communications, earth observation and satellite navigation, addressing all the means to mitigate risks and
raising awareness via specific training, information sharing and analysis, addressing new areas candidates for standardisation. New technologies and practices emerging in cyberse-
curity are also relevant such as the development of quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution, combining big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning
to analyse communications patterns and operations data. New trends include the development of cyber security test ranges and certification schemes specific to each domain of
activities, to better identify threats and vulnerabilities and develop customised solutions.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Julien Airaud
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Stefano Zatti
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — ITALY
Nil Angli
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
D5.IP
Interactive Presentations - 57TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, QUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SPACE ACTIVITIES
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of safety, quality, cybersecurity, and knowledge
management in space activities. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire
Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten-minute slot
to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as powerPoint
charts, embedded links, pictures, audio and video clips. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a special ceremony.
An abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Jeanne Holm
City of Los Angeles — UNITED STATES
Roberta Mugellesi-Dow
European Space Agency (ESA) — UNITED KINGDOM
D6
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY ISSUES
Topics of this symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), address commercial safety and regulatory policy issues for orbital and suborbital space
transportation and spaceports. The goal is to identify issues common to commercial operators of both human and robotic space vehicles to increase international safety and
interoperability.
Coordinator
Francesco Santoro
Altec S.p.A. — ITALY
D6.1
Commercial Space Flight Safety and Emerging Issues
Topics for this session cover commercial space transportation and safety issues including human and robotic vehicles, spaceports, reentry vehicles, in-space transportation vehicles,
and regulations. Papers related to commercial space transportation are also encouraged on: policy and law; operations and training; best practices and standards; pilot, crew and
participant safety; and ground operations and launch site safety.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial
Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — UNITED STATES
Francesco Santoro
Altec S.p.A. — ITALY
Gennaro Russo
Campania Aerospace District, DAC — ITALY
D6.2
D2.9
Space Transportation Solutions for Deep Space Missions and Emerging Space Ventures, including Space Logistics and Space Safety
for Sustainability
This session is focused first on in-space transportation capabilities and mission architectures, existing or under study, for human deep space exploration missions as well as the
driving scientific mission objectives. Related enabling and support missions, such as robotic servicing and supply, as well as technology roadmaps to achieve successful deep space
exploration missions shall be discussed Second this session is dedicated to discussions of technical innovations or initiatives to achieve sustainable (considering cost, operability,
capability and impact) Space Transportation Systems. Of particular interest are: • Identification of core evolving capabilities (systems, components, technologies) to conduct
increasingly complex missions to a range of destinations over time • Addressing of emerging Space logistics, safety, technical challenges to foster flexible mission architectures
using interoperability of building block components, and avoiding "one mission for one goal" (i.e. single destination systems).
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Aline Decadi
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Charles E. Cockrell Jr.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
Francesco Santoro
Altec S.p.A. — ITALY
D6.3
Enabling Safe Commercial Spaceflight: Vehicles and Spaceports
This session addresses new and existing spaceports and factors that launch vehicle and spaceplane operators may use in evaluating the selection of a launch and/or landing
location. Topics include: safety, air and spaceport facilities, runways, geography, air and space traffic, weather, population density, access to workforce and technical support,
customer needs, regulations, and other areas. Papers are welcome from spaceports, airports, space transportation providers, support equipment providers, academia, commercial
companies and governments.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial
Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — UNITED STATES
Francesco Santoro
Altec S.p.A. — ITALY
Gennaro Russo
Campania Aerospace District, DAC— ITALY
D6.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY ISSUES
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Commercial Spaceflight Safety Issues addressed in
the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week.
In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally
present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts,
embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a special ceremony.
An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
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Category
E SPACE AND SOCIETY
Interaction of space with society, including education, policy and economics, history, space security and law
E1
IAF SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM
E2 51ST STUDENT CONFERENCE
E3 36TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE POLICY, REGULATIONS AND ECONOMICS
E4 57TH IAA HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM
E5 34TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AND SOCIETY
E6
IAF BUSINESS INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM
E7
IISL COLLOQUIUM ON THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE
E8
IAA MULTILINGUAL ASTRONAUTICAL TERMINOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
E9
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON SECURITY, STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SPACE ACTIVITIES
E10
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY DEFENSE AND NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS
Category coordinated by Lyn Wigbels, American Astronautical Society (AAS) – UNITED STATES
E1
IAF SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM
This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Space Education and Outreach Committee (SEOC), explores best practices and innovative approaches
to space education and outreach at all levels. Through its sessions, the symposium showcases activities, methods and techniques for education, outreach to the general public,
and workforce development. • The symposium keynotes, including the one by the winner of the IAF Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal, highlight some of the best education and
outreach programs from around the world. • When submitting abstracts for this symposium, please note that: • Abstracts should present a coherent story or idea, and follow a
logical sequence. • The work should be the original work of the authors. • It should share information that is innovative and new or put a new spin on an old subject. The novelty
can be in idea, methodology and approach, or in results and recommendations. • Papers should have clear education or outreach content. They should also be in the scope of the
session they are submitted to. • Authors are encouraged to clearly identify target groups, benefits, lessons-learned, recommendations and include measures of critical assessment.
• Abstracts providing technical details of projects, even if carried out in an educational context, will not usually be accepted. Preference is given to papers which present the
pedagogical theories behind the work presented. • Papers reporting on programmes/activities that have already taken place and evaluated will be given preference over papers
dealing with concepts and plans for the future. • Papers covering topics/activities which have been reported at a prior IAC must state this explicitly and detail both the additional
information to be presented and the added value that this represents.
Coordinators
Jessica Culler
NASA Ames Research Center — UNITED STATES
Seyed Ali Nasseri
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — CANADA
E1.1
Lift Off: Primary and Secondary Education
This session will explore innovative programmes and curricula focusing on space education and outreach to students up to the age of 18. Emphasis will be placed on programmes
that effectively engage primary and secondary school students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), help them develop key skills, and foster a
long-term passion for space. This session will also consider programmes and activities that focus on the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers,
or on educational methodologies of relevance to primary and secondary education. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection
to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough
description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international
space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide
context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference
to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical
applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned,
recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Kaori Sasaki
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JAPAN
Seyed Ali Nasseri
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — CANADA
Rapporteurs
Kerrie Dougherty
— Australia
Jacqueline Carpenter
Space Industry Association of Australia — AUSTRALIA
E1.2
Space for All: Decolonial Practices in Space
This session will focus on the examination, identification and impact of oppressive narratives and behaviors rooted in colonial practices in the space sector while taking into
account the systemic character and historical repetition of such narratives in present day disparities. This session will showcase and provide examples of solutions via education,
culture and outreach activities as well as Belonging, Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, Justice and Inclusivity (BADEJI, EDI, DEIA) protocols in the workplace, organisations and space
agendas. Learnings and recommendations from the perspectives of professionals, scholars, experts, educators, artists and cultural institutions including museums, space agencies
and non-profit organisations will be included. From code of ethics to pluralistic commitments towards achieving equity and accessibility, all relevant methodologies and formats are
welcomed. This session is a showcase of demonstrated practices and/or experiential learning, and work presented should already have been implemented before the presentation.
When submitting abstracts for this session, please: • Clearly identify both the historical context and decolonial praxis, and its connection to space activities.• Clearly identify
the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed,
or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the
international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred.
• Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include
reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical
applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned,
recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Seyed Ali Nasseri
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — CANADA
Alina Vizireanu
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — UNITED
KINGDOM
E1.3
On Track: Undergraduate Space Education
This session will explore innovative space education and outreach programmes for undergraduate students. This can include the development and delivery of innovative courses,
project-based work, and work placements. Emphasis should be placed on how the programme is structured for maximum impact, how the impact is measured and how the lessons
learned are being applied to other courses. This session will also consider programmes and activities that focus on the professional development of undergraduate educators, or
on educational methodologies of relevance to undergraduate education. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s
described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the
expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community.
• State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing
the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative
or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the
information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or
other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Kathryn Robison Hasani
Flinders University — AUSTRALIA
Andoh Michael Afful
RMIT University, Australia — AUSTRALIA
Rapporteurs
Seyed Ali Nasseri
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — CANADA
Gillian Chin
Singapore Space and Technology LTD (SSTL) —
E1.4
In Orbit: Postgraduate Space Education
This session will explore innovative space education and outreach programmes for postgraduate students. This can include the development and delivery of innovative courses,
project-based work, and work placements. Emphasis should be placed on how the programme is structured for maximum impact, how the impact is measured and how the lessons
learned are being applied to other courses. This session will also consider programmes and activities that focus on the professional development of postgraduate educators, or
on educational methodologies of relevance to postgraduate education. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s
described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the
expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community.
• State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing
the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative
or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the
information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or
other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
David Spencer
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATESY
Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
TU Wien — AUSTRIA
Rapporteurs
Scott Madry
International Space University (ISU) — UNITED
STATES
Andoh Michael Afful
RMIT University, Australia — AUSTRALIA
E1.5
Enabling the Future: Developing the Space Workforce
This session will focus on the challenges, opportunities and innovative approaches to developing the current and future global space workforce. The work presented in this session
may include but is not limited to formal professional development and accreditation programmes and professional development activities by companies, nonprofits and other
actors. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will
present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about
what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable
objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of
the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If
any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others
working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or
narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Kathleen Coderre
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
Olga Zhdanovich
Modis — THE NETHERLANDS
Rapporteurs
Gillian Chin
Singapore Space and Technology LTD (SSTL) —
Andoh Michael Afful
RMIT University, Australia — AUSTRALIA
E1.6
Calling Planet Earth - Space Outreach to the General Public
This session will highlight activities, programmes and strategies for communicating with and engaging the general public in space activities. Topics should involve outreach
outside the formal education system with demonstrated or projected reach in the many thousands or millions. Presentations in the session focus on measurable outcomes and
demonstrate the strategic nature and thinking in the design of the work. Presenters will be expected to show objective assessment of results or thoroughly describe the design of
their evaluation plans. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what
you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information
about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the
measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing
the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or
other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and
focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides
a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Remco Timmermans
International Space University (ISU) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Alina Vizireanu
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Rapporteurs
Jessica Culler
NASA Ames Research Center — UNITED STATES
Milica Milosev
Econnects — SERBIA
E1.7
Sending out a Signal: Innovative Outreach and Communications Initiatives
This session will highlight non-traditional, inventive, innovative, and new types of outreach activities, programmes and strategies for engaging audiences general public in space
activities, outside the formal education system, with demonstrated outcomes. This could involve new outreach strategies, tactics, or storytelling mechanisms, new audiences,
or using new technologies. The session will focus on results and evaluation of the activity, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the
activity. Presenters will provide information about how participants/audience were drawn to the activity (e.g., how it was promoted or disseminated). When submitting abstracts
for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation
of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or
innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work
is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience,
and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please
include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from
your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar
with your work
Co-Chairs
Victoria Mayorova
Bauman Moscow State Technical University —
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Olga Zhdanovich
Modis — THE NETHERLANDS
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Rapporteurs
Carol Christian
STScI — UNITED STATES
Kaori Sasaki
JAXA — JAPAN
E1.8
Show Us Space: Demonstration of Hands On Education and Outreach
Presenters in this session will demonstrate effective hands-on activities and experiments to explore, teach and reinforce space-related concepts. Hands-on space education and
outreach is a powerful way to introduce and teach space concepts and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) concepts, especially with diverse learners.
During the session, presenters will not only present the ideas behind the activity, but also physically demonstrate it hands-on and engage the session audience at the IAC. Note:
A physical in-person demonstration of the activity is mandatory for this session. If you would like to make a presentation only, please submit your abstract to a different session.
Submissions that cannot be physically demonstrated on-site (for example CubeSats) will be rejected. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the
hands-on nature of the work presented, how the audience at the IAC will sample this work, and its space connection. • Include any special technical requirements you will need
for your demonstration such as “live webcam connection to remote location”, “four long tables for audience members to gather around to build a model”, or “ability to be near a
window to view the sky for the demonstration.” • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including
results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work
unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were
set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the
intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories
are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in
the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for
someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Lyn Wigbels
American Astronautical Society (AAS) — UNITED
STATES
Valerie Anne Casasanto
NASA Goddard/University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC) — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Carol Carnett
International Space University (ISU) — UNITED
STATES
Kevin Stube
The Planetary Society — UNITED STATES
E1.9
Space Culture: New Processes of Public Engagement in Space through Culture and Art
This session will focus on the education and outreach activities of institutions such as museums, space agencies, non-profit organisations and individual contributions, which link
space with culture, humanities and critical thinking. This session will specifically look at papers elaborating on new and original processes used in public engagement through
culture and art. Presenters will be required to explain how their projects informed critical reflection and what mechanics in public engagement through culture and art were used
to allow it. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will
present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about
what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable
objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of
the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If
any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others
working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or
narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.
Co-Chairs
Nelly Ben Hayoun
SETI Institute — UNITED KINGDOM
Athiye Jawad
— INDIA
Rapporteurs
Franck Marchis
SETI Institute — UNITED STATES
Kerrie Dougherty
— AUSTRALIA
E1.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to share your education and outreach activities through an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of the symposium. The
presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is
dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations presented by the authors. Authors will be assigned a ten- minute slot to present the topic and interact
with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of digital capabilities, including Powerpoints, embedded hyperlinks, pictures, audio and video clips.
An award will be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. When submitting abstracts for this session, please: Provide
context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted when choosing the purpose of the activity, targeting an audience, and designing the activity. Clearly state the goal
of the activity, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the activity is in planning or has already occurred. Provide a short but clear description of the
activity or the programme. Include information about anything that makes the activity unique, original or innovative. Provide information about how your participants/audience
were drawn to the activity (e.g., how it was promoted or disseminated). Set up the analysis you’ll provide in your presentation, which should include results and evaluation of the
activity, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the activity. You will be expected to assess results against your measurable objectives
that indicate if your goal was met. Include your top-level lessons learned, best practices, recommendations for future activities, practical applicability of theoretical work, or other
takeaway findings.
Co-Chairs
Scott Madry
International Space University (ISU) — UNITED
STATES
Eberhard Gill
Delft University of Technology — THE NETHERLANDS
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52ND IAF STUDENT CONFERENCE
Presentation of space-related papers by undergraduate and graduate students who participate in an international student competition.
Coordinators
Franco Bernelli-Zazzera
Politecnico di Milano — ITALY
Marco Schmidt
University Wuerzburg — GERMANY
E2.1
Student Conference – Part 1
Undergraduate and graduate level students (no more than 28 years of age) present technical papers on any project in space sciences, industry or technology. These papers will
represent the specific work of the author(s) (no more than two students). The students presenting in this session will compete in the 51st International Student Competition. This
session is NOT for team projects. Team project papers should be submitted to session E2.3. To accommodate for the different national education schemes, the distinction between
undergraduate and graduate students is based uniquely upon the number of years of university education, as follows: - undergraduate students: students who did their work
within the 4th year at university level, for instance a Bachelor thesis. - graduate students: students who did their work from the 5th year at university level, for instance a Master
thesis. If appropriate, faculty members that advised students during the preparation of their work can be listed as a co-author (never as a first author) and their status of advisors
must be clearly indicated. Principle responsibilities for a submitted student conference paper fall with the student author/s and as such they must be listed first. The content of
the paper should mainly reflect the contribution of the student. Faculty co-authors cannot present the paper or answer questions at the student conferences. The selection of
the oral presentations is solely based on the submitted abstracts. We strongly recommend that you submit an abstract with an extensive description of your topic, including a
detailed explanation of your contribution and the novelty of your work. French, German, US, UK and Canadian students submitting abstracts for the sessions E2.1 and E2.2 will
be forwarded to the corresponding national competition coordinators. The following contact persons are available for more information: For the French national competition:
Emmanuel Zenou – emmanuel.zenou@isae-supaero.fr For the German national competition: Marco Schmidt – marco.schmidt@uni-wuerzburg.de For the US national competition
- Michael Lagana - MichaelL@aiaa.org For the UK national competition: Vix Southgate - iac_comp@bis-space.com For the Canadian national competition: Natasha Isloor – stim-
stem@asc-csa.gc.ca Paper accepted for the competition and the presentations will be evaluated along the following criteria: Technical Content, Originality, Practical Application,
General Presentation, Knowledge of the Subject.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Franco Bernelli-Zazzera
Politecnico di Milano — ITALY
Emmanuel Zenou
Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE)
— FRANCE
Jeong-Won Lee
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) — KOREA,
REPUBLIC OF
E2.2
Student Conference – Part 2
Undergraduate and graduate level students (no more than 28 years of age) present technical papers on any project in space sciences, industry or technology. These papers will
represent the specific work of the author(s) (no more than two students). The students presenting in this session will compete in the 51st International Student Competition. This
session is NOT for team projects. Team project papers should be submitted to session E2.3. To accommodate for the different national education schemes, the distinction between
undergraduate and graduate students is based uniquely upon the number of years of university education, as follows: - undergraduate students: students who did their work
within the 4th year at university level, for instance a Bachelor thesis. - graduate students: students who did their work from the 5th year at university level, for instance a Master
thesis. If appropriate, faculty members that advised students during the preparation of their work can be listed as a co-author (never as a first author) and their status of advisors
must be clearly indicated. Principle responsibilities for a submitted student conference paper fall with the student author/s and as such they must be listed first. The content of
the paper should mainly reflect the contribution of the student. Faculty co-authors cannot present the paper or answer questions at the student conferences. The selection of
the oral presentations is solely based on the submitted abstracts. We strongly recommend that you submit an abstract with an extensive description of your topic, including a
detailed explanation of your contribution and the novelty of your work. French, German, US, UK and Canadian students submitting abstracts for the sessions E2.1 and E2.2 will
be forwarded to the corresponding national competition coordinators. The following contact persons are available for more information: For the French national competition:
Emmanuel Zenou – emmanuel.zenou@isae-supaero.fr For the German national competition: Marco Schmidt – marco.schmidt@uni-wuerzburg.de For the US national competition
- Michael Lagana - MichaelL@aiaa.org For the UK national competition: Vix Southgate - iac_comp@bis-space.com For the Canadian national competition: Natasha Isloor – stim-
stem@asc-csa.gc.ca Paper accepted for the competition and the presentations will be evaluated along the following criteria: Technical Content, Originality, Practical Application,
General Presentation, Knowledge of the Subject.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Marco Schmidt
University Wuerzburg — GERMANY
Ioana-Roxana Perrier
Institute of Polytechnic Science and Aeronautics (IPSA) —
FRANCE
Emmanuel Zenou
Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE)
— FRANCE
E2.3
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Student Team Competition
Undergraduate and graduate level student teams (students no more than 28 years of age) present papers on any subject related to space sciences, industry or technology. These
papers will represent the work of the authors (three or more students). Students presenting in this session will compete for the Hans von Muldau Team Award. If appropriate,
faculty members that advised students during the preparation of their work can be listed as a co-author (never as a first author) and their status of advisors must be clearly
indicated. Principle responsibilities for a submitted student conference paper fall with the student authors and as such they must be listed first. The content of the paper
should mainly reflect the contribution of the students. Faculty co-authors cannot present the paper or answer questions at the student conferences. The selection of the oral
presentations is solely based on the submitted abstracts. We strongly recommend that you submit an abstract with an extensive description of your topic, including a detailed
explanation of your contribution and the novelty of your work. Furthermore, a short description how your team worked together to achieve the project goal should be included.
Paper accepted for the competition and the presentations will be evaluated along the following criteria: Technical Content, Originality, Practical Application, General Presentation,
Knowledge of the Subject.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Emmanuel Zenou
Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
(ISAE) — FRANCE
Franco Bernelli-Zazzera
Politecnico di Milano — ITALY
Kathleen Coderre
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
E2.4
Educational Pico and Nano Satellites
Joint session with SUAC. The session covers all aspects related to educational small satellites.
Co-Chairs
Xiaozhou Yu
Dalian University of Technology (DUT) — CHINA
Franco Bernelli-Zazzera
Politecnico di Milano — ITALY
Anna Guerman
Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and
Technologies (C-MAST) — PORTUGAL
Igor V. Belokonov
Samara National Research University (Samara
University) — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
E3
37TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE POLICY, REGULATIONS AND ECONOMICS
This Symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will provide overview of the current trends in space policy, regulations and economics, by covering
national as well as multilateral space policies and plans. The symposium also integrates the IAA/IISL Scientific-Legal Roundtable.
Coordinators
Jacques Masson
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Bernard Schmidt-Tedd
Leuphana University — GERMANY
Pieter Van Beekhuizen
Stichting Space Professionals Foundation (SSPF) — THE
NETHERLANDS
E3.1
International Cooperation In Using Space For Sustainable Development: The “Space2030” agenda
As the societal benefits of space technologies and applications are growing, the international community has increasingly shifted its attention to their contributions to the global
agendas on sustainability and development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this regard, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space (UNCOPUOS) has decided to develop a “Space2030” agenda and its implementation plan. This session provides the opportunity to discuss the agenda as finalized at COPUOS
2021, its implementation, especially how international cooperation in space activities can contribute to these objectives.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteurs
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu
Commission d'Astronautique de l'Academie Roumaine
— ROMANIA
Alexander Soucek
Austrian Space Forum — AUSTRIA
Peter Stubbe
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
E3.2
The Future of Space Exploration and Innovation
Space exploration missions and plans have been emerging around the world, targeting different destinations from LEO, to the Moon and Mars, and with an increasing participation
of new public and private actors. The session will focus on the current plans of future exploration missions of various space exploration stakeholders and will provide a forum to
reflect on the trends and present the latest developments in the field.
Co-Chairs
Marc Haese
DLR, German Aerospace Center — GERMANY
Nicolas Peter
International Space University (ISU) — FRANCE
Rapporteurs
Devanshu Ganatra
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — UNITED
STATES
Anmol Dhawan
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — THE
NETHERLANDS
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E3.3
Space Economy Session – A focus on space sustainable operations and the role of governments l to stimulate sustainable economic
development for both in space and on earth.
Economic motivations towards space sustainability Space sustainability will be a theme and a topic of concern for the International Astronautical Congress this year. This session
will prioritize papers addressing the economics of sustainability. Sustainability may refer to the space environment itself, such as debris in orbits or on celestial bodies, the
allocation of spectrum, or the Earth’s environment and related climate issues involving space activities. Examples of more specific economic topics should involve identifiable
objectives of sustainability such as: government funded R&D and specific programs incentives or regulatory actions involving private sector space initiatives, cost-benefit analyses,
and quantification of risk and impact assessments of space activities. Impacts from such programs on the Earth are also important elements of economic studies of space
sustainability.
Co-Chairs
Pieter Van Beekhuizen
Stichting Space Professionals Foundation (SSPF) —
THE NETHERLANDS
Henry Hertzfeld
Space Policy Institute, George Washington University —
UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Luigi Scatteia
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory (PwC) — FRANCE
Bhavya Lal
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —
UNITED STATES
E3.4
Assuring a Safe, Secure and Sustainable Space Environment for Space Activities
Space launches from Earth have long been the defining technical and legal qualification for states and other entities desiring to engage in the exploration and utilization of the
outer space region. Representing a hard-won scientific and technological achievement, space launches are also the basis for assigning legal jurisdiction, supervision, and liability to
the launching state under the five foundational outer space treaties. Rapidly growing numbers of non-governmental commercial space companies and facilities are soon moving
space launch operations to the Moon and other celestial bodies, augmenting and in some cases replacing governmental space launch entities. Prospects for an extensive expansion
of deep space explorations on the Moon, asteroids, and planets will include a greatly diversified range of space launch technologies and regulatory regimes. Space exploration will
require both crewed and uncrewed launches, while sample return missions from asteroids, planets, and their moons will also feature dynamically evolving technologies as well as
concerns for contamination and environmental protection. This 37th Joint IAA IISL Roundtable will examine the scientific, technical, legal, and regulatory aspects of space launches
from celestial bodies.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Peter Stubbe
German Aerospace Center (DLR) — GERMANY
Jana Robinson
The Prague Security Studies Institute — CZECH REPUBLIC
Gina Petrovici
German Aerospace Center (DLR) — GERMANY
E3.5
E7.6
38TH IAA/IISL Scientific Legal Roundtable: "Cyberspace Security in Outer Space: Scientific, Technical and Legal Dimensions of a
Dilemma"
Outer space and cyberspace are realms opened to human exploration and exploitation through scientific discovery, technological innovation and increasingly, commercial
application. Spacecraft operating in near-earth orbital regions or in inter-planetary expanses rely on forms of electronic communication, often referred to as “cyberspace” to
carry out their missions. Best practices and usage norms to ensure safe passage through outer space have evolved as direct counterparts to the rules and norms governing use
of the radio spectrum and telecommunications technologies to avoid harmful, mission-endangering radio frequency interference. The technological shift to Internet-based
telecommunications infrastructures is exposing space-based systems to terrestrial cyber-disruptions that are challenging long-standing technological practices and governance
regimes in outer space. On-going earthbound military hostilities employing cyber-disruptions rooted in Internet network architectural vulnerabilities are already disabling or
interfering with space-based communications. This IAA-IISL Roundtable will discuss whether scientific/technological trends as well as governance institutions and rules are
sufficient to ensure space activities and systems may operate in a setting of cyber-security and not cyber-disruption.
Rapporteur
Nicola Rohner-Willsch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
E3.6
Space Sector’s Commercial Transformation: Procurement Opportunities and Financial Transparency
The space sector is experiencing a significant shift towards commercialization. Private companies and investors are taking on roles that were once solely the domain of government
Space Agencies, such as satellite launches, human space flights or in the future, space resource mining. This shift is opening doors to new economic opportunities and attracting
investments from various industries. Simultaneously, space agencies are reassessing their procurement practices to encourage competition and involvement of the private sector.
Traditional procurement models are being re-evaluated to foster innovation and cost-effectiveness. Initiatives such as public-private partnerships are examples of procurement
approaches that aim to leverage private industry capabilities. As the space sector increasingly embraces commercialization and private sector involvement, there is a greater
focus on financial transparency and accountability. To ensure that funds are utilized efficiently and in line with established regulations, regular audits by government agencies
[and stakeholders] are becoming more critical to assess financial practices and avoid mismanagement of resources. The purpose of this session is to discuss the procurement and
financial consequences of an increasing shift towards commercialization and to exchange on measures taken to ensure transparency and accountability from Industry and Space
Agencies’ perspectives. The session will be divided in two parts: the first being a panel discussion on the topic and the second part in which authors are invited to provide abstracts
dealing with the subject.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Christine Klein
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Henry Hertzfeld
Space Policy Institute, George Washington University —
UNITED STATES
Karina Miranda Sanchez
ESA — THE NETHERLANDS
E3.IP
Interactive Presentations - 37TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE POLICY, REGULATIONS AND ECONOMICS
Authors with an abstract accepted for an interactive presentation will be asked to prepare slides and display them for the duration of the congress on plasma screens. Authors will
be assigned to interactive sessions in which they must be near plasma screens to engage in interactive discussions with other congress attendees.
Co-Chairs
Jacques Masson
European Space Agency (ESA) — THE NETHERLANDS
Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd
Leuphana University — GERMANY
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58TH IAA HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM
The symposium covers the entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old. History of space science, technology & development, rocketry, human spaceflight and personal
memoirs are included. This year a special focus is laid on the origin (technical & political, science and social aspects) of Italian space activities & programs.
Coordinators
A. Ingemar Skoog
— GERMANY
Tal Inbar
— ISRAEL
Otfrid G. Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
TU Wien — AUSTRIA
E4.1
Memoirs & Organizational Histories
Autobiographical & biographical memoirs of individuals who have made original contributions to the development & application of astronautics & rocketry. History of government,
agencies, industrial, academic & professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavors. This will include the entire spectrum of space history, at least 25
years old.
Co-Chairs
Kerrie Dougherty
— AUSTRALIA
Otfrid G. Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet
Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Niklas Reinke
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
— GERMANY
Philippe Cosyn
Independent scholar — BELGIUM
E4.2
Organizational, Scientific and Technical Histories
The symposium will cover the history of space science, exploration, innovation & technology. Furthermore reflection on the cultural and socio-political impact are parts of it. This
will include the entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old.
Co-Chairs
Vera Pinto Gomes
European Commission — BELGIUM
Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
TU Wien — AUSTRIA
Rapporteurs
Hannes Mayer
Karl Franzens Universität Graz — AUSTRIA
Randy Liebermann
— UNITED STATES
E4.3
History of Western Asia Contribution to Astronautics
This Session will focus on the history of Italy in space, including topics on Italian space programs, technical contributions, political influences and effects, space science activities,
space architecture, and social and cultural influences. Contributions must address events that occurred at least 25 years ago.
Co-Chair
Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
TU Wien — AUSTRIA
Michael Ciancone
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Johnson Space Center — UNITED STATES
Giovanni Caprara
Corriere della Sera — ITALY
Rapporteurs
Nathalie Tinjod
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Kerrie Dougherty
— AUSTRALIA
E4.IP
Interactive Presentations - 57TH IAA HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of the history of astronautics addressed in the classic
Sessions. The IP session is not restricted to any specific topic related to space law and invites authors to contribute presentations on any interesting, relevant and current space
law issues. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition,
one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the
topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot
links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chair
Otfrid G. Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory — UNITED STATES
E5
35TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AND SOCIETY
This 35th symposium is organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). Presentations will review the impact and benefits of space activities on the quality of life on
Earth and in space. A broad range of topics may be covered including arts and culture, space architecture, and society's expectations from space exploration and research, as well
as technology and knowledge transfer.
Coordinators
Geoffrey Languedoc
Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI) —
CANADA
Olga Bannova
University of Houston — UNITED STATES
E5.1
Space Architecture: Habitats, Habitability, and Bases
Space Architecture integrates all topics related to designing and building human environments for use in space. The session welcomes papers in three areas: 1) research, design,
prototype testing, manufacture, and operation of habitats for space and analog terrestrial environments; 2) how habitats influence human health, psychology, and efficiency, and
requirements based on the “human factor”; 3) fabrication and construction of habitable complexes on planetary surfaces or in orbit and 4) human systems integration design
implications.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Olga Bannova
University of Houston — UNITED STATES
Anna Barbara Imhof
Liquifer Systems Group (LSG) — AUSTRIA
Anne-Marlene Rüede
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) —
SWITZERLAND
E5.2
Is Space R&D Truly Fostering A Better World For Our Future?
This session solicits papers for a panel discussion focusing on the distinct benefits to society from products derived from space research and development (R&D). The goal of this
session is to examine and discuss cases of both emerging and established goals, best practices, and associated outcomes of knowledge sharing, technology transfer, and technology
commercialization programmes as they relate specifically to societal benefits. Presenters will identify distinctive ways their organizations are promoting the relevance of space
R&D to diverse societies. Attendees will develop a broader awareness of how they can also identify and promote the benefits of space R&D in order to influence broader support
of space R&D investments. Panel Members are asked to introduce novel practices which: - Increase attendee understanding of how innovations resulting from space R&D have
changed, and will continue to change, the world. - Promote productive thinking about optimizing space R&D investments in order to maximize societal benefits. - Increase the
understanding of technology transfer policies and practices for both space and non-space utilization. - Demonstrate the correlation and synergies between technology transfer and
STEM education for interdisciplinary space careers and technical entrepreneurship. - Measurably demonstrate the impact of innovation derived from space R&D when transferred
into new products, services and processes.
Co-Chairs
Olga Bannova
University of Houston — UNITED STATES
Nona Minnifield Cheeks
Innovatyr, LLC — UNITED STATES
Rapporteurs
Anna Barbara Imhof
Liquifer Systems Group (LSG) — AUSTRIA
Kerry Leonard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Goddard Space Flight Center — UNITED STATES
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E5.3
Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Since the late 1970s a number of artists have been negotiating access to space facilities and organisations, critiquing or making experiential the exploration and utilisation of space,
or re-purposing space technology, materials or data independently or in direct exchange with the space sector. Today this important practice is branching into a several directions,
ranging from performance, installation, video, or conceptual work situated in space or space analogous environments themselves, to commercial gallery contexts and the realm
of participation and public engagement with science. This session addresses the practice of contemporary artists who have developed new ways to appropriate space for their
work, the conceptual and practical foundations of their engagement, and the implications of this emerging aesthetic paradigm for both the fields of space and art. Submissions are
welcome from artists and art historians, and from space industry and space agency representatives as well as from the cultural sector facilitating or programming related -projects
crossing over the increasingly blurred boundaries of creative practice.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Richard Clar
Art Technologies — UNITED STATES
Daniela De Paulis
— THE NETHERLANDS
Yuri Tanaka
Kyoto City University of Arts — JAPAN
E5.4
Space Assets and Disaster Management
This session will explore the role space assets can play in situations requiring disaster management and emergency response. Papers will discuss how space assets and applications
can be brought to bear to assist with situation monitoring and assessment, shortening response times and mitigating impact on affected populations.
Co-Chairs
Geoffrey Languedoc
Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI) —
CANADA
Jillianne Pierce
Space Florida — UNITED STATES
E5.5
Sharing Space Achievements and Heritage: Space Museums And Societies
Space societies, professional associations and museums form a special and important group of IAF members - nearly one quarter of the membership and, as a sector, second in
size after space industries. They include professional societies, space museums, space associations, non-profit organizations and other organizations interested in space activities.
Some have a large membership of 10 000 or more, others can be small; a few are already a century old, others are just being created. They exist in traditional and emerging space
nations. Together they champion the interests of an impressive number of individuals and organizations connected to space. Space Museums are the visible face of space for most
of the general public. This symposium offers a podium for ideas and proposals to enhance the interaction between the organizations, their members and the Federation. Papers
may address proposals to exchange experiences and best practices; sharing articles, exhibitions or educational material; novel ideas to help outreach to the general public, etc.
Of particular interest are papers exploring ways to foster communication and collaboration and to develop mutual benefits amongst young societies, representatives of emerging
space nations and museums within and outside the IAF family.
Co-Chairs
Scott Hatton
The British Interplanetary Society — UNITED
KINGDOM
Jean-Baptiste Desbois
SEMECCEL Cité de l'Espace — FRANCE
Ines Prieto
SEMECCEL Cité de l'Espace — FRANCE
E5.6
Simulating Space Habitation: Habitats, Design and Simulation Missions
This session covers all topics related to preparing for and simulating future extra-terrestrial habitats and its associated facilities. This includes lessons learned as well as
experimental and concrete design proposals for future habitats, either orbital or surface structures, from analog programs to XR solutions and other cutting-edge approaches. The
session especially welcomes papers with an interdisciplinary wide-range focus relevant for future crewed missions. Themes may span across innovative technologies, architectural,
interior and design approaches and elements, human factors, social-cultural dynamics of space missions, the legal and policy aspects of analog or future crewed missions, as well
as the economics of such missions.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Anna Barbara Imhof
Liquifer Systems Group (LSG) — AUSTRIA
Julie Patarin-Jossec
Spartan Space — FRANCE
Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
TU Wien — AUSTRIA
E5.IP
Interactive Presentations - 35TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AND SOCIETY
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space and Society addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic
and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links,
pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chairs
Geoffrey Languedoc
Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI) —
CANADA
Olga Bannova
University of Houston — UNITED STATES
E6
IAF BUSINESS INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM
The Business Innovation Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), is designed to offer papers that observe, study, analyze, describe, and/or
propose any topic related to space activities that have commercial objectives, whether from an academic and/or practitioner perspective.
Coordinators
Ken Davidian
— UNITED STATES
Nancy C. Wolfson
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
— UNITED STATES
E6.1
Space Entrepreneurship and Investment: The Practitioners' Perspectives
This session contains a broad spectrum of entrepreneurship, innovation, finance and investment presentations from the practitioner's perspective. Suggested topics suitable for
this session can be at any level of analysis, including (from macroscopic to microscopic) the space sector, industries (e.g., propulsion), industry segments (e.g., chemical propulsion),
individual firms, a portion of or a group of individuals within a firm, or an individual. Example entrepreneurship and innovation topics suitable for this session include descriptions
related to entrepreneurship and innovation such as new market sectors, new businesses, new business plans, new projects, recent experiences of start-up companies. Suitable
finance or investment topics apply to large programmes, new firms, the analysis methodologies of markets, or new developments in the finance and investment communities
(including angel investors, venture capital organizations, and investment banks).
Co-Chair
Rapporteur
Joerg Kreisel
JOERG KREISEL International Consultant (JKIC) —
GERMANY
Daria Stepanova
German Orbital Systems GmbH — GERMANY
E6.2.
Public-Private Partnerships: Traditional and New Space Applications
This innovative session convenes experts from different sectors within the space industry and leaders from both the private sector and government agencies to explore their
roles and emerging best practices that encourage public and private partnerships (PPP). Therefore, we welcome submissions that explore recent advancements and facilitate the
commercialization of space, innovative business models, markets, the diversification of space economy budgets, including sustainability principles, and the attraction of private
investments across various fields within the industry that highlight the following topics: 1. Traditional space industry applications, such as satellite-based services encompassing
Earth observation, navigation, and communications. 2. New space industry applications mainly focus on space resource extraction, utilization, and asteroid mining (ongoing and
future missions, including the Psyche mission, challenges, opportunities from various perspectives, cutting-edge technologies, and any related research or activity that encourage
the development of this field and new markets), along with space tourism, space industrialization, commercial space debris, and related activities. This session will open with an
invited keynote speaker, followed by a panel of experts for a discussion and Q&A period, and will conclude with paper presentations.
Co-Chairs
Nancy C. Wolfson
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) — UNITED STATES
Kenneth Bruce Morris
Sierra Space — UNITED STATES
Nicholas Florio
SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (SGAC) —
UNITED STATES
E6.3
Innovation: The Academics' Perspectives
This session will contain academic presentations, at any level of analysis, and on any aspect of entrepreneurship, innovation, finance, or investment, organization theory,
investment, etc. Variance and phenomenological studies are encouraged. Qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approaches are all accepted. Academic domains of interest
include strategic management, economics, leadership, innovation management, and all perspectives of organization theory (including organizational economics, cognition and
interpretation, power and dependence, technology, learning, complexity and computation, institutions, networks, ecology, and evolution). At a minimum, submissions are
expected to be at the level of working papers performed as part of any graduate degree programme (i.e., masters, doctoral, and post-graduate). This work can include theoretical
and applied research.
Co-Chairs
Ken Davidian
— UNITED STATES
Michele Cristina Silva Melo
— BRAZIL
E6.4
Strategic Risk Management for Successful Space & Defence Programmes
The space economy has arrived. Today, space is a vital component in spurring innovation and driving the development of state-of-the-art capabilities; Creating vast market
opportunities; Accelerating global economic growth; Promoting collaboration; Building the capacity for scientific excellence; and Contributing to our safety and quality of life. By
2030, the space economy is projected to reach 1 trillion dollars. Nevertheless, in the current fraught geopolitical and economic context, it appears that no organization is fully
prepared to capitalize on this near-term explosion of growth and avoid a “space hype bubble.” There will be extensive new markets, scientific advancements, and human benefits
if we can mitigate risks and realize opportunities. Abstracts would be welcome on the following topics: - How are geopolitical and socio-economic changes affecting our risk
management practices? What are the major consequences of current and future crises on our risk predictions? - Are we better prepared to foresee the “unpredictable” and grasp
opportunities linked to the changing world? - Do we have the right capacity to face such changes in terms of Human resources and other capabilities?
Co-Chairs
Maria-Gabriella Sarah
European Space Agency (ESA) — FRANCE
Helen Tung
NewSpace2060 — AUSTRALIA
Ruediger Suess
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) —
GERMANY
Rapporteur
Andrew Court
TNO — THE NETHERLANDS
E6.5
GTS.1
Entrepreneurship Around the World
Entrepreneurship has different characteristics that differ from country to country around the world. Some of the challenges that entrepreneurs face transcend national and
cultural borders, but some others do not. This session welcomes papers and presentations that describe the barriers experienced by real entrepreneurs in their different
countries and regions around the world. A summary discussion will identify the commonalities and unique characteristics of nation-specific entrepreneurial barriers as
identified by the presenters. This is a technical session co-sponsored by the IAF Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee (EIC) and the IAF Workforce Development/Young
Professionals Programme Committee, as part of the Global Technical Sessions – presenters can present in person at the IAC or from their home/work/university location.
Co-Chairs
Samuel Peterson
Swedish Space Corporation — UNITED STATES
George A. Danos
Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) —
CYPRUS
Nancy C. Wolfson
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
— UNITED STATES
Susana Fornies Rodriguez
— FRANCE
E6.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF BUSINESS INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Business Innovation addressed in the classic Sessions.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic
and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links,
pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that
follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Co-Chair
Ken Davidian
— UNITED STATES
E7
IISL COLLOQUIUM ON THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE
The 2024 IISL Colloquium focuses on how the latest technological developments are impacting the development of the law of outer space, and on whether space law should
embrace new fields of activities, such as cyber, within its scope. The Colloquium looks at current discussions about questions related to the ethics and understanding of what is
meant by treaty law terms freedom of exploration and use. It examines how space situational awareness (SSA), space surveillance and tracking (SST) can be integrated as elements
within a greater framework for effective space traffic management. It serves as a forum to discuss developments of national space law as a constitutive element of the overall
framework of space law enforcing and detailing the principles and general norms of space law, in particular within the field of security. It looks at whether existing legal concepts,
particularly responsibility and liability for autonomous systems driven by artificial intelligence, are sufficiently regulated, and whether there is a homogenous approach to licensing
at national level. It also provides insights as to how disruptive NewSpace activities can and should be accommodated by space law.
Coordinators
Lesley Jane Smith
Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus &
Smith — GERMANY
Catherine Doldirina
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — ITALY
Tanja Masson-Zwaan
International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden
University — THE NETHERLANDS
E7.1
Young Scholars Session with Keynote Lecture
This session is open for abstracts and papers from space lawyers under 35 years old. It welcomes contributions on any topics related to space law. It also features a regular, annual
keynote presentation by a leading space law expert. Keynote by Prof. Steven Freeland.
Co-Chairs
Ilgar Abdullayev
Azercosmos, Space Agency of Republic of Azerbaijan
— AZERBAIJAN
Lesley Jane Smith
Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith
— GERMANY
E7.2
UNCOPUOS and ITU Registration of Large Constellations
UNCOPUOS and ITU are two different international structures with interest in space activities. They have a contrasting history, material scope, and membership. Their diverging
working methods manifest themselves in their approach to obtaining information about space objects. Whereas the method of advance publication, coordination and notification
of frequency assignments used by radio stations onboard space objects, as well as their recording in the Master International Frequency Register used for decades by the ITU
allows to obtain an early information about satellite systems, the 1975 UN Registration Convention elaborated by the UNCOPUOS requires limited information on space objects
already launched into outer space. These differences become obvious in recent cases of registration of large constellations. The session invites papers which observe the methods
of registration of large constellations, discuss the relation of UNCOPUOS and ITU, and analyze the possibility of their further synergies leading to the enhanced information of the
space community about satellite networks and systems.
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International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Tare Brisibe
OnAir — SWITZERLAND
Frans G. Von der Dunk
University of Nebraska, College of Law — THE
NETHERLANDS
Dimitra Stefoudi
Leiden University — THE NETHERLANDS
E7.3
Legal Issues Relating to Emerging Space Activities on Celestial Bodies
Plans to engage in activities on the Moon and other celestial bodies are rapidly developing. These range from possible resource exploitation activities all the way to permanent
human settlements. Whilst the fascination with life ‘off-earth’ and the creation of a cis-lunar economy are inspiring many, they also require careful consideration regarding a range
of legal issues and will necessitate the development of a clear legal framework to guide the way humanity engages in such activities. Among other issues, this session aims to
explore questions about appropriate off-earth governance requirements, the rules that will regulate the interactions between humans living on celestial bodies and the regulation
of any in situ resource exploitation and associated activities. This will involve an assessment of the existing legal framework for space as well as a ‘gap analysis’ as to what areas
require further consideration.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Alexander Soucek
Austrian Space Forum — AUSTRIA
Jenni Tapio
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — FINLAND
Anne-Sophie Martin
Sapienza University of Rome — ITALY
E7.4
Key Governance Issues in the New Space Age
The New Age Space is qualified by new age technologies, applications and the use of space for new age space activities - in and off the Earth’s orbit. To consistently ensure safe,
sustainable and secure use of outer space for peaceful purpose will become an ever more critical space governance concern. Therefore, given the general uncertainty around
concepts like “ Benefit and Uses of Outer Space to all Humankind” , could we explore New Age Space qua the UN Development Goals 2030 in context to: (i) Role of New Age
space technologies – telecommunications/RS&EO/GNSS to extend the benefits of space to developing and least developed countries; (ii) Space Environment Governance; (iii)
Long Term Economic Development on Earth; (iv) Global Governance for Space Security and (iv) Capacity Building in Global Space Governance.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Gérardine Goh Escolar
Bynkershoek Law Institute — THE NETHERLANDS
Kuan-Wei Chen
Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University —
CANADA
Antonino Salmeri
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — ITALY
E7.5
Supervision of Space Activities
Corresponding to the important transformation of the space sector there is a growing importance to ensure that outer space remains free for exploration and use, and that all
actors uphold the fundamental principles. Hence, the national regulators responsible for the authorization and continuing supervision of national space activities are required to
put in place adequate means in place to ensure that the national activities are conducted with due regard to the corresponding interests of other countries. This is also reflected
by inclusion of ‘supervision’ as Guideline A.3 of the LTS Guidelines (the Guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities adopted by COPUOS in 2019). What
should be the role of space situational awareness (SSA) data, or how should various non-legally binding instruments pertaining to space activities be considered in this process?
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Ulrike M. Bohlmann
ESA — FRANCE
Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd
Leuphana University — GERMANY
Laetitia Zarkan Cesari
University of Luxembourg — LUXEMBOURG
E7.6
E3.5
38TH IAA/IISL Scientific Legal Roundtable: "Cyberspace Security in Outer Space: Scientific, Technical and Legal Dimensions of a
Dilemma"
Outer space and cyberspace are realms opened to human exploration and exploitation through scientific discovery, technological innovation and increasingly, commercial
application. Spacecraft operating in near-earth orbital regions or in inter-planetary expanses rely on forms of electronic communication, often referred to as “cyberspace” to
carry out their missions. Best practices and usage norms to ensure safe passage through outer space have evolved as direct counterparts to the rules and norms governing use
of the radio spectrum and telecommunications technologies to avoid harmful, mission-endangering radio frequency interference. The technological shift to Internet-based
telecommunications infrastructures is exposing space-based systems to terrestrial cyber-disruptions that are challenging long-standing technological practices and governance
regimes in outer space. On-going earthbound military hostilities employing cyber-disruptions rooted in Internet network architectural vulnerabilities are already disabling or
interfering with space-based communications. This IAA-IISL Roundtable will discuss whether scientific/technological trends as well as governance institutions and rules are
sufficient to ensure space activities and systems may operate in a setting of cyber-security and not cyber-disruption.
Rapporteur
Nicola Rohner-Willsch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
(DLR) — GERMANY
E7.7
Recent Developments in Space Law with Particular Focus on Space Debris Remediation
The pollution of the most important orbits by space debris belongs to the pressing challenges for the international community. As a consequence a set of non-binding principles
on space debris mitigation were drafted and agreed upon. Now the even greater challenge is the elimination of the waste from the orbits. In view of new existing technologies
contributions are encouraged that highlight a possible legal framework for space debris remediation. Space debris remediation will be the special focus of this panel that
moreover invites other contributions containing recent challenges for space legislation.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Peter Stubbe
German Aerospace Center (DLR) — GERMANY
Maria-del-Carmen Muñoz-Rodríguez
University of Jaen — SPAIN
Gina Petrovici
German Aerospace Center (DLR) — GERMANY
E7.IP
Interactive Presentations - IISL COLLOQUIUM ON THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE
The IP session is not restricted to any specific topic related to space law and invites authors to contribute presentations on any interesting, relevant and current space law issues.
Co-Chair
Antonino Salmeri
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — ITALY
Gina Petrovici
ECSL — GERMANY
E8
IAA MULTILINGUAL ASTRONAUTICAL TERMINOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
This symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will review the progress made in multilingual space terminology and its impact on international
cooperation in space. Terminology is a key issue for a better understanding among people using various languages and dialects. Consecutive or simultaneous translation does
not remove the risk of ambiguity during technical meetings and accuracy in terminology is essential during all phases of cooperation. The session will address issues such as
standardization of definitions in space science and technology. The specific character of emerging space countries will also be discussed.
Coordinators
Susan McKenna-Lawlor
Space Technology (Ireland) Ltd. — IRELAND
Tetsuo Yoshimitsu
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
E8.1
Multilingual Astronautical Terminology
This session, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will review the progress made in multilingual space terminology and its impact on international
cooperation in space. Terminology is a key issue for a better understanding among people using various languages and dialects. Consecutive or simultaneous translation does
not remove the risk of ambiguity during technical meetings and accuracy in terminology is essential during all phases of cooperation. The session will address issues such as
standardization of definitions in space science and technology. The specific character of emerging space countries will also be discussed.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Susan McKenna-Lawlor
Space Technology (Ireland) Ltd. — IRELAND
Tetsuo Yoshimitsu
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency — JAPAN
Fabrice Dennemont
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) — FRANCE
E9
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE SECURITY, STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SPACE ACTIVITIES
This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), will address two major issues regarding safe and secure operations of space systems via two
separate sessions: i) policy, legal, institutional and economic aspects of space debris detection, mitigation and removal, jointly with the IAA Symposium on Space Debris, and,
ii) cyber security threats to space missions and countermeasures to address them, jointly with the IAA Symposium on Safety, Quality and Knowledge Management on Space
Activities. Papers dealing with non-technical aspects of space debris mitigation and removal, as well as planetary defence against asteroid impact threats, and case studies
focusing on countermeasures needs, including cryptography processes, operational security, supply chain and other aspects relevant to ensure a “cyber secure” mission will be
well received in this Symposium.
Coordinators
Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Stefano Zatti
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — ITALY
E9.1
A6.8
Policy, Legal, Institutional, Economic and Security Aspects of Debris Mitigation, Debris Remediation and STM
This session will address all non-technical aspects of debris mitigation, debris remediation and STM. Papers may focus on aspects of responsibility, liability and registration,
on the role of bodies such as UNCOPUOS or IADC, as well as on insurance, financial incentives and funding. In addition, security-related aspects and the role of international
cooperation in addressing these issues may be considered.
Co-Chairs
David Spencer
The Aerospace Corporation — UNITED STATES
Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — UNITED KINGDOM
Tanja Masson-Zwaan
International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden
University — THE NETHERLANDS
Rapporteurs
Andrea Capurso
LUISS Guido Carli University — ITALY
Emma Kerr
Deimos Space UK Ltd — UNITED KINGDOM
Victoria Samson
Secure World Foundation — UNITED STATES
E9.2
Cyber-based Security Threats to Space Missions: Establishing the Legal, Institutional and Collaborative Framework to Counteract
them
The increasingly pervasive network connectivity following the Internet explosion introduces a whole new families of cyber-security threats to space missions. To send commands
to a spacecraft now you would not need to build a ground station, but you can penetrate from your home or office the existing ground infrastructures, bypassing their protection
measures, from anywhere in the world. The questions to be addressed in the session will span across the following issues: - What is the interest of cyber-crime and cyber-activism
with respect to space activities? - How are aerospace organisations managing the ability to introduce the right level of security measures in the process to plan and develop new
missions? - What legal and protection framework is or has to be put in place to enable secure cooperation across corporate and international boundaries? - How is knowledge
about security threats captured, shared, and used to follow the evolution of cyber threats? - Which ones of these specific threats are to be expected to target space missions, from
the ground and from space? - What is particularly to be expected from the cyber-space to target outer space? Contribution are expected to focus on cyber-specific legislation,
best practices, processes, collaboration methods between law enforcement and institutional partners, and any other aspects of the organization of space missions that are all
constituting the formal components to keep a mission “cyber secure”.
Co-Chairs
Julien Airaud
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
Stefano Zatti
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — ITALY
E9.3
Norms and Standards for Safe and Responsible Behaviour in Space
The rapid expansion and evolution of the global space arena is characterized by an increasing number and diversity of space actors and the emergence of new kinds of space
systems, some of which involve very large constellations of satellites numbering in the thousands to tens of thousands, and also new kinds of space activities, such as on-orbit
servicing, refueling, in-orbit assembly and manufacturing, active debris removal, and so on. With increasing congestion in the Earth’s orbital environment, these new kinds of space
activities raise questions about the safety of space operations, particularly when contingency situations arise (such as conjunctions), or when spacecraft operate in close proximity
to each other and there are no clear, widely accepted international standards or norms of behaviour. For this reason, it is important to identify and leverage best practices from
government and industry to ensure safety of flight and safe rendezvous and proximity operations of spacecraft. These best practices may subsequently be codified as norms and
standards for safe and responsible behaviour in space. This session is intended to be a forum to allow practitioners to discuss and socialize the types of norms, standards and
behaviours that would be conducive to the safety of space operations.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Peter Martinez
Secure World Foundation — UNITED STATES
Annamaria Nassisi
Thales Alenia Space Italia — Italy
Rachel Venn
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — UNITED
KINGDOM
E9.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE SECURITY, STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SPACE ACTIVITIES
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Space Security addressed in the classic Sessions.
The IP session is not restricted to any specific topic related to space law and invites authors to contribute presentations on any interesting, relevant and current space law issues.
The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one
afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the
topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot
links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract
that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Coordinator
Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL)
— UNITED KINGDOM
E10
IAF SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY DEFENSE AND NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS
This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), will address all aspects of the hazards associated with the impact of asteroids and comets on Earth
and their mitigation. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of planetary defense, the symposium additionally aims to establish joint sessions with other symposiums investigating
synergies and lessons learned.
Coordinators
Alex Karl
Space Applications Services — BELGIUM
Alissa J. Haddaji
Harvard University — UNITED STATES
E10.1
Planetary Defense from Asteroids and Comets
This session will address all aspects of the hazards associated with the impact of asteroids and comets on Earth and their mitigation, covering these broad areas of interest: 1. An
overview about the latest developments and mission summaries related to recent, ongoing or upcoming missions with a focus on planetary defense. 2. Advances in pre-impact
determinations and prevention of impacts, such as discovery and characterisation, along with mission & campaign designs to deflect or disrupt a hazardous object. 3. Advances
in preparation for impact, such as impact consequences & disaster management and response coordination on local and international levels. 4. General considerations such as
the influence of legal, social and economic aspects on the decision to act by decision makers, the deflection methods used as well as public education and communication to
various audiences 5. Lessons learned from other missions and endeavours that could benefit planetary defense and vice versa.
Co-Chairs
Daniel Mazanek
NASA — UNITED STATES
Aurélie Moussi
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — FRANCE
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75th IAC
International Astronautical Congress
14 - 18 October 2024, Milan, Italy
Category
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Rapporteurs
Alejandro J. Roman Molinas
Paraguayan Space Agency — PARAGUAY
Alex Karl
Space Applications Services — BELGIUM
E10.2
Informing Planetary Defense
This session will address all aspects that contribute towards informing future planetary defense, including: 1. Results from the first impact deflection test with DART (e.g., results,
including ground-based observations regarding the orbital period change, physical characteristics of Didymos and Dimorphos, geology of the impact site, revised numerical
modelling of DART impact, and Didymos’ dynamics based on DART impact); 2. Results from NEO sample return missions, as well as perspectives regarding ongoing and future
NEO missions; 3. Legal considerations that would contribute towards the decision to act; and 4. Any other transdisciplinary research that enhances our understanding to make
better decisions and increase the likelihood of a successful mitigation of an asteroid or comet impact.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteurs
Daniel Mazanek
NASA — UNITED STATES
Alissa J. Haddaji
Harvard University — UNITED STATES
Philipp Maier
Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart —
GERMANY
E10.IP
Interactive Presentations - IAF SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY DEFENSE AND NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS
This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Planetary Defense and Near-Earth Objects
addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire
Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute
slot to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as:
PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category
at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.
Coordinators
Alex Karl
Space Applications Services — BELGIUM
Alissa J. Haddaji
Harvard University — UNITED STATES
GTS. GLOBAL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM (GTS)
The Global Technical Symposium (GTS) is designed to offer a modern and eclectic platform at the IAC for sharing technical content
to an open minded audience on-site but also online! Jointly organized by associated technical committees and the Workforce
Development-Young Professional Programme Committee, these sessions are similar to the conventional technical sessions in terms
of abstract selection and paper submissions. However, in addition to the on-site presentation of the technical papers, these sessions
are also broadcast online. Authors are allowed to present remotely or on-site, and participants are also allowed to listen to the
session from the comfort of their homes or at their workplaces in addition to the IAC venue. The IAF hopes that this approach will
enable more students and young professionals without the ability to join IAC on-site to contribute to discussion at the IAC.
GTS.1
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AROUND THE WORLD
GTS.2
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT GLOBAL TECHNICAL SESSION
GTS.3
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION GLOBAL TECHNICAL SESSION
GTS.4
STUDENT TEAM COMPETITION
GTS.5
SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS GLOBAL TECHNICAL SESSION
Coordinated by Stephanie Wan, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — UNITED STATES and Seyed Ali Nasseri, Space
Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — CANADA
GTS.1
E6.5
Entrepreneurship Around the World
Entrepreneurship has different characteristics that differ from country to country around the world. Some of the challenges that entrepreneurs face transcend national and
cultural borders, but some others do not. This session welcomes papers and presentations that describe the barriers experienced by real entrepreneurs in their different countries
and regions around the world. A summary discussion will identify the commonalities and unique characteristics of nation-specific entrepreneurial barriers as identified by the
presenters. This is a technical session co-sponsored by the IAF Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee (EIC) and the IAF Workforce Development/Young Professionals
Programme Committee, as part of the Global Technical Sessions – presenters can present in person at the IAC or from their home/work/university location.
Co-Chairs
Juergen Drescher
Swedish Space Corporation — UNITED STATES
George A. Danos
Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) —
CYPRUS
Nancy C. Wolfson
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) — UNITED STATES
Susana Fornies Rodriguez
— FRANCE
GTS.2
B3.9
Human Spaceflight Global Technical Session
The Human Space Endeavours Global Technical Session is targeting individuals and organizations with the objective of sharing best practices, future projects, research and issues for
the future of Human Space Endeavours. This is a Global session co-sponsored by the Human Space Endeavours Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals
Programme Committee.
Co-Chairs
Guillaume Girard
Zero2infinity — SPAIN
Andrea Jaime
Isar Aerospace — GERMANY
GTS.3
B2.8
Space Communications and Navigation Global Technical Session
A Global session to present and discuss developments in a wide range of satellite communication topics, including fixed, mobile, broadcasting, and data relay technologies and
services, as well as those for satellite-based position determination, navigation, and timing. Both Earth's orbital and interplanetary space communications topics can be addressed.
This session is co-sponsored by the Space Communications and Navigation Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Joshua Critchley-Marrows
Nottingham Scientific Ltd — UNITED KINGDOM
Kevin Shortt
Airbus Defence & Space — GERMANY
Eric Wille
ESA — THE NETHERLANDS
GTS.4
E2.3
Student Team Competition
Undergraduate and graduate level student teams present papers on any subject related to space sciences, industry or technology. These papers will represent the work of the
authors (three or more students). Students presenting in this session will compete for the Hans von Muldau Team Award. The selection of the oral presentations is solely based
on the submitted abstracts. We strongly recommend that you submit an abstract with an extensive description of your topic, including a detailed explanation of your contribution
and the novelty of your work. Furthermore, a short description how your team worked together to achieve the project goal should be included. The guidelines for the student
competition will be distributed from the session chairs to the authors after abstract acceptance.
Co-Chairs
Rapporteur
Emmanuel Zenou
Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
(ISAE) — FRANCE
Andrea Jaime
Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH — GERMANY
Kathleen Coderre
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — UNITED
STATES
GTS.5
B4.9
Small Satellite Missions Global Technical Session
The Small Satellite Missions Global Technical Session (GTS) is a collaboration between the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Small Satellite Missions Symposium and the
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee. This session is unique in that it allows for sharing of information
on a global scale with presenters and audience both at the IAC venue and online at their home/work/university locations. Abstracts are solicited regarding operational missions
or mature proposals for small satellite systems and related topics. These must have clear relevance on an international scale or at a business level, and must also provide young
professionals a taste of what the space sector has to offer. Where possible, abstracts should have a wide interest in the community and should include transferable knowledge or
lessons learned. Abstracts highlighting ingenuity or innovation are preferred. Examples include space missions utilizing small satellites that address specific new societal, scientific or
commercial challenges, or novel technologies that have the potential to revolutionize space missions and/or enable their access to space. Papers are to describe the specific need,
the small satellite approach that addresses this need, the benefits of this approach and the use of space technology, and demonstrate that other non-space approaches provide
inferior solutions. Papers from, or directed at the young professional community are preferred. This session will be accepting submissions for oral presentations only.
Co-Chairs
Matthias Hetscher
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — GERMANY
Norbert M.K. Lemke
OHB System AG - Oberpfaffenhofen — GERMANY
Rapporteurs
Alex da Silva Curiel
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) — UNITED
KINGDOM
Victoria Barabash
Luleå University of Technology — SWEDEN
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11. IAC 2024 Call for Papers Deadlines
12. Preliminary IAC 2024 at a Glance
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Abstract Preparation
Format
• Abstracts must be written in English.
• Abstract length should not exceed 400 words.
Content
• Tables or drawings are not allowed in the abstract.
• Formulas can be included using the LaTeX box provided on the
abstract submission web page.
• Abstracts should specify: purpose, methodology, results and
conclusions.
• Abstracts should indicate that substantive technical and/or
programmatic content is included.
Co-authors
All your co-authors should be added at the time you submit your
abstract using the tool provided online. You should register all of
them online indicating their name, affiliation, full postal address,
phone and email address.
Abstract Submission
Signing in
• The submission of abstracts must be done exclusively on the
IAF website restricted area https://iafastro.directory/iac/account/
• If you are submitting an abstract on our website for the first
time, you will need to register.
• In case you have forgotten your password, please use the
password recovery utility.
Submission
• Go to the new abstract submission page.
• Browse the technical programme and choose the symposium
and technical session for which you want to submit your
abstract.
• Type the title and content of your abstract into the related
fields.
• Choose you presentation preference: oral presentation only,
interactive presentation only, oral or interactive.
• Confirm that the material is new and original and that it has
not been presented at a previous meeting.
• Confirm that your attendance at IAC 2024 to deliver and
present the paper is assured.
Note: An abstract can be submitted to only one
Technical Session and duplicates will be discarded.
Abstract Selection
Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the Session Chairs on
the basis of technical quality and relevance to the session topics.
Prospective authors should certify that the paper was not
presented at a previous meeting. Selected abstracts may be
chosen for eventual oral or interactive presentation – any
such choice is not an indication of quality of the submitted
abstract. Their evaluation will be submitted to the Symposium
Coordinators, who will make acceptance recommendations to
the International Programme Committee which will make the
final decision. Please note that any relevance to the Congress’
main theme will be considered as an advantage.
Paper and Presentation Submission
• Details on how to prepare and submit your final paper
as well as your presentation material will be available on
www.iafastro.org by mid-April.
• Authors with an abstract accepted for oral presentation will be
offered a presentation slot of 10 to 20 minutes.
• Authors with an abstract accepted for interactive presentation
will be offered a presentation slot of 10 minutes.
• Authors with an abstract accepted for an interactive
presentation will be asked to prepare slides and display them
for the duration of the congress on screens. Authors will be
assigned a specific screen number and will have a dedicated
slot during which they will have the opportunity to engage in
interactive discussion with other Congress attendees.
Additional Information
Preliminary versions of the IAC proceedings will be available to
participants at the Congress electronically. More information
about the IAF Digital Library is available on the IAF website:
https://dl.iafastro.directory/
Authors should follow the above general procedure. An additional
suitability requirement is that the proposed topic must be related
to a potential or on-going IAA Study Group activity.
Authors should follow the above instructions for the
submission of their abstracts. In addition to the IAC
Proceedings, the papers of the Colloquium, along with
other materials, will be published in the Proceedings of
IISL. Authors who qualify may ask to be considered for the
Dr I.H. Ph. Diederiks-Verschoor Award for Best Paper.
Please contact the IISL secretary for the regulations at
secretary@iislweb.org.
DEADLINES
Abstract Submission
28 February 2024
Interactive Presentation
Submission
27 September 2024
Paper Submission
20 September 2024
Oral Presentation Submission
22 September 2024
Please make sure to check the IAF website (www.iafastro.org)
and the IAF App regularly to get the latest updates on the
Technical Programme!
QUESTIONS
Abstract submission and/or oral presentations:
support@iafastro.org
Interactive presentations: ipsupport@iafastro.org
13. Instructions for Authors
14. Space in Italy: from Galileo to Lunar Gateway
Italy's legacy in space endeavors is a testament to its rich heritage and vibrant ecosystem. From Galileo's pioneering observations to
contemporary exploits like the Lunar Gateway, Italy's involvement spans centuries and encompasses a multitude of dimensions. This
journey is guided by a dynamic collaboration between enterprises, research centers, universities, associations, and institutes, collectively
propelling advancements in human spaceflight, exploration missions, critical satellite systems and space education.
Italy's space landscape involves an expansive value chain, incorporating large system integrators, over 200 SMEs, and innovative startups.
Ranked as the fourth-largest space industry in Europe and third country in terms of contribution in the ESA, the sector generates a €13
billion in revenues while providing employment to over 64,000 skilled individuals. This inclusive ecosystem positions Italy at the forefront
of space technology and innovation.
Italian scientists and researchers have contributed significantly to space missions, participating in projects such as Cassini-Huygens,
Rosetta, and ExoMars, advancing our understanding of celestial bodies. The Italian space industry excels in satellite development and
Earth observation. The COSMO-SkyMed constellation, as an example, provides high-resolution radar imaging for disaster monitoring and
environmental management. Other notable achievements include contributions to Copernicus, Galileo, MRO, JUNO, Solar Orbiter, and
more, underscoring Italy's prominence in the field.
The strategic pursuits of the Italian Space Industry include important European missions such as the European Large Logistics Lander
(EL3) project and the Moonlight Initiative. The former seeks to enable autonomous lunar landings for Europe, while the latter aims
to establish the first off-planet commercial telecoms and satellite navigation provider, deploying lunar satellites for a comprehensive
constellation. Italy's contributions also extend to other vital ESA missions like JUICE, investigating Jupiter and its icy moons, and Euclid,
charting a 3D-map of the Universe.
As a pivotal player in the international space community, Italy's involvement goes well beyond the European borders. The Italian Space
Agency (ASI) is an active participant in the Artemis Accords, signifying its commitment to partnering with NASA in groundbreaking
missions. Among the ambitious projects, Italy intends to contribute to the Space Launch System's inaugural mission, as well as the Lunar
Gateway endeavor, thus driving the European I-HAB program.
Italy's vision involves more than its space activities, serving as a facilitator for emerging economies' integration into the space domain.
The nation's space machine also emphasizes its pivotal role in forging connections between the space sector and traditional industries
on a global scale, promoting innovation and mutual growth.
Counting today more than 10 thousand students only in aerospace engineering, the future of the Italian space ecosystem is secured by
the work of international renowned Universities and Polytechnic Schools all over the country. Alongside with AIDAA, founding member
of IAF and host of IAC 2024 together with the co-hosts ASI and Leonardo, they embrace the important mission of growing the next space
generation through highest level education and outreach initiatives.
As Italy eagerly prepares to host IAC 2024 in Milan, accompanied by a series of events under the Aerospace Italy 2024 initiative (www.
aidaa.it/aerospaceitaly2024), the nation's dedication to space exploration and technological advancements becomes evident. With a
focus on strategic collaboration, innovation, education, and international cooperation, Italy's engagement in the field of space continues
to leave an indelible mark on humanity's journey into the cosmos.
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