OD-SSA Activity at NASA's Heliophysics Division

Reinhard H W Friedel

Presentation information

[E] Oral

P (Space and Planetary Sciences ) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM11] Space Weather and Space Climate

Tue. May 28, 2024 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (2) (Exhibition Hall 6, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Ryuho Kataoka(National Institute of Polar Research), Mary Aronne(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Yumi Bamba(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Antti Pulkkinen(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Chairperson:Antti Pulkkinen(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Mary Aronne

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

[PEM11-08] OD-SSA Activity at NASA's Heliophysics Division

★Invited Papers

*Reinhard H W Friedel¹ (1.NASA Headquarters)

Within the Heliophysics Division (HPD) of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) , Orbital Debris – Space Situational Awareness (OD-SSA) has been stood up as an “activity” in early 2021, with OD-SSA becoming an official part of HPD’s Space Weather Program in FY24. OD (anthropogenic debris, micro meteorites and dust) are now included in HPD’s definition of the Space Working Environment – defined as all parts of the space environment that affect human activities in space.
This talk will present an overview of the OD-SSA activities in HPD, past and present, including:

Addressing the measurement gap of <1cm OD (instrument development concepts and flight opportunities)
Mission Design Lab activities on a dedicated small OD characterization mission
New OD science – signatures of objects moving through a space plasma