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session 1

Title: Launch Vehicles in Service or in Development
type: oral
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	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1		Vega qualification flight results	18'	confirmed	Mr. Stefano Bianchi	European Space Agency (ESA)	Italy
2		Multiple satellite launch capabilities with Vega launch vehicle	18'	confirmed	Mr. Roberto Mancini	ELV S.p.A.	Italy
3		Soyuz Launch System, a reality in French Guiana	18'	confirmed	Mr. Bruno Gérard	Arianespace	France
4		NASA’s Space Launch System: A Flagship for Exploration Beyond Earth’s Orbit	18'	confirmed	Mr. Todd A. May	MSFC	United States
5		NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services: Building a Cargo Pathway to Orbit	18'	withdrawn	Mr. Dennis Stone	World Space Week Association	United States
6		A5ME: Important Programmatic Milestone passed in 2011!	18'	confirmed	Mrs. Catherine Poincheval	Astrium Space Transportation	France
7		Ariane 5 Program Status	18'	confirmed	Mr. Denis Schmitt	Arianespace	France
8		A Year to Launch: Japan’s Epsilon Launcher and its Evolution	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	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	18'	confirmed	Dr. Nobuyuki Iizuka	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
11		Application of LNG propulsion system to EPSILON Upper Stage	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Ryu Shinohara	IHI Aerospace Co, Ltd.	Japan
–		Achieving Domestic Human Spaceflight Capability with Japan's Next Flagship Launch System H-X	with 14457		Dr. Nobuhiro Yamanishi	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
–		Overview of the H-IIA Upgrade Project	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	with 15368		Mr. Dario Spallotta	ELV S.p.A.	Italy