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    Title

    Enabling safe commercial spaceflight: vehicles and spaceports

    Description

    This session is addresses new and existing spaceports and factors that launch vehicle and spaceplane operators may use in evaluating the selection of a launch and/or landing location. Topics include: safety, air and spaceport facilities, runways, geography, air and space traffic, weather, population density, access to workforce and technical support, customer needs, regulations, and other areas. Papers are welcome from spaceports, airports, space transportation providers, support equipment providers, academia, commercial companies and governments.

    Date

    2016-09-29

    Time

    09:45

    Room

    Joya 1&2

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Christophe Chavagnac, Airbus Defence and Space SAS, France;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. John Sloan, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST), United States;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Francesco Santoro, Altec S.p.A., Italy;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    advances in italian spaceports identification as infrastructures for suborbital flight activities and mission profiles

    20'

    confirmed

    Dr. Francesco Santoro

    Altec S.p.A.

    Italy

    2

    Continued Development of International Urban Spaceports

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Charles Lauer

    Rocketplane Global, Inc.

    United States

    3

    Aloha and the Regulation of Commercial Spaceports

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Mclee Kerolle

    International Institute for Air and Space Law, Leiden

    United States

    4

    The Recent Status of Spaceports as the Anchor for Space Activities in Japan

    20'

    confirmed

    Ms. Misuzu Onuki

    Space Frontier Foundation

    Japan

    5

    The Rocketplane XS-1 Suborbital Satellite Launch Spaceplane

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Charles Lauer

    Rocketplane Global, Inc.

    United States

    6

    Air Meets Space: Shaping the future of Commercial Space Traffic

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Veit Lechner

    DLR-GfR

    Germany

    7

    Traffic Coordination & Integration

    20'

    confirmed

    Dr. Diane Howard

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

    United States

    8

    Bridging the Gap Between Industry and Academia

    20'

    withdrawn

    Ms. Jane Kinney

    Commercial Spaceflight Federation

    United States