session 1

Title: Launch Vehicles in Service or in Development
type: oral
Description: Review of up to date status of launch vehicle currently in use in the world or under short term development.
Date: 2009-10-12
Time: 15:00
Room: Technical Session #2

IPC members

Chairman: Mr. Col. Jose Duarte, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE), Brazil;
Chairman: Mr. Ray F. Johnson, The Aerospace Corporation, United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. Christian Dujarric, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
2	Development status and Future upgrade Plan of the H-IIB launch vehicle	20'	Mr. Shinji Kondo	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. - Nagoya Aerospace Systems	Japan
3	Soyuz-Fregat launch system versatility	20'	Mr. François BARREAU	Arianespace	France
4	SpaceX reaches orbit: Falcon 1 Launch Vehicle Flight 4 and Flight 5 Results and Future Developments	20'	Mr. Jonathan Hofeller	Space Exploration Technologies	United States
5	VEGA: An Overview of Development Activities and Future Perspectives	20'	Mr. Stefano Bianchi	European Space Agency (ESA)	Italy
6	SpaceX Falcon 9 Maiden Flight Results and Future Developments	20'	Mr. Jonathan Hofeller	Space Exploration Technologies	United States
7	Ariane 5 Program Status	20'	Mr. Denis Schmitt	Arianespace	France
8	Ariane 5 ME: Technical and programmatic challenges	20'	Mr. Pier Michele Roviera	European Space Agency (ESA)	France
9	Japan's Next Generation Solid Rocket Launcher	20'	Prof. Yasuhiro Morita	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
–	A5 ME: technical and programmatic challenges		Mrs. Catherine Poincheval	Astrium Space Transportation	France
–	DEVELOPMENT RESULTS OF H-IIB PROPULSION SYSTEM		Mr. Keitaro Ishikawa	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Japan	Japan
–	Soyuz at CSG, last activities before launch		Mr. Didier Coulon	European Space Agency (ESA)	France