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The 1^st Canadian Workshop on Orbital Debris

General Information

The 1^st Orbital Debris Workshop organized by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is aimed at informing and consulting with Canadians who are interested in the subject of Orbital Debris. The workshop is addressed to all stakeholders (industry, university, research organizations, other government departments, etc.) active or interested in the subject of human-generated Orbital Debris.

In 2010, CSA joined the Inter-Agency Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) to actively work with other space agencies in order to mitigate and minimize potential threats to Canadian satellites and other space assets, to share information relating to space debris and to focus and harmonize Canadian space research activities in this area.

The two day workshop will include invited speakers from IADC and NASA, followed by plenary sessions for information sharing and feedback, in line with the IADC Working Groups:

• Monitoring and Measurement of Orbital Debris: to gain information on man-made objects in near-Earth space; characterization and modeling of debris around the Earth; and the storage and timely access of data by electronic means.
• Protection: to assess the effects of OD damage; to evaluate the design and technology of spacecraft shielding against space debris; and associated test methods (including hypervelocity tests).
• Mitigation: the study of measures to avoid collisions with debris, reduce (or remove) debris, avoid the creation of space debris or reduce the hazards created by space debris.
• Regulation: to assess Canadian and international measures to regulate on the creation of debris and the safe disposal of space assets; and to consider other methods of national co-operation in relation to space debris.

Time and Location

The 1^st Canadian Workshop on Orbital Debris will be held on June 21^st and 22^nd, 2011; at the Canadian Space Agency's Conference Centre in St-Hubert, Quebec.

If you would like to be included in the Orbital Debris Workshop mailing list, please send an email to the following address: debris2011@asc-csa.gc.ca

Steering Committee

David Kendall, Surendra Parashar, Michel Doyon, Alan Robins, Daniel Rey, Nicole Gignac, Darius Nikanpour (CSA)

John Spray (HITD)

Registration

Registration is complete.

Workshop Schedule

JUNE 21ST	AGENDA
8:00 – all day	Registration & information
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome note CSA President Dr. Steven MacLean
9:15 – 9:30	Opening address, CSA, Space Science and Technology Dr. David Kendall
9:30 – 10:15	Invited Speaker: ESA, IADC Sec Dr. Heiner Klinkrad Orbital Debris - Measurements, Models and Risk Assessments
10:15 – 10:45	Morning Break
10:45 – 11:30	Invited Speaker: NASA JSC Mr. Nicholas Johnson Current Issues in Orbital Debris
11:30 – 11:45	Overview of the workshop tasks and desired output – questions Dr. Darius Nikanpour
11:45 – 13:00	Session 1: Canadian activities on Monitoring & Measurement of Orbital Debris Co-Chairs: CSA: Michel Doyon DND : Robert Lauchie Scott 30 min Presentations: DRDC (12:00 – 12:30): Dr. Martin P. Lévesque, Robert Lauchie Scott Surveillance of Space Activities of the Department of National Defence - Les activités de surveillance de l'espace du Ministère de la Défense Nationale MDA (12:30 – 13:00) Terence Lee Sapphire: A Small Satellite System for Surveillance of Space
13:00 – 14:00	LUNCH
14:00 – 15:15	Break-out Consultations 1 Discipline specific scientific & technical priorities (draft output)
15:15 – 15:30	Participants Contributions
15:30 – 16:00	Afternoon Break
16:00 – 17:00	Feedback from breakout session 1
17:00 – 19:00	Cocktail & networking Location: CSA

JUNE 22ND	AGENDA
8:00 – all day	Registration & information
8:30 – 9:15	Session 2: Protection from Debris Co-Chairs: HIT: Dr. John Spray CSA: Dr. Alan Robins 20 min Presentations: CSA (8:35 – 8:55) : Dr. Alex Jablonski Hypervelocity Impact (HVI) Testing Capabilities in the Canadian Federal Laboratories – Current Status HIT (8:55 – 9:15) : Dr. John Spray A new high-speed impact research and technology facility for Canada: Surface, atmosphere and space applications
9:15 – 10:15	Break-out Consultations 2 Discipline specific scientific & technical priorities (draft output)
10:15 – 10:30	Participants Contributions
10:30 – 10:45	Morning Break
10:45 – 11:45	Session 3: Mitigation of Orbital Debris Co-Chairs: MDA: Dan King CSA: Daniel Rey 20 min Presentations: CSA (10 :45 – 11:05) : Michel Doyon Close Approaches: Procedures and Status MDA (11:05 – 11:25) : Dan King Orbital Debris Mitigation and Removal UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (11:25 – 11:45) : Dr. Robert Zee Small Satellite Technologies for End-of-Life Debris Mitigation and the CanX-7 and CanX-8 Deorbiting Demo Missions
11:45 – 12:45	Break-out Consultations 3 Discipline specific scientific and technical priorities (draft output)
12:45 – 13:00	Participants Contributions
13:00– 13:45	Lunch
13:45 – 14:15	Session 4: Regulation of reducing Orbital Debris Co-Chairs: McGIll University: Ram Jakhu CSA: Jean-Marc Chouinard 30 min Presentation: McGill University (13:45 – 14:15): Dr. Ram Jakhu Efforts and Challenges in Regulating Space Debris
14:15 – 15:15	Breakout Consultations 4 Discipline specific scientific and technical priorities (draft output)
15:15 – 15:30	Participants Contributions
15:30 – 15:50	Afternoon break
15:50 – 16:05	Feedback from breakout session 2
16:05 – 16:25	Feedback from breakout session 3
16:25 – 16:45	Feedback from breakout session 4
16:45 – 17:00	WORKSHOP CLOSURE Dr. David Kendall

Hotels and Accommodations

CSA made arrangements with two hotels in the Montreal area for the participants of the 1^st Canadian Workshop on Orbital Debris, one on the South Shore and one downtown Montreal. You will find below the information regarding each hotel.

ALT Hotel Quartier DIX30
6500 boul. de Rome
Brossard, QC, J4Y 0B6

• To make reservation, please call at 450-443-1030 or 1-877-343-1030 and mention that you are with the Canadian Space Agency block of rooms for the Orbital Debris Workshop.
• The rate is 129.00$ per night.
• The block of rooms is guaranteed until May 20^th, 2011 for the participants of the workshop.
• For more information regarding the hotel and its surroundings, visit www.quartierdix30.com/activities/ and www.dix30.althotels.ca

Delta Centre-Ville
777 University Street
Montreal, QC, H3C 3Z7

• To make reservation, please call at 1-800-268-1133 and mention that you are affiliated with the Orbital Debris Workshop Meeting.
• The rate is 149.00$ per night.
• The block of rooms is guaranteed until May 27^th, 2011 for the participants of the workshop.

Social Event

17:00 – 19:00: Cocktail & networking
Location: CSA

Contact Us

For media enquiries:

Media Relations
Canadian Space Agency
(450) 926-4370
www.asc-csa.gc.ca

All other inquiries:

Centre spatial John H. Chapman
6767, route de l'Aéroport
Saint-Hubert (Québec) J3Y 8Y9
Canada
Tel: 450-926-4558
Fax: 450-926-4576

Email: emilie.chayer@asc-csa.gc.ca

How to get to John H Chapman Space Centre:
www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/contact_csa.asp