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session 1

Title: Space Debris Detection, Tracking and Characterization - SST
type: oral
Description: This session will address every aspect of SST (Space Surveillance and Tracking), advanced ground and space-based measurement techniques, relating processing methods, and results of space debris characterization.
Date: 2025-09-30
Time: 10:15
Room: Room C4.10

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Mark A. Skinner, The Aerospace Corporation, United States;
Co-Chair: Dr. Fabrizio Piergentili, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy;
Rapporteur: Prof. Thomas Schildknecht, SwissSpace Association, Switzerland;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	From Orbit to Impact: Deciphering the Kenya Space Debris Re-entry Event	15		Mr. Bramuel Nakholi		Kenya
2	10:30	Leveraging unconventional, passive datasets for full trajectory characterisation of re-entering space debris	15		Ms. Bella Hatty	Curtin University	Australia
3	10:45	Dark and Quiet Skies: Observational tests of a predictive technique to mitigate optical interference on astronomical observatories	15		Dr. Mark A. Skinner	The Aerospace Corporation	United States
4	11:00	Unconventional Observations: Using Astronomical Observatories for Satellite and Debris Characterisation	15		Dr. Aishling Dignam	NSF - NOIRLab	Chile
5	11:15	Demonstrating Ground-Based Photometric Electro-Optical Insights with NASA’s ACS-3 Solar Sail Mission	15		Mr. Max Geissbuhler	Slingshot Aerospace	United States
6	11:30	Wise eyes on the skies: Measuring the temperature of resident space objects using observations from the NASA WISE space telescope.	15		Ms. Sarah Caddy	University of Melbourne	Australia
7	11:45	Precision Detection and Collision Warning of Centimeter-Level Space Debris Based on High-Power Laser Ranging System	15		Dr. Gongqiang Li	National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences	China
8	12:00	Development of a Sub-Millimeter Space Debris Sensor for CubeSat Applications	15		Mr. Stefano Lopresti	CISAS "G. Colombo" - University of Padova	Italy
9	12:15	Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO): Test Results and Pre-Launch Update	15		Mr. Andrew Nicholas	Naval Research Laboratory	United States
10	12:30	Detecting Resident Space Objects in fast-cadenced, wide-field, optical transient astronomical surveys	15		Ms. Tallulah Waterson	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia
1*	10:15	Advanced survey radars for space surveillance and tracking applications	15		Dr. Marco Felice Montaruli	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
2*	10:30	BILAR (Benchmarking and Inversion of Light Curve for Attitude Reconstruction with Expert Centre Support)	15		Mr. Saverio Maria Currà	University of Rome “La Sapienza”	Italy
3*	10:45	Large-scale determination and analysis of area-to-mass ratios from orbital fragments	15		Mr. Daniel Raphael Wacker	TU Braunschweig, Institute of Space Systems	Germany
4*	11:00	Towards Effective Space Situational Awareness in Cislunar Space: Orbital Characterisation and Electro-Optical sensor design.	15		Mr. Nicolò Trabacchin	University of Padova - DII/CISAS	Italy
5*	11:15	Detection and Tracking of Space Objects and Debris Using Passive Radar	15		Mr. Daniel Finch	Silentium Defence	Australia