KTH Space Rendezvous
Space Situational Awareness
Time: Thu 2022-04-21 13.00 - 19.00
Location: Lecture hall F2, KTH Campus
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66021874602
Language: English
KTH Space Center organizes two Space Rendezvous each year, one during each academic period. It is a half day event filled with talks on a specific space-related topic. Join us for another exciting KTH Space Rendezvous on April 21st. This time the theme is “Space Situational Awareness”, inlcuding topics like Space Weather, Orbiting Space Objects and Natural Space Debris.
It is free to participate in the Space Rendezvous, and the event is open to everyone.
| Subject | Speaker | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Christer Fuglesang, Director KTH Space Center | 13:00 |
| Military Space Surveillance and Tracking | Matti Nylund, Deputy research director, department for defence technology, Swedish university of technology | 13.10 |
| Warning and mitigation systems for asteroid impacts | Mikael Granvik, Associate professor, asteroid engineering laboratory, Luleå university of technology | 13.35 |
| Space weather: From sun to mud | Emiliya Yodanova, Scientist, Swedish institute of space physics | 14.00 |
| Fika Break | - | 14.25 |
| Space situational awareness: SNSA's perspectives |
Johan Köhler, Director, Space research and development, Swedish national space agency | 14.55 |
| Hera Mission: First steps towards planetary defence |
Paolo Ferri, Former head of ESA mission operations | 15.20 |
| KTH Student Space Projects' updates | Aesir, MIST, Rexus, Alpha and green raven | 15.50 |
| Panel Debate on Space Situational Awareness | Moderated by Christer Fuglesang | 16.20 |
| Concluding Remarks | Christer Funglesang, Director, KTH Space Center | 16.55 |
| Space Pub | All participants invited to join for drinks | 17.00 |