session 7

Title

Small Launchers: Concepts and Operations

type

oral

Description

Discussion of existing, planned and future launchers for small payloads ranging from 1500 kg to as low as 1 kg into Low Earth Orbit. Includes innovative solutions such as airborne systems, evolutions from sub-orbital concepts and flexible, highly responsive concepts. Also includes mission operations, associated operations and specific constraints.

Date

2012-10-04

Time

15:15

Room

TS16 (Sala Sicilia, Palacongressi)

IPC members

• Chairman: Mr. Markus Jaeger, Airbus Defence & Space, Space Systems, Germany;

• Chairman: Mr. Harry A. Cikanek, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Nicolas Bérend, ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab, France;