Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-12 — 63rd International Astronautical Congress

C4. SPACE PROPULSION SYMPOSIUM

The Space Propulsion Symposium addresses sub-orbital, Earth to orbit and in-space propulsion. The general areas considered include both chemical and non-chemical rocket propulsion, air-breathing propulsion, and combined air-breathing and rocket systems. Typical specific propulsion categories of interest are liquid, sold and hybrid rocket systems, ramjet, scramjet, and various combinations of air-breathing and rocket propulsion and nuclear, electric, solar and other advanced rocket systems. The Symposium is concerned with component technologies, the operation and application to missions of overall propulsion systems and unique propulsion test facilities.

Coordinator

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Richard Blott
British Interplanetary Society — United Kingdom

David Micheletti
Universal Technical Resource Services — United States

C4.1. Propulsion System (1)

This session is dedicated to all aspects of Liquid Rocket Engines.

Chairman

Max Calabro
The Inner Arch — France

Christophe Bonhomme
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

Rapporteur: Walter Zinner
ArianeGroup — Germany

C4.2. Propulsion System (2)

This session is dedicated to all aspects of Solid and Hybrid Propulsion.

Chairman

Stéphane Henry
— France

I-Shih Chang
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Rapporteur: Toru Shimada
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — Japan

C4.3. Propulsion Technology

This session includes all science and technologies supporting all aspects of space propulsion. The emphasis in this session is placed in particular on components for propulsion.

Chairman

John Harlow
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United Kingdom

James Free
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Rapporteur: Didier Boury
ArianeGroup SAS — France

C4.4. Electric Propulsion

This session is dedicated to all aspects of electric propulsion technologies, systems and applications.

Chairman

Garri A. Popov
Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics (RIAME), MAI — Russian Federation

Mariano Andrenucci
Independent consultant — Italy

Rapporteur: Norbert Puettmann
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

C4.5. Hypersonic and Combined Cycle Propulsion

This session includes papers dealing with use of air in earth-to-orbit propulsion.

Chairman

Shigeru Aso
Kurume Institute of Technology — Japan

Salvatore Borrelli
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre — Italy

Rapporteur: Patrick Danous
ArianeGroup — France

C4.6. New Missions Enabled by New Propulsion Technology and Systems

Many missions are precluded by limitations on current propulsion technologies and systems. The session will explore concepts for new missions that can be enabled by specific advancements in propulsion and/or integration of various propulsion technologies and systems.

Chairman

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

David Micheletti
— United States

Rapporteur: Jerrol Littles
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United States

C4.7-C3.5. Joint Session on Nuclear Propulsion and Power

This session, organised jointly between the space power and the space propulsion symposium includes papers addressing all aspects related to nuclear power and propulsion for space applications.

Chairman

Davina Di Cara
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Rapporteur

George Schmidt
NASA Glenn Research Center — United States

Vladimir Prisniakov
Russian Academy of Sciences — Ukraine

C4.8. Advanced and Combined Propulsion Systems

The session is for the presentation of advanced propulsion concepts being studied or considered. The advanced concepts should seek to deliver breakthroughs in overcoming the limitations of propulsion systems in current use or development. For advanced concepts technologies should normally be in the range TRL 0 to TRL 2. Advanced concepts with higher TRL technologies may also be presented where a combination of propulsion technologies can lead to performance breakthroughs which can not be achieved with a single technology. A combination can include for example both chemical and electric or solid and liquid chemical.

Chairman

Jacques Gigou
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Richard Blott
British Interplanetary Society — United Kingdom

Rapporteur: William W. Smith
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United States

C4.9. Propulsion concepts and studies

This session covers papers on space propulsion application and R&D with a wide range of interest.

Chairman

Stéphane Henry
— France

Zvika Zuckerman
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. — Israel

Rapporteur: Salvatore Borrelli
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre — Italy