Technical programme
IAC-14 — 65th International Astronautical Congress
D6. SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY ISSUES
Topics should address commercial safety and regulatory policy issues for orbital and suborbital space transportation and spaceports. The goal is to identify issues common to commercial operators of both human and robotic space vehicles to increase international safety and interoperability.
- Coordinator
John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — United States
D6.1. Commercial Space Flight Safety and Emerging Issues
Topics for this session cover commercial space transportation and safety issues including human and robotic vehicles, spaceports, reentry vehicles, in-space transportation vehicles, and regulations. Papers related to commercial space transportation are also encouraged on: policy and law; operations and training; best practices and standards; pilot, crew and participant safety; and ground operations and launch site safety.
D6.2-D2.9. Commercial Point-to-Point Safety & Insurance Issues
This special joint session will address safety matters related to commercial point-to-point space transportation. Topics include air and space traffic, airport and spaceport operations, communications, vehicle design optimization and human factors as they relate to safety.
- Co-Chair
Christophe Chavagnac
Airbus Defence and Space SAS — FranceRandolph Kendall
The Aerospace Corporation — United States
- Rapporteur
Sundaram s
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) — India
D6.3. Insurance and Level of Safety for Commercial Viability
Space insurance is important to the success rate of space transportation missions for end users, satellite operators, e.g. According to current architecture of expendable rockets it translates mostly in reliability figures. Safety level of both the vehicle and design and mission may heavily impact space insurance fundamentals, mission success probability, liability risk, and insurance prices. The purpose of this session is to detail the relationship between safety matters and the space insurance business at large. Papers are welcome from insurers, vehicle manufacturers and operators, spaceport operators, and investors.
- Co-Chair
Christophe Chavagnac
Airbus Defence and Space SAS — FranceJohn Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — United States