Extreme Light Scientific and Socio-Economic Outlook

Session

Orbital Debris

30 Nov 2016, 14:25

18. Deorbiting of Space Debris by Laser Ablation

Toshikazu Ebisuzaki (RIKEN)

30/11/2016, 14:25

Orbital Debris

Recent years deorbiting by the laser ablation attracts increasing attentions as almost unique effective method to remediate cm-sized space debris. According to Ebisuzaki et al. 2014, the deorbiting operation is divided into three steps. First, a super-wide field telescope detects the reflection signal of the solar light by a space debris and roughly determine its position and moving direction....

2. Update on XCAN, Ecole Polytechnique-Thales Coherent Beam Combination joint laser program

jean-christophe chanteloup (Ecole Polytechnique)

30/11/2016, 14:50

Orbital Debris

Ecole Polytechnique and Thales are engaged into the development of a femtosecond laser system based on the coherent combination of laser beams produced through a network of 61 amplifying optical fibers [1] known as XCAN [2].
Designing, integrating and operating efficiently a laser system based on such an innovative architecture is clearly a challenge. But major key issues have already been...

48. Mini-Euso, a pathfinder on the ISS to detect [2 - 10 cm] debris

Mr Philippe Gorodetzky (APC lab - Paris Diderot University)

30/11/2016, 15:15

Orbital Debris

Mini-Euso is a small telescope to be installed inside the ISS in 2017. It is a small pathfinder of the main Jem-Euso mission in which a large UV telescope is to be set outside the ISS to capture the most energetic cosmic rays by detecting the [300-400 nm] fluorescence light from nitrogen struck by the shower charged particles.. Mini-Euso looks at earth through a UV window on the Russian...