rootbrowseIAC-13D2session 77. Small Launchers: Concepts and OperationsPapers1. Future Applications of Small Launchers – A Sector with Considerable Opportunities2. The Development and Operation of an Affordable Air Launched Nanosatellite Launch System for the US and European Markets3. small low-cost launch vehicles: engineering and business broad analysis4. Conceptual Lay-out of a Small Launcher w.r.t. Transient Phases5. Feasibility study of small satellites launcher vehicle launched from atmospheric carrier aircraft6. Numerical Investigations on the Aerodynamics of SHEFEX-III Launcher7. The Infinite Staging Rocket--First Step to Realization8. L3AR – A new air launch concept using a dedicated automatic carrier9. SCHEMATA OF AVIATION-ROCKETRY SYSTEMS FOR SMALL SPACECRAFT LAUNCHES. OPPORTUNITIES FOR REALIZATION. ANALOGUES AND PROTOTYPES10. Rockoon demonstation in the GranCanaria spaceport for femto-satellites