Upgrade of ESA's Debris Risk Assessment and Mitigation Analysis (DRAMA) tool: Spacecraft Entry Survival Analysis Module

Abstract In 2015, ESA's “ESA Space Debris Mitigation Compliance Verification Guidelines” handbook was released, dealing with the practical aspects of how missions can demonstrate their compliance to, among others, the applicable maximum on-ground risk figures. Therefore, to provide algorithms and methods allowing spacecraft system designers and operators to prove the compliance of their spacecraft with the applicable regulations, ESA's Space Debris Office decided to carry out the upgrade of the “Debris Risk Assessment and Mitigation Analysis” (DRAMA) software suite implementing up-to-date methods as well as innovative and unique functionalities. The tools provided by DRAMA enable an assessment of mitigation strategies for the operational and disposal phases of a mission, including the risk posed due to mission's space debris and the effectiveness of an end-of-life strategy. Within this framework, DEIMOS Space is responsible for the SESAM (Spacecraft Entry Survival Analysis Module) module of DRAMA, being subcontractor of HTG under an ESA contract.