3rd IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness Sep. 13-15, 2021 Madrid

Welcome

3rd IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA)





Thank you to our 2021 Sponsors:

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September 13-15, 2021

GMV, Madrid, Spain



Due to the generous sponsorship from the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Florida (UF) invites you to attend the third International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA). The ICSSA will be hosted at GMV, Madrid, Spain, from September 13-15, 2021.

The foremost purpose of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is to provide decision-making processes with a quantifiable and timely body of evidence (predictive/imminent/forensic) of behavior(s) attributable to specific space domain threats and hazards. The conference will cover broad-ranging technical and policy related aspects associated with the topic of SSA. Over the past two decades, SSA has evolved into a high-impact, multidisciplinary field of research. The magnitude and complexity of its constituent lines of inquiry are growing at rapid pace, driven by the increasing number of objects of interest, including resident space objects: RSOs (a collective term for active spacecraft and space debris) as well as near Earth objects: NEOs (comets and asteroids in Earth’s vicinity). Combining its various “notions”, SSA today spans research in areas of RSO/NEO sensing, identification, forecasting, tracking, association, risk assessment, resource allocation, spacecraft control, information & communication, proximity operations, debris removal, space weather, drag-controlled re-entry, alternative (non-propulsive) deorbiting technologies, liability and insurance issues and a host of other related topics. Continued sustainable access and utilization of space relies on the awareness of its environment, both from the perspective of human operators on the ground and autonomous spacecraft during flight. Moreover, as the nature and number of participants utilizing the space environment grows, there is critical need for steadfast governance driven by a coherent space policy.



Conference Chair:

Riccardo Bevilacqua, University of Florida



Organizing Committee Members:

Arun Misra, Canada

Jeng-Shing (Rock) Chern, Canada

Ali Al-Mashat, France

Christophe Bonnal, France

Holger Krag, Germany

Luciano Anselmo, Italy

Carmen Pardini, Italy

Thomas Schildknecht, Switzerland

Jer-Chyi Liou, NASA, United States

Tarek Elgohary, University of Central Florida, United States

For questions regarding registration and logistics, please contact:

Katie MacWilkinson, University of Florida Conference Department

kmacwilkinson@ufl.edu

Important Dates:

Abstract Deadline: June 15th, 2021

Paper Deadline: September 1st, 2021