The Second International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC II)

Houston, Texas area/Virtual, December 4–7, 2023

Meeting Location and Dates

We are happy to announce the Second International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC II) scheduled for December 4–7, 2023, in Sugar Land, Texas.

Purpose and Scope

The goal of the 2nd International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC) is to promote orbital debris research activities in the United States and to foster collaborations with the international community. The four-day conference will cover all aspects of meteoroid and orbital debris research, mission support, and other related activities.

Topics:

• Measurements: radar, optical, in situ, laboratory, etc.
• Modeling: engineering, long-term environment, near-term risk assessments, reentry, etc.
• Operations and mission support: hypervelocity impact and protection, satellite anomalies, conjunction assessments, etc.
• Environment management: mitigation, remediation, space traffic coordination, policy, etc.

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Technical Program Committee

Christopher Bonnal

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales

Eric Christiansen

NASA Johnson Space Center

Bill Cooke

NASA Marshall Space Center

Bryan Corley

NASA Johnson Space Center

Heather Cowardin

NASA Johnson Space Center

Pascal Faucher

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales

Tim Flohrer

European Space Agency

Benton Greene

NASA Johnson Space Center

Satomi Kawamoto

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Holget Krag

European Space Agency

J.-C. Liou

NASA Johnson Space Center

Alyssa Manis

NASA Johnson Space Center

Manuel Metz

German Aerospace Center

Mark Matney

NASA Johnson Space Center

Lauri Newman

NASA Goddard Space Center

Chris Ostrom

NASA Johnson Space Center

Tim Payne

US Space Force

Andrew Ratcliffe

United Kingdom Space Agency

Alessandro Rossi

Consiglio, Nazionale delle Ricerch

Thomas Schildknecht

University of Bern

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