session 7

Title

Small Launchers: Concepts and Operations

type

oral

Description

Discussion of existing, planned and future Launchers for small payloads ranging from 1500 kg to as low as 1 kg into Low Earth Orbit. Includes innovative solutions such as airborne systems, evolutions from sub-orbital concepts, combinations of existing / emerging elements and new elements, reusable, partially reusable and expendable concepts, and flexible, highly responsive concepts. Includes mission operations, design, development, and specific constraints. For discussion on small satellite missions not focused on launchers and their operations, please refer to session B4.5.

Date

2017-09-26

Time

14:45

Room

Hall O

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Mr. Nicolas Bérend, ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab, France;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Harry A. Cikanek, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Julio Aprea, European Space Agency (ESA), France;