session 7

Title

Small Launchers: Concepts and Operations

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, combinations of existing / emerging elements and new elements, reusable, partially reusable and expendable concepts, and flexible, highly responsive concepts. Includes mission operations, design, development, and specific constraints.

Date

2013-09-26

Time

14:45

Room

311B

IPC members

• Chairman: Mr. Markus Jäger, 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;