Documents and presentations

This page links to relevant documents related to the work of the SMPAG.

General documents

Plans
SMPAG-PL-001 - Workplan V2.0, SMPAG-PL-001/2.0

Reports
SMPAG-RP-001 - Roadmap of relevant research for planetary defense, SMPAG-RP-001/4.0, 02 Mar 2023
SMPAG-RP-002 - Draft report on work package 5.5, SMPAG-RP-002/D.0,  2018 Oct 10
SMPAG-RP-003 - Status report on work package 5.1 from workplan "Recommended criteria & thresholds for action for a potential NEO impact threat", SMPAG-RP-003/1.0, 2018 Oct 18
SMPAG-RP-004 - Report by the SMPAG Ad-Hoc Working Group on Legal Issues to SMPAG, SMPAG-RP-004/1.0, 2020 Apr 08

Other
Terms of reference for the ad-hoc legal working group, as agreed by the SMPAG #09 meeting on 11 Oct 2017 and updated on 31 Jan 2024.

NEO toolkit - a list of flown instruments (credit: CNES/Bousquet)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #22 (31 Jan 2024)

Status of SMPAG (ESA, Koschny)
Status of IAWN (NASA, Fast)

Apophis discussion:
ESA concepts (ESA, Moissl)
DROID (CNES)
Also see the following presentations.

Updates of activities:
US activities (NASA, Johnson)
Japanese activities (JAXA, Yoshikawa)
Hera mission update (ESA, Martino)

SMPAG exercise
Exercise status (ASI, Colombo)
Assessment of the PDC 2023 exercise (ASI, Alberti)

Legal working group status (Haddaji)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #21 (10/11 Oct 2023)

Status of SMPAG (ESA, Koschny)
Status of IAWN (NASA, Fast)

SMPAG exercise - sprint 1 report (ASI, Colombo)
Report by Austrian Space Forum (Albrecht, OWF)

Apophis discussion:
ESA concepts (ESA, Moissl)
US concepts (NASA, Johnson)
DROID (Bousquet, CNES)

Legal working group report (Haddaji)

Updates in the member countries
Activities in Germany (DLR, Harris)
Activities in Japan (JAXA, Yoshikawa)

Hera mission status (ESA, Carnelli)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #20 (08/09 Feb 2023)

Status of SMPAG (ESA, Koschny)
Status of IAWN (NASA, Fast)

Status of the SMPAG exercise - End of sprint 1 (ASI, Colombo)
Status of the SMPAG exercise - Start of sprint 2 (ASI, Colombo)

Update on ESA missions (ESA, Moissl)
Update on US missions (NASA, Johnson)
Update on JAXA missions (JAXA, Yoshikawa)
Update on DLR activites (DLR, Harris - oral only)
Update on task 5.2 (UK, Vasile)
ASI contribution to DART - LICIACube (ASI, Castronuevo)
LICIACube animation (ASI, Castronuevo)
French activities for Planetary Defence (CNES, Bousquet)

Update on Apophis-related missions

ESA: See the general presentation above
CNES: See the general presentation above
Mission concept study - FLARE (NASA, Johnson)
Mission concept study - RA (NASA, Johnson)
Mission concept study - DROID (NASA, Johnson)

Presentation of the status of the ad-hoc legal working group (Haddaji)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #19 (19/20 Oct 2022)

Status of SMPAG (ESA, Koschny)
Status of IAWN (NASA, Fast)

SMPAG exercise - update and main results from first sprint (ASI, Colombo)

Report for work item 5.11, NEO toolbox (CNES)

Update on US missions, in particular DART (NASA, Johnson)
Update on NEO activities in Japan (JAXA, Yoshikawa)
NEO-related activities in Germany (DLR, Harris)

Apophis-related mission ideas (ESA, Moissl)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #18 (09/10 Feb 2022)

Status of SMPAG (ESA, Koschny)
Status of IAWN (NASA, Fast)
​​​​​​Update on Japanese missions (JAXA, Yoshikawa)
Update on US missions (NASA, Johnson)
Update on Hera mission (ESA)
NEA-related activities in Germany (DLR, Harris) - see SMPAG #17 presentation slides.
NEA-related activities in Italy (ASI, Gabrielli)
Intelligent decision support system (UK, Vasile)

Workplan-related presentations

NEA-related tasks (ASI, Gabrielli)
Suggestions on evolution of roadmap (DLR, Harris)

Exercise

Status of sprint 1 of the SMPAG exercise (ASI, Colombo)

Presentations from the SMPAG Meeting #17 (Oct 2021)

Status of SMPAG (ESA, Koschny)
Update on US missions (NASA, Johnson)
NEO-related activities in Germany (DLR, Harris)
Ad-hoc legal working group - way forward (Haddaji)
Apophis mission (KASI, Moon)
Thoughts on communication (Albrecht)
SMPAG exercise - introduction (ASI, Colombo)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #16 (24/25 Mar 2021)

Workshop on work plan, 24 Mar 2021

Work package 5.1 (Johnson) - refer to this link: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NEO-Impact-Threat-Protocols-Jan2021.pdf
Work package 5.2 (UKSA, Vasile)
​​​​​​Work package 5.4 (ASI, Castronuvo)
Work package 5.8 (Albrecht)
Work package 5.9 (ROSA, Birlan)

Presentations from the main meeting, 25 Mar 2021

Activities at ESA (ESA, Koschny)
Activities in China (CNSA)
The DART and NEOSM missions (NASA, Johnson)
OSIRIS-REx overview (NASA, Johnson)
Hera status (ESA, Moissl)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #15 (24 Sep 2020)

NEO-related activities in Germany (Harris)
Apophis rendevous (Moon)
Hera mission status (Carnelli)

Publication of the LWG report (Marboe)
LWG - Ways forward (Haddaij)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #14 (06 Feb 2020)

SMPAG status (Drolshagen)
Status of Planetary Defense activties in the USA (Johnson)
ESA's Space Safety Programme (Koschny)
UKSA status (Vasile)

Update on Laser Space Applications Workshop (Schmidt)
Update on Hayabusa2 (Yoshikawa)
Update on OSIRIS-REx (Johnson)
Update on DART mission (Johnson)
Update on Hera mission (Carnelli - presented by Koschny)
New F-class mission 'Comet Interceptor' (presented by Koschny)
Destiny+ (Yoshikawa)

Erice school an NEOs (Kofler)

NEO-MAPP (presented by Drolshagen)

Tasks from work plan

Task 5.2 to 5.4 (Colombo)
Task 5.3 - Mapping mission scenarios to impact threats (Frühauf - presented by Koschny)
Report for task 5.3
​​​​​Task 5.8 - Economical consequences (Albrecht)
Task 5.9 - Criteria for deflection targeting (ROSA)
Task 5.10 - Nuclear options literature (Harris)
Task 5.11 - Toolbox (Bousquet)

Presentations from the SMPAG meeting #13 (13 Sep 2019)

Report from the PDC2019 (Drolshagen)

PDC2019 summary report
NASA Planetary Defense Office - US action plan (Johnson)
Update on the planned Hera mission (Carnelli, presented by Koschny)
The new ESA F-class mission 'Comet Interceptor' (Koschny, on behalf of C. Snodgrass)
Report of Legal Working Group
NEO terminology, input for UNDRR (Kofler)
Status of task 5.8 (Albrecht)

Statement support flyby or rendezvous missions

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #12 (13 Feb 2019)

SMPAG Status (Drolshagen)
NASA status (Landis)
ESA's upcoming Space Safety programme (ESA)
Report from the NEO/Debris Detection conference @ ESOC Jan 2019 (ESA)

EU activity Stardust-R (Vasile)

MIAPP Report (Colombo)
ASI presentation (Colombo, Castronuevo)

Report for WP 5.9 (Birlan, RoSA)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #11 (18 OCT 2018)

SMPAG status (G. Drolshagen, ESA)
The new US National NEO Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan (L. Johnson, NASA)
ESA's upcoming Space Safety Programme (D. Koschny, ESA)
Report of legal working group (L. Drube, DLR) - publication pending approval by the legal working group
Report from UNISPACE+50 (R. Kofler, OOSA)
Report from the MIAPP workshop in Garching (D. Koschny, ESA)
Hayabusa-2 overview (D. Mazanek, LaRC)
OSIRIS-REx overview (L. Johnson, NASA)
DART overview (L. Johnson, NASA)

Hera overview (D. Koschny on behalf of I. Carnelli, ESA)
Mission analysis for potential threat scenarios (C. Colombo, PoliMi)
ASI activity report (ASI)
Report on WP 5.5, draft 'Planetary Defense Action Plan'

Report on splinter meeting about WP 5.11, toolbox, at last meeting (CNES)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #10 (31 JAN 2018)

SMPAG Status Report (Drolshagen, ESA)

Update on IAWN (Landis, NASA)
Report from the ad-hoc legal working group (Drube, DLR)
Update on Hayabusa2 (Yoshikawa, JAXA)
NEO activities in Germany (Harris, DLR)
Status of AIM/Hera (Carnelli, ESA)
Report for item 5.3, Mapping of threat scenarios (ESA)
Report for item 5.4, reference missions (Castronuovo, Colombo, ASI)
Report for item 5.8 (Albrecht)
Report for item 5.9, Criteria for deflection targeting (Birlan, RoSA)
Report for item 5.11, toolbox (Bousquet, CNES)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #09 (11 OCT 2017)

Report from NASA (Landis, NASA)
Report from ASI (Castronuovo, ASI)
Report from the ad-hoc legal working group (Drube, DLR)
Remote sensing characterization of NEOs for mitigation: State of the art and limitations (Carry - presented by P. Michel)
The HERA mission study (Carnelli, ESA)
Report for item 5.1, Recommended criteria and thresholds (Landis, NASA)
Report for item 5.2, Mitigation mission types (Vasile, UKSA) - related paper

Report for item 5.7, roadmap (Harris, DLR) - see roadmap v2.0
Working document on item 5.8, Consequences, Including Failure, of NEO Mitigation Space Missions (Albrecht, ASF)
Report for item 5.11, Toolbox for a characterisation payload (Bousquet, CNES)

RESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #08 (01 FEB 2017)

Agenda
SMPAG status (Drolshagen)
IAWN report (Landis)
Report from NASA's NEO program (Johnson)

Report from ESA's SSA program (Koschny)
Information on the Planetary Defense Conference: http://pdc.iaaweb.org (Ailor)
Report on tasks 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 (Landis)
Report on task 5.2 (Vasile)
Report on task 5.4 (Castronuovo)

NEOTwist mission (Drube)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #07 (OCT 2016)

Agenda

Payload and instrumentation design for an orbit knowledge improvement via flyby missions at asteroids (RT-SA 2015/23)
UNOOSA - IAWN/SMPAG interface (R. Kofler, OOSA)
Mitigation mission types
Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM) status (M. Küppers, ESA)
AIDA-DART status (C. Reed, APL)
Hayabusa2 status (M. Yoshikawa, JAXA)
Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) - overview (M. Gates, L. Johnson, NASA)
ARM contribution to Planetary Defense (Mazanek, NASA)

Report to WP 5.1, criteria and thresholds (L. Johnson, NASA)
Ad-hoc working group on legal issues (L. Drube, DLR)
Upcoming asteroid deflection workshop (P. Chodas, JPL)

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SMPAG MEETING #06 (FEB 2016)

SMPAG status (Drolshagen)
IAWN activity report (Johnson)

ESA activity report - Mapping threats to missions (ESA/Koschny)
UK activity report - input from academia
DLR activity report (Harris)
DLR roadmap V0.2 

ASI activity report

Stardust (Vasile)
Utilizing risks to define thresholds (Rumpf)
Impact hazard detection efficiency (Colombo)

Legal items (Drube)
E
xisting space laws relevant to SMPAG (Stubbe)

Decision criteria proposal (Johnson)

PRESENTATIONS FROM SMPAG MEETING #05 (Steering group only - 10 Nov 2015)

SMPAG status (Drolshagen)
IAWN activity report (NASA/Spahr, Landis)
NASA activity report - criteria and thresholds (Spahr, Landis)
Communication guidelines (NASA/Spahr, Landis)
DLR activity report - roadmaps (Harris)
Mapping threats to missions (ESA/Koschny)

PRESENTATIONS FROM SMPAG MEETING #04 (APR 2015)

SMPAG status (Drolshagen)
IAWN status (Johnson)
NASA brief for SMPAG tasks (Johnson)

PRESENTATIONS FROM SMPAG MEETING #03 (STEERING GROUP ONLY - FEB 2015)

none

PRESENTATIONS FROM SMPAG MEETING #02 (12+13 JUN 2014)

CNES activities - Apophis
DLR activities + NEOShield
ESA activities - the AIM study
JAXA activities - Hayabusa2
UK
  industry
  science
  NEA characterization
NASA activities

PRESENTATIONS FROM SMPAG MEETING #01 (FEB 2014)

Action Team 14 and UN recommendations (Camacho)
A reference impact scenario (Koschny)

Introduction to the Terms of Reference (Drolshagen) 
Roscosmos activities (Makarov)
JAXA activities (Yoshikawa)
N
ASA activities (Johnson)
I
AWN update (Johnson)

An ESA/Euronews video which was partially filmed during our meeting #01.

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Last update: 27 Feb 2024, dvk - for issues, Detlef Koschny