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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar - Space Safety is Foundation for Reliable Space Traffic Management\, by Darren McKnight
DESCRIPTION:The current efforts to develop space traffic management (STM) governance\, rules\, and regulations are necessary but not sufficient to assure the safe\, reliable\, and sustained operations in low Earth orbit (LEO). What is also essential are (1) the strengthening of debris mitigation guidelines and compliance to them plus (2) implementation of debris remediation solutions. No matter how sophisticated and robust the STM framework becomes\, if the background hazard from debris\, both cataloged and lethal nontrackable (LNT)\, continues to grow\, there will be negative repercussions on space operations/commerce in the near-term and efforts to support long-term space sustainability. \nThe combination of reinvigorated debris mitigation and operationalized debris remediation efforts constitute space debris management (SDM)\, to parallel the other key activities  of STM\, and space situational awareness (SSA); if any one of these three fails to perform appropriately\, assured space operations will be put at risk. \nThe three fundamental actions that support this new call for SDM to support STM are: \n\nRequire propulsive collision avoidance capability for all satellites launched above 400 km altitude\,\nChange the 25-yr rule to a 1-yr rule\, and\nStart to remediate some of the statistically-most-concerning massive derelicts in LEO\n\nDr. Darren McKnight is currently Technical Director for Centauri based in Chantilly\, Virginia.  He leads teams to develop solutions across disparate domains: space systems\, predictive awareness for infectious disease outbreaks\, orbital debris\, and workforce productivity.\nAs a member of the International Academy of Astronautics’ Space Debris Committee\, he has been active in position paper development\, selection of symposia papers\, and execution of the annual International Astronautical Congress. Darren co-authored first book on space debris in 1990 with Nick Johnson and has been active in a wide variety of orbital debris topical areas: hypervelocity impact phenomenology\, breakup modeling\, spacecraft anomaly attribution\, debris environment evolution\, space traffic management\, space safety\, and debris mitigation/remediation analysis. Recent work has focused on the monitoring and characterization of the conjunction dynamics for massive derelict objects that present the greatest debris-generating potential in Earth orbit.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-webinar-space-safety-is-foundation-for-reliable-space-traffic-management-by-darren-mcknight/
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SUMMARY:Imaging the Planet for a Sustainable Future
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Gilberto CAMARA\nSecretariat Director for the Group on Earth Observations\nwith the special participation of: \nProf. Martin Vetterli\, EPFL President\nProf. Meredith Schuman\, UZH\nProf. Devis Tuia\, EPFL\nSatellite images are the most comprehensive source of data about our environment; they provide information for measuring deforestation\, crop production\, food security\, urban footprints\, water scarcity\, and land degradation. In recent years\, space agencies have adopted open distribution policies and as result experts now have access to repeated acquisitions over the same areas; the resulting time series improve our understanding of ecological patterns and processes. \nThe availability of big Earth observation data has led the experts in the field to focus on the technologies of cloud computing\, data cubes\, and machine learning. However\, continuous monitoring of land dynamics using remote sensing data differs from applications such as spam filters\, automatic translation\, and object detection. This talk will focus on the challenges of using machine learning to analyse large satellite image time series and argue that long-term progress will depend on a new generation of methods that combine machine learning with functional ecosystem models.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/imaging-the-planet-for-a-sustainable-future/
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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar - Radio frequencies in outer space : framework for an international cooperation\, by Alexandre Vallet
DESCRIPTION:Almost all satellites are using radio frequencies. Since there is no national sovereignty in outer space\, the management of radio spectrum essentially relies on an international treaty called the Radio Regulations\, which is elaborated by the International Telecommunication Union\, the UN specialized agency for ICTs. Since 1906\, this treaty is regularly updated by ITU Member States to cope with the advance of radio technologies through an cooperative process of technical and regulatory studies. The presentation will first introduce the international framework for regulating the use the radio frequencies. It will then focus on the specific case of Cubesats with a presentation of the process to get access to radio frequencies for a Cubesat project. \nAlexandre Vallet is the current Chief of the Space Services Department in the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)\, since November 2017. Alexandre Vallet began to work in 2000 in the R&D center of Orange dealing with communications satellites. In 2006\, he joined the satellite operator Eutelsat where he was in charge of regulatory matters. From 2007 to 2017\, he was the Head of the Regulatory affairs and Spectrum/Orbit Resources Department at the French Agency in charge of radio spectrum management (Agence Nationale des Fréquences – ANFR).
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-webinar-radio-frequencies-in-outer-space-framework-for-an-international-cooperation-by-alexandre-vallet/
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SUMMARY:Swiss Space Days 2020
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Space Days offer a platform to exchange experiences and to support cooperation.\nThis is a great opportunity to listen to prominent speakers such as ESA directors\, representatives of Swiss companies and of the Large European System Integrators.\nThe Swiss Space Days will be held online this year and you can register HERE.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/swiss-space-days/
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SUMMARY:European Rocketry Challenge - EuRoC 2020
DESCRIPTION:The first edition of the European Rocketry Challenge 2020 (EuRoC) will take place from October 21st to October 25th in Ponte de Sor\, Portugal. \nThis is the first European rocketry challenge alongside the Spaceport America Cup\, whose 2020 edition has been postponed to next year. \nThe EPFL Rocket Team will not be able to launch their rocket this year for this first European edition but was closely involved in the organisation of the event.\nFind out more >> HERE
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/euroc-european-rocket-competition/
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