Technical Papers – Conjunction/RPO
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Benjamin Skopic, Institute for Defense Analyses; Cameron Liang, Institute for Defense Analyses; Hannah Yi, Institute for Defense Analyses
Keywords: SERPENS, mission availability, collision avoidance maneuvers, orbital debris
Shrouti Dutta, NorthStar Earth & Space, Inc.; Matteo Budoni, NorthStar Earth & Space, Inc.; Guillermo Escribano, NorthStar Earth & Space, Inc.; Priyatharsan Rajasekar, NorthStar Earth & Space, Inc.; Laura Pirovano, NorthStar Earth & Space; Manuel Sanjurjo-Rivo, NorthStar Earth & Space, Inc.; Yann Picard, NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.
Keywords: astrodynamics, collision avoidance, space debris, maneuver planning
Robert Wolff, Office of Space Commerce; Christian Ramos, USSF Commercial Integration Office/Mission Delta 2; Jeff Cornelius, Parsons; Quentin Collins, Office of Space Commerce - contractor
Keywords: TraCSS, Space Traffic Coordination, Space Traffic Management, CA, Conjunction, Conjunction Assessment, Collision, Avoidance
Nicholas Ravago, Omitron, Inc.; Eliot Toumey, Omitron, Inc.; Luis Baars, Omitron Inc.; Matthew Hejduk, The Aerospace Corporation
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Screening Volumes
Naomi Owens-Fahrner, BAE Systems; Joshua Wysack, BAE Systems; Justin Kim, BAE Systems
Keywords: Space Traffic Management (STM), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Conjunction Assessment, Orbital Slot Allocation, Collision Avoidance, Network Flow Optimization, Integer Programming, Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization
Ryan Shepperd, Iridium; William Boyce III, Iridium
Keywords: Mean element sets, collision assessment, collision mitigation solution space
Hunter Morris, The Aerospace Corporation; Matthew Hejduk, The Aerospace Corporation; Lauri Newman, NASA
Keywords: conjunction assessment, risk aggregation
Alinda Mashiku, NASA; Lauri Newman, NASA; Dolan Highsmith, The Aerospace Corporation
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Collision Avoidance, Decision Support, Risk Assessment
Ankit Agrawal, Digantara; Thamim Ansari, Digantara
Keywords: Conjunction assessment, Data fusion, Bayesian inference, Space traffic management, Space situational awareness
Aleksander Lidtke, Astroscale Holdings Inc.; Mike Lindsay, Astroscale Holdings Inc.; Sho Fujita, Astroscale Holdings Inc.; Max Geissbuhler, Slingshot Aerospace; Hisashi Inoue, Astroscale Japan; Eijiro Atarashi, Astroscale Japan
Keywords: RPO, debris removal, ground-based electro-optical, RPO sensor, assessment
Kerstyn Auman, The Aerospace Corporation; Timothy S. Murphy, The Aerospace Corporation; Eric George, The Aerospace Corporation; Patrick Kelly, The Aerospace Corporation; Carson Coursey, The Aerospace Corporation; David Goldstein, SpaceX; Ian Ruh, SpaceX; Kate Hymes, SpaceX
Keywords: Space Situational Awareness,SSA,Conjunction Assessment,Collision Avoidance,CA,conjunction screening,validation,algorithm,Office of Space Commerce,OSC,Traffic Coordination System for Space,TraCSS,SpaceX
Rachit Bhatia, West Virginia University; Gerardo Rivera, West Virginia University; Jacob Griesbach, ARKA/Stratagem; Piyush Mehta, West Virginia University
Keywords: covariance realism, space weather, optimal sequential filter, space traffic management, orbit prediction
Jordan Maxwell, Scout Space Inc; Ryan Blay, Scout Space LLC; David Lujan, Scout Space Inc; Jordan Marshall, Scout Space LLC
Keywords: conjunction analysis, spacecraft collisions, astrodynamics, space domain awareness, spacecraft self-protect
Timothy Olson, Slingshot Aerospace; Clarice Reid, Slingshot Aerospace; Jason Stauch, Slingshot Aerospace; Conner Grey, Slingshot Aerospace; Dylan Kesler, Slingshot Aerospace; Belinda Marchand, Slingshot Aerospace
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Space Situational Awareness, Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Control, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Sensor Tasking, Probability Dilution, Space Operations Optimization
Ryan Shepperd, Iridium
Keywords: Conjunction assessment, collision avoidance, CA, COLA, conjunction metrics
Jaime Serrano, GMV; Angel Gallego, GMV; Álvaro Martínez, GMV; David Moreno, GMV
Keywords: rendez-vous, close proximity operations, RPO, SDA, object characterisation, intentional threat
Naman Ladhad, Digantara Research and Technologies Private Limited, India; Rithwik Neelakantan, Digantara Research and Technologies Private Limited, India; Tanveer Ahmed, Digantara Research and Technologies Private Limited, India
Keywords: Multi objective optimization, Collision Avoidance, Differential Evolution, Multi perspective, Optimization
Shawn Seunghwan Choi, SpaceMap; Jun Young Byun, Hanyang University; Maxime Pognon, SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE; Juhwan Kim, Hanyang University; Hyeonggu Kim, KT SAT; Jaedong Seong, KARI; Baptiste Guillot, Safran; Thierry Balanche, Safran; Kevin Choi, KT SAT; Misoon Mah, M&K Research and Development Inc; Jae Wook Song, Hanyang University; Peter Joonghyun Ryu, SpaceMap; Douglas Deok-Soo Kim, SpaceMap
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Collision Avoidance, Space Traffic Management
Dario Modenini, University of Bologna; Giacomo Curzi, University of Bologna; Alfredo Locarini, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna; Paolo Tortora, University of Bologna; Stefano Cicalò, Space Dynamics Services s.r.l.; Alessia Bertolucci, Space Dynamics Services s.r.l.; Francesca Guerra, Space Dynamics Services s.r.l.; Mauro Cardone, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Keywords: Autonomous operations, Collision Avoidance, Risk Assessment, Orbit determination, GNSS, Galileo
Brian Gunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alaric Gregoire, Georgia Tech; Mariel Borowitz, Office of Space Commerce; Lauri Newman, NASA
Keywords: constellations, conjunctions, space traffic management
Manuel Schubert, Institute of Space Systems, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany; Christopher Kebschull, OKAPI:Orbits GmbH; Njord Eggen, OKAPI:Orbits GmbH; Simona Silvestri, Institute of Space Systems, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Keywords: Space Debris, Sensor Network Simulator, SSA, SDA, SST, Simulation
Andre Antunes de Sa, Kayhan Space; Matthew Shouppe, Kayhan Space; Shota Takahashi, Kayhan Space; Felix Portillo, Kayhan Space; Masafumi Isaji, Kayhan Space; Siamak Hesar, Kayhan Space Corp; Sita Sonty, Boston Consulting Group
Keywords: SSA, STM, optimal collision avoidance, coordinated avoidance maneuver
Juan Ojeda Romero, John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Fouad Khoury, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Keywords: Multibody Astrodynamics, Cislunar Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Relative Motion, Bicircular Restricted Four Body Problem, Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem, Dynamical Systems Theory
Kerianne Pruett, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Nathan McNaughton, University of California, Berkeley; Michael Schneider, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Keywords: SDA, SSA, machine learning, classification, RPO, CSO, optical imaging, modeling, simulation
Matthew Hejduk, The Aerospace Corporation; Scott Miller, NASA Ames Research Center; David Murakami, NASA Ames Research Center; Austin Probe, Emergent Space Technologies; Graham Bryan, Emergent Space Technologies; Alex Petrov, SpaceX; David Goldstein, SpaceX; Elliott Schwartz, Space; Erik Babcock, SpaceX
Keywords: Autonomous Conjunction Assessment, Coordinated Deconfliction
Rachit Bhatia, LeoLabs; Darren McKnight, LeoLabs; Erin Dale, LeoLabs; Mohin Patel, LeoLabs
Keywords: space domain awareness, statistical risk assessment, conjunction assessment, astrodynamics
Yashica Khatri, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Scheeres, University of Colorado Boulder
Keywords: Conjunction Analysis, Gaussian Mixture Model, State Transition Tensor, Simplified Dynamical System, Monte Carlo, Space Situational Awareness, Uncertainty Propagation
Pol Mesalles-Ripoll, SpaceNav; Edward Herrick-Reynolds, SpaceNav; Matt Duncan, SpaceNav
Keywords: space situational awareness, risk mitigation maneuver, maneuver pairs, orbit raising, low thrust
Emily Gerber, Ten One Aerospace; Michael Mercurio, Ten One Aerospace; Jason Crane, Ten One Aerospace; Christopher Roscoe, Ten One Aerospace; Jason Westphal, Ten One Aerospace
Keywords: RPO, Maneuver Detection, Deep Learning
Ryan Shepperd, Iridium
Keywords: Iridium 33, Conjunction Assessment, Collision Avoidance
Thibault Lebeke, Exotrail; Andrea Fiorentino, Exotrail
Keywords: low-thrust, electric propulsion, optimal control, operations, rendezvous proximity operations
Austin Ogle, Nazarbayev University; Christos Spitas, Nazarbayev University
Keywords: Orbital Mechanics, Conjunction Assesment, SSA
Phillip M. Cunio, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; Jaycie Bishop, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; Christopher W. Ingram, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; Bill Therien, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; Doug Hendrix, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; Clinton Clark, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; Michael Bantel, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.; MJ Jeffries, ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.
Keywords: Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Geosynchronous Orbit, Docking, Remote Sensing, Space Traffic Management
Lauri K. Newman, NASA Headquarters; Alinda K. Mashiku, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Keywords: conjunction assessment, best practices, space traffic management
Paul Diaz, SpaceNav; Pol Mesalles Ripoll, SpaceNav; Matthew Duncan, SpaceNav; Mike Lindsay, Astroscale; Toby Harris, Astroscale; Hugh G. Lewis, University of Southampton
Keywords: Data-Driven Lifetime Risk Assessment and Mitigation Planning for Large-Scale Satellite Constellations
Alexander Ryan, Industrial Sciences Group; Angus Leung, Industrial Sciences Group; David Shteinman, Industrial Sciences Group; Mark Yeo, Industrial Sciences Group; Matthew Hejduk, NASA Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA)
Keywords: Space Object Conjunction Assessment (CA);Space Traffic Management; Big Data analytics
Max Geissbuhler, Slingshot Aerospace; Joshua Horwood, Slingshot Aerospace; Todd Brost, Slingshot Aerospace; Navraj Singh, Slingshot Aerospace; Jeff Aristoff, Slingshot Aerospace
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Opportunity Screening, Orbit Propagation, Orbit Determination, Maneuver Estimation, Commercial Data, Space Situational/Domain Awareness, Rendezvous Proximity Operation
Thomas Kelecy, The Stratagem Group; Shawn Abernethy, The Stratagem Group; Frank Jones, The Stratagem Group; Emily Gerber, The Stratagem Group; Hannah Wurzel, The Stratagem Group
Keywords: Rendezvous & Proximity Operations (RPO); Closely Spaced Objects (CSO); Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning (ML); Course of Action (CoA)
Austin Probe, Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.; Graham Bryan, Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.; Timothy Woodbury, Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.; Evan Novak, Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.; Shiva Iyer, The University of Texas at Austin; Apoorva Karra, The University of Texas at Austin; Moriba Jah, University of Texas at Austin
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Collision Avoidance, Space Traffic Management, Autonomous
Islam I. Hussein, Trusted Space, Inc.; Thomas Kubancik, Trusted Space, Inc; Erin Griggs, Trusted Space, Inc.; Holly Borowski, Trusted Space, Inc.; Mark Bolden, Trusted Space, Inc.
Keywords: Space Traffic Management, Conjunction Assessment and Avoidance, Autonomous Maneuvering, Risk-Based Decision Making
Shawn Seunghwan Choi, SPACEMAP Inc, Hanyang University; Peter (Joonghyun) Ryu, SPACEMAP Inc., Voronoi Diagram Research Center; Chanyoung Song, Hanyang University; Minwoo Ji, Hanyang University; Jaedong Seong, Korea Aerospace Research Institute; Misoon Mah, M&K Research & Development; Roberto Furfaro, University of Arizona; Douglas Deok-Soo Kim, SPACEMAP Inc., Voronoi Diagram Research Center, Hanyang University
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Maneuver Planning, Real-time, Optimization, Data Transmission, Constellation
Daniel Moomey, Air Force Institute of Technology; Rachael Falcon, Headquarters Air Force Safety Center; Arbab Khan, Booz-Allen-Hamilton
Keywords: Conjunction Assessment, Conjunction Data Message, Space Environment, Sustainability, Space Policy, Orbital Collision
Selma Zamoum, SpaceAble France; Thomas Husson, SpaceAble France; Fatoumata Kebe, SpaceAble France; Mathieu Barthélémy, IPAG-OSUG/CSUG; Benjamin Gigleux, SpaceAble France; Jacques Sombrin, TéSA Laboratory; Franck Durand-Carrier, TéSA Laboratory and CNES
Keywords: In-Orbit Servicing, Inspection, Space Weather Modeling, Space Data, Rendezvous, Satellite Anomalies, Space Safety
Chris Ostrom, HX5 Jacobs JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center; Timothy Kennedy, NASA Johnson Space Center Orbital Debris Program Office
Keywords: orbital debris, radar, measurement, modeling, LEO, low earth orbit, observability, statistics
Utkarsh Ranjan Mishra, Texas A&M University; Weston Faber, L3Harris; Suman Chakravorty, Texas A&M University; Islam Hussein, Thornton Tomasetti
Keywords: MCMC, Subset Simulation, Conjunction Assessment, Probability of Collision, Space Situational Awareness, Parallel Computing, Orbital Debris
Stefan Scharring, DLR; Gerd Wagner, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics; Jürgen Kästel, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics; Wolfgang Riede, DLR; Jochen Speiser, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics
Keywords: space debris, collision avoidance, high energy laser, laser ablation, atmospheric beam propagation, laser guide star, laser-matter interaction, adaptive optics
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Gunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Megan Birch, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Richard Macke, Georgia Institute of Technology
Keywords: Space Traffic Management, Simulation, Scenarios, Space Debris,
Marielle Pellegrino, University of Colorado Boulder, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.; Daniel Scheeres, University of Colorado Boulder, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.; Brett Streetman, University of Colorado Boulder, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
Keywords: space debris, astrodynamics, chaos, gnss, meo
Mark A. Sturza, 3C Systems Company; Gemma Saura Carretero, Viasat, Inc.
Keywords: LEO; debris; Kessler Syndrome; collisions; maneuverability
Douglas Hope, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Megan Birch, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Christopher E. Cordell, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Keith F. Prussing, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Christopher Valenta, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Keywords: Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, Network Sensor Designs, Modeling, High Performance Computing, Conjunction Analysis
Axel Garcia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Richard Linares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Zachary Folcik, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Peter Niedfeldt, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; James Gandek, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Christopher M Jewison, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc; Paul Cefola, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Keywords: direct optimization, proximity operations, NMCs, low-thrust, electric propulsion, optimal control
Matthew Stevenson, LeoLabs; Darren McKnight, LeoLabs; Hugh Lewis, University of Southampton; Chris Kunstadter, AXA XL; Rachit Bhatia, LeoLabs
Keywords: debris collision risk, space object population modeling
Ian Connerney, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alejandro Sosa, Virginia Tech; Kevin Schroeder, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jonathan Black, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Keywords: Trajectory, Optimization, Optimal Control, Collocation, RPO, Collision Avoidance, Rendezvous, Proximity, SSA, Inspection
Sarah Thiele, The University of British Columbia; Aaron C. Boley, The University of British Columbia
Keywords: ASAT tests, megaconstellations, orbital debris, modeling, collisional probability, collisional risk
Benjamin Reifler, The University of Texas at Austin; Sehyun Yun, The University of Texas at Austin; Brandon Jones, University of Texas at Austin; Renato Zanetti, University of Texas at Austin
Keywords: multi-target tracking, label-partitioned GLMB filter, ensemble Gaussian mixture filter, sparse data, large satellite constellations
Mark A. Vincent, Raytheon
Keywords: maneuver trade space plot, propagations models, thresholds, operations
Simon George, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Alexander Agathanggelou, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Grant Privett, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Philippa Halpin, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; William Feline, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Andrew Ash, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Paul Chote, University of Warwick; Lauchie Scott, Defence R&D Canada; Jovan Skuljan, Defence Technology Agency; Jason Alvino, Defence Science and Technology Group; James Frith, AFRL/RVSW;
Keywords: SSA/SDA, astrodynamics, experimentation, observation campaign, GEO rendezvous, tracking, electric propulsion, RPO, orbit determination
Toby Harris, Astroscale UK; Jason Forshaw, Astroscale UK; Mike Lindsay, Astroscale Japan; George Brydon, Astroscale UK; Alek Lidtke, Astroscale Japan; Neil Yarr, Astroscale UK
Keywords: In-situ SSA, RPO, ADR, ELSA-d, operations, rendezvous proximity operations
Salvatore Alfano, COMSPOC Corporation; Daniel L. Oltrogge, COMSPOC Corporation; Lorenzo Arona, AVANTI Communications
Keywords: SSA, accuracy requirement, Go/No-Go criteria, collision avoidance
Mike Lindsay, Astroscale; Toby Harris, Astroscale UK; Sam Cox, Astroscale UK; Matt Duncan, SpaceNav
Keywords: space debris, collision risk, regulation, licensing, modeling, post-mission disposal, sustainability, fragmentation, lethal non-trackables