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Oct. 16, 2019, 7:51 p.m. UTC

Dec. 16, 2019, 2:35 p.m. UTC

The competition is over.

→ Collision Avoidance Challenge

To manoeuvre or not to manoeuvre... that is the question.

Today, active collision avoidance among orbiting satellites has become a routine task in space operations, relying on validated, accurate and timely space surveillance data. For a typical satellite in Low Earth Orbit, hundreds of alerts are issued every week corresponding to possible close encounters between a satellite and another space object (in the form of conjunction data messages CDMs). After automatic processing and filtering, there remain about 2 actionable alerts per spacecraft and week, requiring detailed follow-up by an analyst. On average, at the European Space Agency, more than one collision avoidance manoeuvre is performed per satellite and year.

 

In this challenge, you are tasked to build a model to predict the final collision risk estimate between a given satellite and a space object (e.g. another satellite, space debris, etc). To do so, you will have access to a database of real-world conjunction data messages (CDMs) carefully prepared at ESA. Learn more about the challenge and the data.

 

This competition is organized by ESA's Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) in partnership with ESA's Space Debris Office

Experts from both teams are available for interactions during the competition.

Created by the Advanced Concepts Team, Copyright © European Space Agency 2021