Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-16 — 67th 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

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

Helen Webber
Reaction Engines Ltd. — United Kingdom

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

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

Riheng Zheng
Beihang University — China

C4.1. Propulsion System (1)

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

Co-Chair

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

Patrick Danous
ArianeGroup — France

C4.2. Propulsion System (2)

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

Co-Chair

Stéphane Henry
— France

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

C4.3. Propulsion Technology (1)

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

Co-Chair

Didier Boury
ArianeGroup SAS — France

Angelo Cervone
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) — The Netherlands

Rapporteur: John Harlow
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United Kingdom

C4.4. Electric Propulsion

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

Co-Chair

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

Vanessa Vial
SAFRAN — France

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

C4.5. Propulsion Technology (2)

This session includes all science and technologies supporting all aspects of space propulsion. An objective is to attract papers from students and young professionals with a more technical rather than programmatic or organisational focus.

Co-Chair

Walter Zinner
ArianeGroup — Germany

Jacques Gigou
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Rapporteur: Zvika Zuckerman
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. — Israel

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

Co-Chair

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Jerrol Littles
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United States

Rapporteur: Mariano Andrenucci
Independent consultant — Italy

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.

Co-Chair

Jerome Breteau
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Leopold Summerer
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Rapporteur

George Schmidt
NASA Glenn Research Center — United States

Vito Salvatore
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua — Italy

C4.8. Advanced 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.

Co-Chair

Constanze Syring
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt, Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR) — Germany

Salvatore Borrelli
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre — Italy

Rapporteur: Youngbin Yoon
Seoul National University — Korea, Republic of

C4.9. Hypersonic and Combined Cycle Propulsion

This session covers papers on Hypersonic and Combined Cycle Propulsion for space applications.

Co-Chair

Helen Webber
Reaction Engines Ltd. — United Kingdom

Riheng Zheng
Beihang University — China

Rapporteur: Salvatore Borrelli
CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre — Italy

C4.IP. Interactive Presentations

Authors with an abstract accepted for an interactive presentation will be asked to prepare slides and display them for the duration of the congress on plasma screens. Authors will be assigned to interactive sessions in which they must be near the plasma screens to engage in interactive discussions with other congress attendees.

Coordinator

Giorgio Saccoccia
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

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

Helen Webber
Reaction Engines Ltd. — United Kingdom

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

Riheng Zheng
Beihang University — China