session 1

Title: Launch Vehicles in Service or in Development
Description: Review of up to date status of launch vehicles currently in use in the world or under short term development.
Date: 2012-10-01
Time: 15:15
Room: TS16 (Sala Sicilia, Palacongressi)

IPC members

Chairman: Mr. Tomohiko Goto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan;
Chairman: Mr. Ray F. Johnson, The Aerospace Corporation, United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. Christian Dujarric, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Selection result	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1		Vega qualification flight results	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mr. Stefano Bianchi	European Space Agency (ESA)	Italy
2		Multiple satellite launch capabilities with Vega launch vehicle	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mr. Roberto Mancini	ELV S.p.A.	Italy
3		Soyuz Launch System, a reality in French Guiana	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mr. Bruno Gérard	Arianespace	France
4		NASA’s Space Launch System: A Flagship for Exploration Beyond Earth’s Orbit	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mr. Todd A. May	MSFC	United States
5		NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services: Building a Cargo Pathway to Orbit	accepted	18'	withdrawn	Mr. Dennis Stone	World Space Week Association	United States
6		A5ME: Important Programmatic Milestone passed in 2011!	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mrs. Catherine Poincheval	Astrium Space Transportation	France
7		Ariane 5 Program Status	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mr. Denis Schmitt	Arianespace	France
8		A Year to Launch: Japan’s Epsilon Launcher and its Evolution	accepted	18'	confirmed	Prof. Yasuhiro Morita	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
9		CURRENT STATUS AND EVOLVING PLAN OF JAPANESE FLAGSHIP LAUNCH SYSTEM, H-IIA/H-IIB	accepted	18'	confirmed	Mr. Koji Shimura	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. - Nagoya Aerospace Systems	Japan
10		Concept of the Next Flagship Launch System of Japan, H-X	accepted	18'	confirmed	Dr. Nobuyuki Iizuka	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
11		Application of LNG propulsion system to EPSILON Upper Stage	accepted	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Ryu Shinohara	IHI Aerospace Co, Ltd.	Japan
–		Achieving Domestic Human Spaceflight Capability with Japan's Next Flagship Launch System H-X	merged	with 14457		Dr. Nobuhiro Yamanishi	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
–		Overview of the H-IIA Upgrade Project	merged	with 15190		Mr. Wataru Sarae	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
–		Vega launch vehicle qualification process: from hwil testing to models and data refinement through pfa	merged	with 15368		Mr. Dario Spallotta	ELV S.p.A.	Italy