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SUMMARY:Information Session: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course – Third Edition 2026
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER  \nInfo session objective: This session will provide a high-level overview of what Space Sustainability means: understand how can we secure the long-term usability of space and\, how can we design and operate missions and space businesses with a keen focus on sustainability. \nTarget audience: Space stakeholders (engineers\, scientists\, non technical managers\, policy practitioners etc)\, active in space agencies\, aerospace industries or related fields and concerned about preserving the sustainability and safety of the space environment in the long-term \nLearn more about the course and and how to sign up here.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/information-session-space-sustainability-continuing-education-course-second-edition-2026/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Education for professionals,Information session,Space Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250416T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250416T180000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20250122T143756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T142128Z
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SUMMARY:ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility\, an essential tool for studying future space missions
DESCRIPTION:ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) has now been operating for over 25 years\, contributing to many of ESA’s flagship missions. This webinar aims to introduce you to the concurrent engineering approach and how it can help streamline the initial design phase of space missions. Follow the presentation\, for an insider’s perspective from an ESA trainee and explore how the CDF is contributing to future missions. \nHaving graduated from Delft University of Technology with a MSc in Aerospace Engineering\, Justin Bourgois has worked for two years as a Systems Engineering trainee at ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility\, contributing to the early phase design of many of ESA’s future mission candidates\, ranging from CubeSat missions to Medium Class Science missions and Mars Exploration missions.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/justin-bourgois/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250127T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250127T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20250114T154035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T154131Z
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SUMMARY:Information Session: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course – Second Edition 2025
DESCRIPTION:How can we make space missions more sustainable? Join us on Monday\, January 27\, from 13:00 to 14:00 (CET) for an engaging online info session to explore what space sustainability really means and how it impacts the aerospace industry. \n REGISTER  \nIn recent years\, the exponential growth of spatial activities\, driven in part by the expanding commercial use of space\, has yielded promising business opportunities.However\, this expansion has also left behind a significant challenge – an ever-increasing population of space debris\, with over 28\,000 objects currently observable in Earth’s orbit. How can we secure the long-term usability of space and design space businesses and missions with a focus on sustainability? \nSpace Sustainability is a new EPFL short program designed to: \nUnderstand what space sustainability means (from historical\, geopolitical\,economic\, societal\, and environmental perspectives) and how to measure it \nExplore tools and methodologies for developing more sustainable space missions (ESA’s MASTER and DRAMA suite\, Space Sustainability Rating\, Life Cycle Assessment & Environmental Impact Assessment\, etc.) \nInteract with the most recent research developments and explore the potential advantages of incorporating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies within the space sector \nThis course is organized by EPFL Space Center (eSpace)\, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) in collaboration with International Space University (ISU)\, IMS Space Consultancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The program is designed for individuals engaged in space-related roles (engineers\, scientists\, non-technical managers\, policy practitioners\, etc.) and who share a common focus on ensuring the long-term sustainability and safety of the space environment. \nThis course will take place March 24-27\, 2025 \n Course information
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/information-session-space-sustainability-continuing-education-course-second-edition-2025/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Education for professionals,Information session,Space Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241203T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241203T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20241121T094755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T094755Z
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SUMMARY:Information Session: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course - Second Edition 2025
DESCRIPTION:How can we make space missions more sustainable? Join us on Tuesday\, December 3\, from 13:00 to 14:00 (CET) for an engaging online info session to explore what space sustainability really means and how it impacts the aerospace industry. \n			\n							REGISTER\n		\n	In recent years\, the exponential growth of spatial activities\, driven in part by the expanding commercial use of space\, has yielded promising business opportunities.However\, this expansion has also left behind a significant challenge – an ever-increasing population of space debris\, with over 28\,000 objects currently observable in Earth’s orbit. How can we secure the long-term usability of space and design space businesses and missions with a focus on sustainability? \nSpace Sustainability is a new EPFL short program designed to: \nUnderstand what space sustainability means (from historical\, geopolitical\,economic\, societal\, and environmental perspectives) and how to measure it \nExplore tools and methodologies for developing more sustainable space missions (ESA’s MASTER and DRAMA suite\, Space Sustainability Rating\, Life Cycle Assessment & Environmental Impact Assessment\, etc.) \nInteract with the most recent research developments and explore the potential advantages of incorporating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies within the space sector \nThis course is organized by EPFL Space Center (eSpace)\, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) in collaboration with International Space University (ISU)\, IMS Space Consultancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The program is designed for individuals engaged in space-related roles (engineers\, scientists\, non-technical managers\, policy practitioners\, etc.) and who share a common focus on ensuring the long-term sustainability and safety of the space environment. \nThis course will take place March 24-27\, 2025\n\n			\n							Course information
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/information-session2-space-sustainability-continuing-education-course-2025/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Education for professionals,Information session,Space Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241001T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241001T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240904T153030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T153516Z
UID:10000172-1727787600-1727791200@espace.epfl.ch
SUMMARY:Information Session: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course - Second Edition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Info session objective: This session will provide a high-level overview of what Space Sustainability means: understand how can we secure the long-term usability of space and\, how can we design and operate missions and space businesses with a keen focus on sustainability. \nTarget audience: Space stakeholders (engineers\, scientists\, non technical managers\, policy practitioners etc)\, active in space agencies\, aerospace industries or related fields and concerned about preserving the sustainability and safety of the space environment in the long-term \n			\n							REGISTER\n		\n	In recent years\, the exponential growth of spatial activities\, driven in part by the expanding commercial use of space\, has yielded promising business opportunities.However\, this expansion has also left behind a significant challenge – an ever-increasing population of space debris\, with over 28\,000 objects currently observable in Earth’s orbit. How can we secure the long-term usability of space and design space businesses and missions with a focus on sustainability? \nSpace Sustainability is a new EPFL short program designed to: \nUnderstand what space sustainability means (from historical\, geopolitical\,economic\, societal\, and environmental perspectives) and how to measure it \nExplore tools and methodologies for developing more sustainable space missions (ESA’s MASTER and DRAMA suite\, Space Sustainability Rating\, Life Cycle Assessment & Environmental Impact Assessment\, etc.) \nInteract with the most recent research developments and explore the potential advantages of incorporating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies within the space sector \nThis course is organized by EPFL Space Center (eSpace)\, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) in collaboration with International Space University (ISU)\, IMS Space Consultancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The program is designed for individuals engaged in space-related roles (engineers\, scientists\, non-technical managers\, policy practitioners\, etc.) and who share a common focus on ensuring the long-term sustainability and safety of the space environment. \nThis course will take place March 24-27\, 2025\n\n			\n							Course information & registration
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/information-session-space-sustainability-continuing-education-course-2025/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Education for professionals,Information session,Space Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240605T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240605T180000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240530T154121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T154121Z
UID:10000163-1717603200-1717610400@espace.epfl.ch
SUMMARY:Product safety management in high-tech industry projects
DESCRIPTION:In the context of industrial project\, along with quality and industrialisation\, the product safety is essential to ensure a control over the project cost and schedule and guaranty the delivery of a product with the level of reliability expected. We propose to explain what a safety analysis is and why it is mandatory in any project implementation\, what the company and the product gain out of it. \nCatherine Suppo: with two master university graduations in applied physics and SW engineering\, she has worked for aeronautic projects at the beginning of her career to branch 19 years ago in aerospace projects in France\, UK\, Germany and Switzerland\, for Thales\, AIRBUS\, OHB and Clearspace. She has worked as SW engineer for on small launcher\, then for Scientific Lagrange point and Mercury explorer missions.\nShe is now specialised in Satellite system safety since 2013\, first as FDIR engineer\, then as FDIR lead and FDIR expert across her companies to support different projects. She supported as well actively the elaboration of the ESA FDIR SAVOIR handbook. She has worked on GEO TELECOM\, LEO Earth observation\, Deep space\, Rendez-vous and IOS missions. Her experience is spread over all satellite mission phases from proposal to LEOP.\nStéphane Haïssat is VP Production & Co-Founder of PANAPROD SNC\nStéphane is an Engineer in Electronics\, he started his career with XEMICS\, a spin-off of the CSEM at Neuchâtel.\nDuring thirteen years in the semiconductor area\, he worked for more than six years in the security for PayTV chipset within the Kudelski Group.\nWorking in the Aerospace industry since 2014\, delivering high-end avionics systems\, Stéphane successively lead the test\, industrialisation and production teams\, setting up new strategies in this high-demanding industry.\nIn 2023\, Stéphane co-created PANAPROD SNC\, a small entity providing consultancy services in Aerospace and Space domains.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/product-safety-industry/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240528T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240528T173000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240522T141356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T113731Z
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SUMMARY:Space-Based Solar Power\, the Moon and Switzerland – A Case Study
DESCRIPTION:To address the energy and climate crises\, renewed interest in Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) is being actively pursued in Europe\, USA\, Japan\, South Korea\, and China. The European Space Agency launched its SOLARIS programme in November 2022 to further investigate and mature the feasibility of SBSP through a technology R&D programme. SBSP can deliver clean and sustainable baseload and dispatchable electrical power 24/7\, 365 days a year at an availability of approximately 99.5% and is not influenced by the weather nor by the day-night cycle. Over the coming decades\, Switzerland needs to invest in its energy transition from fossil fuels to more sustainable energy supplies\, but it remains unclear which terrestrial energy systems could best guarantee Switzerland’s energy security. Switzerland has the need\, the technical means\, and the financial resources to be an early user and enabler of SBSP and perhaps lead an international collaborative effort to supply Switzerland and the world with inexhaustible clean energy.  The Swiss company Astrostrom is researching a unique approach to SBSP via manufacturing Solar Power Satellite (SPS) components on the Moon from lunar materials. This approach could reduce the amount of mass for a SPS launched from Earth by 80% or more as well as reducing costs and the related CO2 emissions. \nArthur Woods\, founder and CEO of Astrostrom GmbH\, is an astronautical artist and independent researcher with two art projects successfully flown on the Russian Mir space station. He had the fortunate experience to personally witness the beginnings of the U.S. space program while living in the immediate vicinity of Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center (1959 -1970)\, where he held summer jobs in 1967 & 1968 during the Apollo program. He is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/solar-power-moon/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240425T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240425T120000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240419T124519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T094248Z
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SUMMARY:Setting the Bar for the Replacement of the Probability of Collision Metric in Conjunction Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Professional statisticians can often see issues with\, and propose better solutions for\, statistical methods that are used in industry; but such proposals often remain unimplemented (and therefore unused) because they are not fully sensitive to the particulars of the application.  The Probability of Collision\, a metric used by astrodynamicists to determine whether two satellite are likely to collide\, has a number of problematic aspects that statisticians have properly criticized; but the proposed alternatives also introduce fresh problems or ignore other aspects of the operational situation.  The present colloquium introduces this statistical problem and summarizes its shortcomings and some of the proposed remediations\, but then proceeds to outline philosophical aspects of the operational situation that both exclude certain approaches and push towards particular ways in which proposed alternatives must be evaluated in order to be shown to be both operationally superior and viable. \nDr. Matt Hejduk is Senior Project Leader at the Aerospace Corporation and also presently serves as chief engineer for the Satellite Conjunction Analysis and Risk Assessment (CARA) project for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.  His research interests include the satellite conjunction assessment problem\, satellite characterization and modeling from sensor signature data\, estimation theory\, and sensor and network simulation.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/probability-of-collision-metric/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240319T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240319T183000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240312T130122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T123644Z
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SUMMARY:Integrating Life cycle engineering of Space Systems into the Concurrent Design Process
DESCRIPTION:The application of Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) within the concurrent engineering process presents a viable method for assessing environmental\, social and economic impacts of space missions. Despite the importance of this for embedding sustainability principles into spacecraft design\, the novelty of the concept within the concurrent engineering process has meant that the approach has not yet been widely implemented. In this presentation\, Dr Wilson will discuss his experience and the challenges of applying LCE within a concurrent design setting. Drawing upon examples and case studies\, he will outline the progress being made within this field\, and present key findings that are important takeaways when including LCE as an engineering discipline within concurrent design studies of space systems. \nDr Andrew Ross Wilson is a Lecturer in Environmental Management at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). He holds a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Management from GCU and a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Strathclyde. \nAndrew specialises in space sustainability\, with a particular focus on life cycle assessment\, carbon accounting and energy systems of engineering projects. However\, Andrew’s technical background is in environmental management\, and his work is extremely interdisciplinary. In this regard\, Andrew’s services are often consulted by external parties with regard to the assessment\, mitigation and communication of sustainability issues. This can often vary from being very specific and technical-facing\, to being broad and societal-facing\, and the range of risks\, impacts and decision-making processes in between. Ultimately\, his work aims to inform how society can transition towards a future that is truly sustainable\, as envisaged through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. \nDue to his contribution to science and technological development\, Andrew was awarded the 2018 Young Scot Environment Award\, designated one of Junior Chamber International’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Scotland in 2019\, won the ESA-EISC Space for Sustainability Award 2021\, and was named GCU Alumni of the Year 2022.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/lca-engineering/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240222T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240222T181500
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240219T150302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240223T141511Z
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SUMMARY:Solar Flare X-ray Observations with a Cubesat
DESCRIPTION:The X-ray imaging spectrometer STIX onboard ESA’s flagship mission Solar Orbiter was designed and build with a Swiss lead at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). STIX is now in its fourth year of operation and has recorded so far over 45’000 solar flares. The STIX detectors designed by CEA\, France\, work extremely reliably with all 32 detectors still working nominally showing only minimal degradation due to radiation damage. We still have over 50 STIX flight spare detectors available\, and four of those will fly on a NASA cubesat mission called PADRE lead by UC Berkeley (PI J.C. Martinez-Oliveros). In this talk\, Säm Krucker will introduce the science of solar flares and the STIX instrument and then show how STIX X-ray detectors are used in the PADRE cubsat mission. \nSäm Krucker’s main scientific interests are in problems of plasma astrophysics\, especially solar and heliospheric physics\, from an observational and experimental point of view. He has a strong background in space hardware and I have been the PI of NASA’s Small Explorer mission RHESSI and NASA’s sounding rocket program FOXSI. He is currently the lead of the hard X-ray imaging spectrometer STIX onboard ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/solar-flares-cubesat/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240124T161500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240124T171500
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240111T131850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T132356Z
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SUMMARY:USSF-MIT researchers present their work : AI Technologies and simulation tools for SSA - Space Sustainability and Policy
DESCRIPTION:Captain Jacqueline Smith is a Chief of Staff Captain’s Prestigious PhD Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently pursuing research in Space Policy and Sustainability in the Aeronautics and Astronautics department at MIT in collaboration withthe Space Enabled division of the MIT Media Lab. Previously\, Capt. Smith served as the Digital Transformation and Innovation Officer for Space Launch Delta 45\, project lead within the Space Force Headquarters Chief Technology and Innovation Office (founder of the Supra Coders program)\, and Director of Space CAMP (a software factory focused on the continuous development and deployment of space command and control applications). Captain Smith has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. \nCaptain Jacqueline Smith will cover: \n\nUtilizing the Space Sustainability Rating for emerging space nation missions\nModeling NASA collision avoidance actions using the Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology framework\nContinuing supervision (Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty) of in-space servicing activities from a US government stakeholder perspective using Systems Architecture Framework\n\nCaptain Tory Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University before commissioning into the United States Space Force (USSF) through the Technical Degree Sponsorship Program. His first assignment was at the Air Force Research Lab Space Vehicles directorate working on Multi-Agent AI systems. He then became a founding member of the Space CAMP software development factory in Colorado Springs working on various software applications for the National Space Defense Center. Subsequently\, he was recruited by the USSF Chief Technology and Innovation Office as a project lead for service-wide digital education initiatives including Digital University and the Supra Coders program. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT within the Astrodynamics\, Robotics and Controls Lab focusing on Multi-Agent Sensor Tasking under the advisement of Dr. Richard Linares. \nCaptain Tory Smith will cover: \n\nMulti-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) approaches for scalable ground-based sensor tasking.\nModeling the population evolution of lethal non-trackable objects in LEO using the MIT Orbital Capacity Tool (MOCAT)\nComparison of simulated data using the NASA Standard Break-up Model (SBM) and empirical data collected by the Space Fence radar for known break-up events.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/ussf-space-sustainability-policy/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240115T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20240108T130256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T130912Z
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SUMMARY:Information Session 2: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course
DESCRIPTION:Info session objective: This session will provide a high-level overview of what Space Sustainability means: understand how can we secure the long-term usability of space and\, how can we design and operate missions and space businesses with a keen focus on sustainability. \nTarget audience: Space stakeholders (engineers\, scientists\, non technical managers\, policy practitioners etc)\, active in space agencies\, aerospace industries or related fields and concerned about preserving the sustainability and safety of the space environment in the long-term \n REGISTER  \nIn recent years\, the exponential growth of spatial activities\, driven in part by theexpanding commercial use of space\, has yielded promising business opportunities.However\, this expansion has also left behind a significant challenge – an ever-increasing population of space debris\, with over 28\,000 objects currently observablein Earth’s orbit. How can we secure the long-term usability of space and designspace businesses and missions with a focus on sustainability? \nSpace Sustainability is a new EPFL short program designed to: \nUnderstand what space sustainability means (from historical\, geopolitical\,economic\, societal\, and environmental perspectives) and how to measure it \nExplore tools and methodologies for developing more sustainable spacemissions (ESA’s MASTER and DRAMA suite\, Space Sustainability Rating\, LifeCycle Assessment & Environmental Impact Assessment\, etc.) \nInteract with the most recent research developments and explore the potentialadvantages of incorporating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies within the space sector \nThis course is organized by EPFL Space Center (eSpace)\, EPFL (Swiss FederalInstitute of Technology in Lausanne) in collaboration with International Space University (ISU)\, IMS Space Consultancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).The program is designed for individuals engaged in space-related roles (engineers\, scientists\, non-technical managers\, policy practitioners\, etc.) and whoshare a common focus on ensuring the long-term sustainability and safety of thespace environment. \nThis course will take place March 19-21\, 2024. \n Course information & registration
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/information-session-space-sustainability-continuing-education-course-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Education for professionals,Information session,Space Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231128T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231128T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T174332
CREATED:20231115T123355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T124013Z
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SUMMARY:Information Session: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 28 for an Informational Session on our upcoming continuing education course\, Space Sustainability: How to design more sustainable missions? \nThis session will provide a high-level overview of what Space Sustainability means: understand how can we secure the long-term usability of space and\, how can we design and operate missions and space businesses with a keen focus on sustainability. \nTarget audience: Space stakeholders (engineers\, scientists\, non technical managers\, policy practitioners etc)\, active in space agencies\, aerospace industries or related fields and concerned about preserving the sustainability and safety of the space environment in the long-term \n REGISTER  \nIn recent years\, the exponential growth of spatial activities\, driven in part by theexpanding commercial use of space\, has yielded promising business opportunities.However\, this expansion has also left behind a significant challenge – an ever-increasing population of space debris\, with over 28\,000 objects currently observablein Earth’s orbit. How can we secure the long-term usability of space and designspace businesses and missions with a focus on sustainability? \nSpace Sustainability is a new EPFL short program designed to: \nUnderstand what space sustainability means (from historical\, geopolitical\,economic\, societal\, and environmental perspectives) and how to measure it \nExplore tools and methodologies for developing more sustainable spacemissions (ESA’s MASTER and DRAMA suite\, Space Sustainability Rating\, LifeCycle Assessment & Environmental Impact Assessment\, etc.) \nInteract with the most recent research developments and explore the potentialadvantages of incorporating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies within the space sector \nThis course is organized by EPFL Space Center (eSpace)\, EPFL (Swiss FederalInstitute of Technology in Lausanne) in collaboration with International Space University (ISU)\, IMS Space Consultancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).The program is designed for individuals engaged in space-related roles (engineers\, scientists\, non-technical managers\, policy practitioners\, etc.) and whoshare a common focus on ensuring the long-term sustainability and safety of thespace environment. \nThis course will take place March 19-21\, 2024. \n Course information & registration
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/information-session-space-sustainability-continuing-education-course/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Education for professionals,Information session
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231011T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231011T183000
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SUMMARY:SWIR/NIR SPAD Image Sensors for LIDAR  and Quantum Imaging Applications\, by prof. Edoardo Charbon
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, prof. Charbon will review the evolution of solid-state photon counting sensors from avalanche photodiodes (APDs) to silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The impact of these sensors on LiDAR has been remarkable\, however\, more innovations are to come with the continuous advance of integrated SPADs and the introduction of powerful computational imaging techniques directly coupled to SPADs/SiPMs. New technologies\, such as 3D-stacking in combination with Ge and InP/InGaAs SPAD sensors\, are accelerating the adoption of SWIR/NIR image sensors\, while enabling new sensing functionalities. Prof. Charbon will conclude the talk with a technological perspective on how all these technologies could come together in low-cost\, computational-intensive image sensors\, for affordable\, yet powerful quantum imaging. \n				\n				\n				\n	Edoardo Charbon (SM’00 F’17) received the Diploma from ETH Zurich\, the M.S. from the University of California at San Diego\, and the Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988\, 1991\, and 1995\, respectively\, all in electrical engineering and EECS. He has consulted with numerous organizations\, including Bosch\, X-Fab\, Texas Instruments\, Maxim\, Sony\, Agilent\, and the Carlyle Group. He was with Cadence Design Systems from 1995 to 2000\, where he was the Architect of the company’s initiative on information hiding for intellectual property protection. In 2000\, he joined Canesta Inc.\, as the Chief Architect\, where he led the development of wireless 3-D CMOS image sensors. \n	Since 2002 he has been a member of the faculty of EPFL\, where is a full professor. From 2008 to 2016 he was with Delft University of Technology’s as Chair of VLSI design. Dr. Charbon has been the driving force behind the creation of deep-submicron CMOS SPAD technology\, which is mass-produced since 2015 and is present in telemeters\, proximity sensors\, and medical diagnostics tools. His interests span from 3-D vision\, LiDAR\, FLIM\, FCS\, NIROT to super-resolution microscopy\, time-resolved Raman spectroscopy\, and cryo-CMOS circuits and systems for quantum computing. He has authored or co-authored over 400 papers and two books\, and he holds 24 patents. Dr. Charbon is the recipient of the 2023 IISS Pioneering Achievement Award\, he is a distinguished visiting scholar of the W. M. Keck Institute for Space at Caltech\, a fellow of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft\, a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Photonics Society\, and a fellow of the IEEE.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/swir-nir-spadedoardo-charbon/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230927T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230927T183000
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SUMMARY:RF System Design for Robotic Spacecraft Requirements - Design Challenges and Emerging Technologies\, by Hannes Bartle
DESCRIPTION:A cornerstone of space sustainability is the ability to efficiently service\, repair and refuel spacecrafts in orbit. From low earth orbit to geostationary orbits\, the need for such In-Orbit Servicing (IOS) missions is clearly identified and several companies are trying to race each other to be the first to market. Additionally\, as the problem of space debris is more and more recognized as such by private and government stakeholders\, Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions will be important to reduce the risk of the Kessler syndrome to set in. \nOne of the many challenges these types of missions entail is the design of reliable and secure RF systems covering communications\, radar and RF sensing. The unique set of requirements posed by a highly agile\, robotic spacecraft poses several challenges for RF systems in terms of performance\, reliability and cost. This talk will give an overview of typical requirements\, trade-offs and regulatory hurdles that one will encounter when designing RF systems for robotic spacecrafts. Furthermore\, an overview of emerging technologies and current research will be provided. \n \nHannes Bartle is an Industrial PhD student in the Microwaves and Antennas Group (MAG) at EPFL\, while being employed by ClearSpace SA. His research focuses on the field of mutual coupling between antennas and installed antenna performance on electrically large structures. He is the technical point of contact regarding RF and antenna related topics at ClearSpace and is responsible for the development\, design and procurement of RF hardware and antennas\, most notably the ClearSpace-1 communication systems. He received a B.Eng in Aerospace Engineering from the Corporate State University Friedrichshafen\, Germany\, and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Aarhus University\, Denmark.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/ref-system-bartle/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Conference,eSpace Seminars,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230522T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230522T180000
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SUMMARY:ESA’s ambition for space in Europe\, by Simona Richard
DESCRIPTION:ESA is an intergovernmental organisation with 22 Member States\, created in 1975\, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Its wide range of activities cover areas such as launchers\, science\, robotic and human exploration\, navigation\, Earth observation\, telecommunications\, space safety and operations. In 2021\, the ESA Agenda 2025 was published\, outlining five priorities for the next year to realise ESA’s ambition for space in Europe. At the ESA Council at Ministerial level in November 2022\, ESA’s budget was increased by 17% to a record of € 16.9bn\, showing the strong support of Member States for space in Europe. Just recently\, an independent High Level Advisory Group established at the request of ESA’s Council published a report on the future of human and robotic space exploration\, calling for more investment in European space exploration. The next big milestone for ESA will be the Space Summit in Seville\, Spain\, which will take place in November 2023. \n	Simona currently works as DG Support and Member States Relations Officer in the Director General’s Cabinet at ESA’s headquarters in Paris. She has gained previous experience with ESA as a Swiss National Trainee in the Strategy and Development Office during which she was based at ESA’s ESRIN establishment in Frascati\, Italy. Simona studied Political Science and Chemistry at the Universities of Bern and Zurich\, Switzerland\, as well as in Ljubljana\, Slovenia.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/esa-in-europe/
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CATEGORIES:eSpace Seminars,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230405T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230405T153000
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SUMMARY:Spaceport SARABHAI - Space Law + Policy Dialogue #4: Orbital Debris Remediation
DESCRIPTION:Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to co-host edition#4 of its Space Law + Policy Dialogue with the eSpace – EPFL Space Center\, Switzerland on 5th April 2023. The goal of the ongoing series of S2 Space Law + Policy Dialogues is to look at contemporary space activities through a space law + policy lens and strengthen international cooperation through exchange of ideas and perspectives. The 4th edition will focus on how to keep outer space safe and sustainable for the benefit of all humanity. The panel will discuss the current state and challenges\, in terms of technology\, regulations and economy. They will propose actions necessary for removal of existing debris and mitigation of future debris. \n	Moderator:\nMarie Valentine Florin\, Executive Director\, EPFL International Risk Governance Center (IRGC)\nPanelists:\n● Romain Buchs\, Space Policy Analyst\, ClearSpace\, Switzerland\n● Emmanuelle David\, Executive Director\, EPFL Space Center (eSpace)\n● Ashok G.V. \, Partner\, Factum Law\, India\n● Shreyas Mirji\, Head\, Business and Strategy\, Digantara\, India\n			\n							REGISTER
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/spaceport-sarabhai-space-law-policy-dialogue-4-orbital-debris-remediation/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230313T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230313T173000
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Space Hub: new technologies and services to secure the long-term usability of space
DESCRIPTION:eSpace – EPFL Space Center is a pioneer in space sustainability. With the Clean Space Initiative\, initially proposed to deorbit Swisscube which eventually spin-off from EPFL as the ClearSpace-1 mission to recover the Vega Secondary Payload Adapter (VESPA)\, the Center can draw on a decade of experience in space sustainability. More recently\, in 2019 eSpace initiated a two-year pilot phase of a research initiative on sustainable space logistics (RISSL). This initiative was the starting point of several consortium projects that attracted many stakeholders\, resulting in several publications and the development of a space logistics modelling software for mission profile evaluation and optimization [1]. The success of this pilot phase encouraged the Center to continue exploring this new domain. Current research includes life cycle assessment of space transportation vehicles\, accounting for space debris risks and the reentry phase\, optimisation of space logistics\, and mission design. These projects will help understanding and improving the situation in space. It is especially important to assess future impacts of new missions early in the design phase\, in order to support space agencies and industry in designing new concepts with lower environmental impacts. \nThanks to these 10+ years of experience\, in 2021 EPFL was selected to host the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR)\, which incentivizes space operators to adopt more responsible mission design and operational behaviour. Its competence and neutrality\, two important prerequisites for a successful\, fair and widely accepted evaluation system\, make eSpace the ideal host institution for the rating. The definition of sustainability in space is constantly evolving. eSpace is therefore continuously improving the formulation of the SSR to address emerging environmental\, societal\, and economic factors in the assessment. \nThese efforts are complemented by the EPFL laboratory of astrophysics (LASTRO)\, which is currently working on detection and characterization of resident objects in Earth’s orbit in large astronomical data archives [2]. The information extracted from these archives will allow a better evaluation of the evolution and current state of the small debris population\, and support active debris removal that will be necessary to secure the future use of Earth’s orbit. \nIn order to unite EPFL’s forces in the domain of sustainability in space\, eSpace has recently launched the Sustainable Space Hub (SSH). The goal of the Hub is to coherently manage and foster the growth of these topics. 5 institutes within EPFL are currently involved in research and development projects in the field of space sustainability. The hub is connecting these individual projects in a workflow that rests on three intertwined pillars: measure\, understand\, and act for space sustainability. \nThe projects associated with each pillar are essential to find solutions to the problems arising from the rapidly increasing space activities\, the risk from space debris\, and the generated atmospheric impacts. The Hub will help identify and promote new technologies in space sustainability with new services in orbit and on the ground. \n\n\n		Mathieu Udriot\n	\n	Research Scientist & Systems Engineer at eSpace \n				\n	Young professional at the EPFL Space Center (Lausanne\, Switzerland)\, Mathieu is involved in projects related to space logistics\, space sustainability\, concurrent engineering\, and he supervises student teams at EPFL. In particular\, Mathieu is working on two projects\, funded by ESA\, that are looking at the environmental impacts of launchers using a life cycle assessment methodology\, and modelling space logistics scenarios to understand the feasibility of future missions. \n	Mathieu graduated at EPFL in February 2022 with a master in microengineering\, specialized in space technologies. His master thesis was about the Implementation of a Space Sustainability Rating. He is still supporting this association on some R&D projects. He was also part of the EPFL team that won the European Rocketry Challenge 2021 in Portugal. \n\n\n		Stephan Hellmich\n	\n	Post doc research scientist at LASTRO \n				\n	After studying computer science\, which he completed in 2010 with a collaborative diploma thesis from HTWK Leipzig and UNI Leipzig in the field of bioinformatics\, Stephan began his scientific career studying small planets in the solar system at the DLR Institute for Planetary Science in Berlin. During his PhD thesis\, Stephan investigated the long-term orbital evolution of Jupiter Trojan asteroids under the influence of the non-gravitational Yarkovsky force. Besides this activity\, Stephan was involved in several projects of the DLR institute and the ESA SSA initiative. \n	He supported the hardware and software development for the extension of the 1.23m telescope at the German-Spanish observatory on Calar Alto and conducted observations of exoplanets\, asteroids and comets to determine their rotational and physical properties. While the focus of the observations was on Jupiter Trojan asteroids in support of the recently launched LUCY mission\, Stephan also led a program of secondary use of the observational data that resulted in the reporting of hundreds of thousands of astrometric positions to the Minor Planet Center and the discovery of several asteroids and a trans Neptunian object. \nIn early 2022\, Stephan started supporting EPFL’s SSA activities as a postdoctoral researcher. He is mainly working on extracting information on space debris from large astronomical data archives and enabling the TELESTO telescope at the Observatory of Geneva for space debris observations.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/sustainable-space-hub/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:eSpace Seminars,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221212T160000
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SUMMARY:Lunar Hub: a venture to explore the extreme and the uncharted\, by David Rodríguez
DESCRIPTION:eSpace (EPFL Space Center) introduced in 2020 a new initiative aimed at bridging a series of identified knowledge and technology gaps within the latest lunar exploration and infrastructure development roadmaps. We\, at eSpace\, advocate for a holistic space program that effectively and sustainably explores and develops the Moon. To do so\, upcoming exploration missions call for ever more capable robotic systems and instruments\, including the capability to explore longer distances (>100 km) within highly constrained time windows (e.g.\, shorter daylight cycles in polar regions) and under extreme environmental conditions of which little to no data is readily available (permanently shadowed regions and lunar skylights are some examples). \nA long-term\, effective\, faster\, and minimally altered characterization of these regions requires improved mobility systems as well as the use of high-resolution mapping and imagery\, which most lunar missions to date still lack. Today we present EPFL’s Lunar Hub\, eSpace’s latest venture to create a home base for lunar research and technology within Switzerland. We are already working toward developing the technology required to traverse the lunar surface 100 times faster than any autonomous rover ever before\, providing robotic assets and soon humans with the highest resolution maps of key\, so far inaccessible regions with our lunar reconnaissance drone\, defining the most effective ways in which small heterogeneous groups of robots can cooperate to access\, explore\, and jointly prospect the most scientifically valuable regions\, and equipping them with the latest optical instrumentation with our Dragonfly camera. \n				\n	David is currently responsible for the Lunar Hub\, leading the center’s efforts in lunar research and technology development with projects on topics spanning from fast off-Earth robotic mobility\, reconnaissance drones\, low-cardinality multi-agent systems\, to novel sensing instrumentation for localization and mapping. He also provides system-level and managerial support to projects on active deorbiting of defunct satellites as well as supporting the activities of multiple students’ associations related to space at EPFL.” \n	Formerly he held several positions as an NPI researcher for the Automation & Robotics Lab at the European Space Agency and as a visiting scientist for the Institute of System Dynamics & Control of the German Aerospace Center. He holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carlos III University of Madrid\, a Master’s Degree in Space Studies from the International Space University\, and a PhD in robotics from Tohoku University. \n	\n								\n	\n	\n		\n		David’s social media:
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/lunarhub/
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CATEGORIES:eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221114T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221114T170000
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SUMMARY:Solar System Objects (SSOs) Pipeline for the Euclid Mission\, by Aurelien Verdier
DESCRIPTION:During this webinar\, you will see how a pipeline for a spatial mission at ESA is developed\, from the definition of the goal to the implementation\, and all the challenges we had to face.\nThe talk will focus on asteroid detection (SSOs)\, where they are\, and why we need to detect them\, but also on the Euclid mission.\nThe presentation will be concluded with an overview of the experience gained during two years through the YGT program\, technically but also humanly.\nAurelien Verdier obtained his MSc degree in Physics with a thesis on Radioastronomy.\nEmployed at EPFL as a Swiss National Trainee\, he is currently working in the Euclid team at ESA\, ESAC\, developing a pipeline to detect Solar System Objects (SSOs) in Euclid images.\nHis background is: Astrophysics\, Astronomy\, Cosmology\, and particle physics.\nHe is at his first professional experience after graduation.\nHe previously took part in several student activities\, such as building a radiotelescope (EPFL Radio Waves) and space awareness (Swiss Space Awareness).
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/solar-system-objects/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221107T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221107T181500
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SUMMARY:VIRUP: The Virtual Reality Universe Project\, by Yves Revaz & Florian Cabot
DESCRIPTION:Science communication is key for sharing research discoveries to a wide audience. In this talk\, we will present VIRUP\, The Virtual Reality Universe Project\, a brand new software developed at the Laboratory of Astrophysic of EPFL\, that provides the most modern dynamical view of our Universe through one of the cutting-edge communication techniques : Virtual Reality (VR). \nVIRUP allows users to travel through space and time\, ranging from the artificial satellites orbiting the Earth to the outer confines of the Universe. Journeys in this VR environment help to understand the hierarchical organization of our universe at different scales as well as developing intuitions for astrophysical processes. In addition to standard VR systems like gamer headsets\, VIRUP is compatible with specific immersion systems like 360-panorama\, half-caves or 180-domes. VIRUP has also recently been used to create a twenty minute-long documentary named: Archaeology of Light. \n				\n	Yves Revaz is a senior scientist at LASTRO/EPFL. After successful studies in physics at EPFL\, he completed his PhD entitled: “Dynamics of external regions of spiral galaxies and constraints on the dark matter”\, at the Geneva Observatory in the galactic dynamics group of Prof. D. Pfenniger. He then moved to the Paris Observatory to work at the LERMA (Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics) with Prof. F. Combes on the understanding of cooling flows in galaxy clusters. He joined LASTRO at EPFL in 2007\, where he developed a new TreePM/SPH chemo-dynamical code called GEAR as well as the pNbody python library\, a parallelized toolbox designed to manipulate large N-body systems. \n	Relying on those tools\, he studied the chemical evolution of galaxies. His current main research focuses on the evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies and their link with  cosmology. \nBeside his research Yves Revaz also led the development of VIRUP\, an interactive virtual reality (VR) environment that lets anyone discover the cosmos through observed and simulated data. Between 2020 and 2021\, he directed the realization of two films (in 2D\, 3D\, 180-3D and 360-3D) fully based on VIRUP. A short movie presenting the most complete 3D map of the Universe as observed by the eBOSS survey and a 21 minutes-long documentary entitled Archaeology of Light\, where we chart out a journey throughout the various scales of the Universe. \n	Florian Cabot is a software engineer at SCITAS/EPFL. He studied computer science at the University of Geneva. His passion for astrophysics made him complete his Msc with a project on Virtual Reality exoplanetary data visualization at the Geneva Observatory in 2018. He met Yves Revaz at the Observatory with whom he started the VIRUP project. He developed this project from scratch\, writing all the tools needed to do VR rendering and interaction with large amounts of data. He ported the project to different projection systems at the Experimental Museology lab\, and directed and scripted the two movies made with VIRUP. \n				\n	He moved this year to the SCITAS computing center to do scientific visualization both for the Square Kilometer Array project in collaboration with LASTRO and the EUROFusion consortium in collaboration with the Swiss Plasma Center.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/virup-the-virtual-reality-universe-project/
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CATEGORIES:eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221003T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221003T180000
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SUMMARY:ExoMars: a planetary mission to explore Mars\, by Francesco Garrone
DESCRIPTION:The webinar will explore the peculiarities of the ESA ExoMars mission\, focusing on the technical challenges that a mission of this kind presents. In addition\, starting from the question “As students\, are we really aware of complexities of interplanetary space mission?” the tasks performed as a young graduate will be illustrated\, together with the difficulties and challenges that characterise the transition from being a student to become an engineer. \n	Francesco Garrone obtained his MSc degree in Space Engineering in 2020 with a thesis in Chemical Propulsion. \nHe is currently employed at EPFL as Swiss National Trainee and works in the ExoMars Engineer Team at ESA\, ESTEC\, supporting the System Engineer for what concern system and verification engineering. His background is: spacecraft systems\, spacecraft propulsion\, system integration and verification. \nHe is at his first professional experience after graduation. He previously took part in several student activities\, such as a micro-sat constellation for Earth Observation phase A study\, and the development\, integration\, testing and launch of a microgravity scientific payload at the ZARM drop-tower.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/exomars-a-planetary-mission-to-explore-mars/
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CATEGORIES:eSpace Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220613T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220613T180000
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SUMMARY:eSpace Seminar - The Advanced Space Concept Lab (SaCLaB): an interdisciplinary approach to solving the challenges of future space missions\, by Stéphanie Lizy-Destrez
DESCRIPTION:The Advanced Space Concept Lab (SacLab) is affiliated with the Department of Aerospace Vehicles Design and Control (DCAS) at ISAE-SUPAERO. It has a diverse spectrum of expertise including system architecture and engineering\, mission analysis and optimization\, human factors or robotics\, to answer key questions on multiple areas: in-orbit servicing for telecommunication satellites\, in-space structural assembly & 3D printing\, Active Debris Removal\, architecture of manned space stations (Moon and Mars)\, space weather\, architecture of new space transport systems (reuse\, concepts integrating innovative space propulsion systems); architecture\, design\, economics\, and even the law\, along with other disciplines not directly related to the aerospace field are also at the heart of these issues. \nThe laboratory aims to become the leading specialized\, world renowned laboratory in Europe for research on future space systems. \n	Stéphanie Lizy-Destrez is Associate Professor at ISAE-SUPAERO (Toulouse\, France)\, head of the SaCLaB (Space Advanced Concepts Laboratory). She is conducting research in human and robotics space exploration (mission analysis\, non-keplerian dynamics\, trajectory optimization\, space systems resilience and autonomy and human factors). She is also leading researches on space debris recycling.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-seminar-stephanie-lizy-destrez/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220411T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220411T130000
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SUMMARY:eSpace Seminar - Space Robots: The Frontiers of Exploration\, by Shreya Santra
DESCRIPTION:Humans have always been a curious species and dreamt about exploring the vast expanse of space. Exploration of the unknown has been driven by the advancement of technology. It is now of utmost importance for human presence to venture beyond the low Earth orbit (LEO) and open new frontiers for sustainable development. Through addressing the challenges related to space exploration we can expand science\, technology\, create new industries\, and help to foster peaceful relations among the nations. As a precursor to human exploration\, several robotic missions have been deployed to explore the celestial bodies of our Solar System. Distance\, gravity\, harsh atmospheric conditions and unknown environment make space exploration both costly and risky. These limitations establish robotic missions as crucial and more advantageous in the initial phases of exploration \nThe Space Robotics Laboratory\, in Tohoku University\, led by Professor Kazuya Yoshida\, is dedicated to the research and development of robotic systems for space science and exploration missions. In this talk\, Shreya will cover the various research and projects conducted there\, followed by her research on swarm exploration. A swarm system significantly improves the performance of planetary exploration missions by boosting the scientific and economic returns\, while presenting a low-risk and low-cost alternative solution compared to a single robot. However\, precise coordination between these agents is a challenge that involves inter-agent communication to enable the exchange of information. As part of the talk\, she will demonstrate her PhD and subsequent work on Communication-based Path Planning of Multiple Rovers on the Lunar surface. \n	Dr. Shreya Santra is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Tohoku University\, Japan. \nShe pursued her Ph.D. at the Space Robotics Lab (SRL) in Tohoku University as a Japanese government MEXT scholar. Her Ph.D. thesis was focused on communication-based path planning of a team of planetary surface rovers\, in collaboration with DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation\, Germany. Her interests and specialization include micro-rovers and small satellites for space exploration. \nShe pursued her undergraduation in Electrical Electronics Engineering from India\, and Masters in Space Studies from the International Space University\, France. She then  completed her M.Sc in Space and Engineering Systems at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology\, Moscow\, Russia\, where she worked on high-altitude balloons\, industrial robots\, and small satellite constellations. \nShe continues to work on various projects related to the optimization of space missions and has vast experience working with international teams to develop and design space systems. She is an active member of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and has been recognized for her contribution towards STEM outreach and SGAC activities. \nShe also holds additional responsibility as the Director of Space Technology for SpaceoNova (a space education company) and Director of Tech and Outreach for Spaceport Sarabhai (India’s first space policy thinktank).
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-seminar-space-robots-the-frontiers-of-exploration-by-shreya-santra/
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SUMMARY:eSpace Seminar - The SKA Observatory and the Universe at radio-wavelength by Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib
DESCRIPTION:The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is since 2021 a new international organisation dedicated to radio-astronomy.\nSince 2015\, the Swiss Community lead by EPFL has been following the project and on Jan 2022\, Switzerland has become the 8th full member of this organisation. SKAO headquarters are located in Jodrell Bank near Manchester\, and the two telescope will be located in South Africa and Western Australia. Prof. Kneib will present SKAO in details and explain the challenges of the project in particular linked to the huge amount of data (600 Pb/year)\, as well as radio-interferences from the future 5G satellite constellations.\n				\n	Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib holds a Master in Astrophysics and Space Technology and a PhD in Astrophysics. He has worked as a support astronomer\, at ESO in Chile. He has conducted research in Gravitational Lensing and Cosmology in Cambridge (UK)\, Toulouse\, Caltech and Marseille before coming to EPFL. He has worked with data coming from various space observatories (HST\, XMM-Newton\, Herschel\, ISO\, Chandra\, Spitzer\, WISE)\, and participated in many space projects ideas (SNAP\, JDEM\, SPACE\, OMEGA\, CoWeX). He is currently strongly involved in the Euclid space mission.He has been a member of the ESA Astronomy Working Group\, and of the Hubble Space Telescope User Committee. Currently\, he serves on XMM-Newton\, Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope time allocation committees.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-seminar-the-ska-observatory-and-the-universe-at-radio-wavelength-by-prof-jean-paul-kneib/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211213T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211213T181500
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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar - Space Sustainability: from Space Environment Management to Life Cycle Assessment of Space Systems\, by Massimiliano Vasile
DESCRIPTION:This talk will give an overview of the activities on space sustainability currently undergoing in the Aerospace Centre of Excellence (ACE) at the University of Strathclyde. It will start by presenting what we consider a sustainability paradox. The sustainability paradox comes from the tension between the need for a sustainable use of space\, due to the growth of the space sector and the increase in the number of launches\, and the concurrent growing demand to use space. The talk will then expand on some of the key research activities\, in ACE\, on the management of the space environment\, from space traffic to re-entry\, and the assessment of the environmental impact of the space sector. \nMassimiliano Vasile\, is currently Professor of Space Systems Engineering and Director of the Aerospace Centre of Excellence at the University of Strathclyde. \nHe received his M.S. in 1996 and Ph.D. in 2001 from Politecnico di Milano.  He sits on the IAF Astrodynamics and Space Power committees\, the IEEE committee on Emerging Technologies in Computational Intelligence\, and the UN Space Mission Planning Advisory Group.  His research interests include Astrodynamics\, Space Systems\, Computational Intelligence and Optimisation Under Uncertainty exploring the limits of computer science at solving highly complex problems in science and engineering.  Asteroid 2002 PX33 “Maxvasile” was named in his honour in recognition of Prof Vasile’s contributions to the development of innovative techniques for the design and optimisation of space trajectories and his work on asteroid manipulation. \nProf. Vasile has developed novel numerical methods for single and multi-objective optimal control problems\, has pioneered the use of evolutionary computation for the global optimisation of space trajectories\, and the use of imprecise probability theories in the optimisation of space systems.  His research has been funded by the European Space Agency\, the UK Space Agency\, CNES\, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council\, the Planetary Society and the European Commission. \nHe coordinated the Stardust research network on asteroids and space debris\, one of the success stories of the EU FP7\, and the UTOPIAE network on uncertainty treatment and optimisation in aerospace engineering and he is now the coordinator of Stardust Reloaded\, that is exploring advanced solutions for space sustainability\, space environment management and asteroid exploration.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-webinar-space-sustainability-from-space-environment-management-to-life-cycle-assessment-of-space-systems-by-massimiliano-vasile/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211108T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211108T181500
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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar - Mikhail Kokorich\, founder of Destinus SA
DESCRIPTION:The whole history of humanity is the story of our struggle with space and time. Mastering new horizons\, moving ever farther; driven by the desire for a better life or for profit\, out of fear or out of sheer curiosity\, people found ever faster\, easier\, cheaper\, and safer ways to conquer the space between here and there. The mastering of new territories is impossible to imagine without transport. The invention and proliferation of new means of moving people and goods — such as railways\, aviation\, containers — has created the modern economy that we know. The aviation industry didn’t experience larger disruption since the proliferation of jet turbines in the 50th. But now we see an explosion of new concepts for automobility that also try to open a new angle – sustainability. The aviation industry is one of the primary pollutants on Earth. The delivery of cargo or passengers creates 10-100x times more CO2 emissions than terrestrial or marine transport. Almost all of the new companies aim to revolutionize only local transport. But without a revolution on long-haul aero transportation\, we will not be able to change the face of this big industry. \nMikhail Kokorich (born 1976\, in Siberia) is a well-known space entrepreneur. He has founded several successful space technology companies. Dauria Aerospace was Russia’s first private aerospace company. Canadian-based Helios Wire was a satellite IoT operator and sold to EchoStar in 2019. Astro Digital is a prominent US microsatellite company\, one of the key DARPA suppliers. In 2017 Mikhail founded Momentus Inc.\, a provider of space infrastructure services. Momentus went public on the NASDAQ in August 2021.\nIn 2021 he moved with his family to Switzerland. He started a new company\, Destinus\, to develop a hyperplane\, a hybrid of a rocket and an airplane that can deliver express cargo anywhere in the world in 1-2 hours.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-webinar-mikhail-kokorich-founder-of-destinus-sa/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210917T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210917T181500
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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar – Can an airship explore Mars ? by Roméo Tonasso\, Alice Barthe\, Laurene Delsupexhe
DESCRIPTION:A preliminary feasibility study for an airship operating on the red planet. \nVarious space orbiters\, landers and rovers have given us precious data on the Red Planet. Orbiters allow global analyses and landers have an increased capacity of detailed observations but their accuracy is at the cost of restriction to the small area where they land. Ingenuity helicopter has shown us that we can take profit of another dimension by hovering just above ground at slow speed\, since the Martian atmosphere\, though tenuous\, has proved dense enough to allow lift and propulsion. \nAn airship would allow for observations similar to those of a helicopter but over longer missions since it could float above the ground without consuming energy. Therefore\, whereas a helicopter can be used as a scout\, an airship could be used for autonomous full missions. Its ability to observe cliff walls over long distances would be unmatchable. \nThe study provides a preliminary design for such an airship. It contains design drivers\, trade-offs and provides a preliminary sizing of the main subsystems. The Design Reference Mission is to explore parts of Valles Marineris. This region shows interesting geomorphological context. Additionally\, the depth of the canyon yields a higher air pressure which means heavier surrounding air. \nThe reference scientific goal would be to perform mineral mapping of the cliff walls using a hyperspectral sensor of a maximum mass of 3 kg. Adding the navigation\, command and data transmission systems\, the airship has been designed for a total payload mass of 10 kg. \nRoméo Tonasso\, EPFL\, Student in Mechanical Engineering\, Master semester 4 / Laurène Delsupexhe\, Consultant engineer for ArianeGroup / Alice Barthe\, Space engineer / Julie Hartz\, Astrobiologist. Laurène\, Alice and Julie are members of the WoMars Team. \nMentors: Claude Nicollier\, Pierre Brisson (Mars Society Switzerland).
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-webinar-can-an-airship-explore-mars-by-romeo-tonasso-alice-barthe-laurene-delsupexhe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210628T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210628T140000
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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar - An Introduction to the Biotechnology Space Support Center (BIOTESC) and the Cimon Project\, by Gwendolyne Pascua
DESCRIPTION:Unknown to many\, a Ground Control center linked to the International Space Station (ISS) exists in central Switzerland.\nThis talk will introduce one of the User Service and Operations Center (USOC) of the European Space Agency\, the Biotechnology Space Support Center (BIOTESC).\nIn a second part\, Gwendolyne Pascua will explain what The Cimon project is\, a first of its kind Free-Flyer in the ISS with an artificial intelligence. As the Operations Lead of this project\, she will share with her experiences\, her journey and missions. \nGwendolyne Pascua is currently working as Operations Lead\, Ground Controller at the Biotechnology Space Support Center (BIOTESC); and as a Senior Research Associate at Hochschule Luzern.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/an-introduction-to-the-biotechnology-space-support-center-biotesc-and-the-cimon-project-by-gwendolyne-pascua/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210531T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210531T130000
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SUMMARY:eSpace Webinar - Single band Nano-satellite Remote sensing: BGUSAT's challenges and opportunities\, by Shimrit Maman
DESCRIPTION:Nano satellites are a relatively new category in the field of satellite technologies and space science.\nIn the past years\, several Earth Observations (EO) missions using nano-satellites have been successfully launched and used\, forecasts for the upcoming years display an increase of such missions.\nBGUSAT is an example of such EO\remote sensing single band\, SWIR sensor via a spatial resolution of 600 meters per pixel.\nIn the seminar\, we intend to overview the satellite design and capabilities and to present the results of the ongoing remote sensing research. \nDr. Maman is a research associate in the Homeland Security Institute and director of the Earth and Planetary Image Facility (EPIF)\, both at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research deals with the application of satellite technologies (remote sensing and GIS) to environmental challenges and climate change. She is an integral part of the research team leading BGUSAT\, Israel’s first research nanosatellite.\nShe also serves as a UN-SPIDER expert\, and heads the Israeli Regional Support Office of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response.\nPreviously she served as the board director of D-mars\, and is a founding board member of WiSpace\, a women’s association promoting gender equality among Israeli STEAM professionals and was appointed by UNOOSA as a mentor in the SPACE4WOMEN Network.\nMaman leads diverse education and outreach programs promoting Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)\, using hands-on research activities\, at both the national and international scales\, including the unique\, all-girl\, international remote sensing science program: She Space. \nQuote by Dr. Maman:\n“Although it is a vast\, icy void\, I think space holds unique opportunities for dreamers unafraid to boldly face meaningful challenges”.
URL:https://espace.epfl.ch/event/espace-webinar-single-band-nano-satellite-remote-sensing-bgusats-challenges-and-opportunities-by-shimrit-maman/
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