THE SEVENTH BROADSKY WORKSHOP

Is Space Safe Enough?

The focus of this workshop will be the intractable escalating problems of space debris.

With the increasing number of satellites in orbit, the amount of in-orbit debris is approaching a level where collisions could become regular events that can be not only highly damaging to the satellite with economic, insurance and service delivery consequences, but also catalyze further collisions by producing more debris.

At this workshop, we will discuss ongoing and future space activities, with a view to identifying technologies that can contribute to counteracting the rising menace of space debris.

The Workshop is organized by

NICT - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Workshop Chair

Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Vice Chair

Naoto Kadowaki, National Institute of  Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Technical Committee

Yoshihisa Takayama, National Institute of  Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Morio Toyoshima, National Institute of  Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Frank Gargione, Satellite Systems Consultant, USA

Secretariat

Naoko Yoshimura, National Institute of  Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Clotilde Canepa Fertini, FGM Events LLC, USA

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

14:30 – 17:45 - Room A

THE SEVENTH BROADSKY WORKSHOP: Is Space Safe Enough?

Chaired by: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

14:30 – 14:35

Opening Remarks

Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

14:35 - 15:15

Future Satellite Communications – Looking for a Candidate of Japan's Next Projects

T. Iida, Special Advisor, AIAA -JFSC, Japan

15:15 - 15:50

Possibility and Challenge for Space Debris Mitigation

Shinichi Rimura, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

15:50 -16:00 – Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:35

Overcrowded Geostationary Orbits and Safety-Monitoring Techniques

Seiichiro Kawase, NICT, Japan

16:35 – 17:10

Space Debris Introduction & Mitigation Research in ASI

Claudio Portelli, ASI (italian Space Agency), Italy

17:10 – 17:40

The Space Debris problem, Italian mitigation strategies and technologies"

Edmondo Bassano, Telespazio, Italy

17:40 – 17:45

Closing Remarks

N. Kadowaki , NICT, Japan