symposium C4

Title

IAF SPACE PROPULSION SYMPOSIUM

Description

The Space Propulsion Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), 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, solid and hybrid rocket systems, ramjet, scramjet, detonation-based propulsion and various combinations of air-breathing and rocket propulsion and nuclear, electric, solar and other advanced rocket systems, and propulsion systems dedicated to ultra-small satellites. The Symposium is concerned with component technologies, the operation and application to missions of overall propulsion systems and unique propulsion test facilities.

IPC members

• Coordinator: Mr. Giorgio Saccoccia, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

• Coordinator: Mr. Christophe Bonhomme, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

• Coordinator: Prof. Riheng Zheng, Beihang University, China;

• Coordinator: Dr. Toru Shimada, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan;

• Coordinator: Dr. Helen Webber, Reaction Engines Ltd., United Kingdom;