Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-08 — 59th International Astronautical Congress

C4. SPACE PROPULSION SYMPOSIUM

Propose, report on and include all propulsion systems, including those for Earth-to-orbit, orbital control and interplanetary missions.

Coordinator

Randy C. Parsley
Pratt & Whitney — United States

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

C4.1. Propulsion Systems I

This session is dedicated to all aspects of Liquid rocket Engines.

Chairman

Masahiro Atsumi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. — Japan

Max Calabro
The Inner Arch — France

Rapporteur: Walter Zinner
ArianeGroup — Germany

C4.2. Propulsion Systems II

This session is dedicated to all aspects of Solid and Hybrid Propulsion.

Chairman

Jean-François Guery
Safran SME — France

John Harlow
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United Kingdom

Rapporteur: I-Shih Chang
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

C4.3. Propulsion Technology

This session includes all science and technology supporting all aspects of space propulsion.

Chairman

Vladimir Prisniakov
Russian Academy of Sciences — Ukraine

Gennaro Russo
Campania Aerospace District, DAC — Italy

Rapporteur: Alain Mercier
Snecma Propulsion Solide — France

C4.4. Electric Propulsion

This session is dedicated to all aspects of electric propulsion technologies, systems and applications.

Chairman

Leonardo Biagioni
Sitael Spa — Italy

Oleg A. Gorshkov
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology — Russian Federation

Rapporteur: Garri A. Popov
Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics (RIAME), MAI — Russian Federation

C4.5. Hypersonic and Combined Cycle Propulsion

This session includes papers dealing with use of air in earth to orbit propulsion. It is a joint ISOABE/IAF session.

Chairman

William W. Smith
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United States

Nobuhiro Tanatsugu
Muroran Institute of Technology — Japan

Rapporteur: Shigeru Aso
Kurume Institute of Technology — Japan

C4.6. Special Session on Future and Advanced Propulsion

This session is dedicated every year to a special propulsion topic chosen by the Propulsion Technical Committee. It includes invited papers as well as unsolicited presentations.

Chairman

Randy C. Parsley
Pratt & Whitney — United States

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Rapporteur: Christophe Bonhomme
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

C4.7.-C3.5. Joint session on Nuclear Propulsion and Power

This session includes papers addressing all issues of nuclear power and propulsion in space applications.

Chairman

Claudio Bruno
— United States

Harvey J. Willenberg
American Aerospace Advisors, Inc. — United States

Rapporteur: Paul A. Czysz
Hypertech — United States