Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-18 — 69th International Astronautical Congress

D6. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY ISSUES

Topics of this symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), 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

Christophe Chavagnac
Airbus Defence and Space SAS — France

D6.1. Commercial Spaceflight 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.

Co-Chair

John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — United States

Christophe Chavagnac
Airbus Defence and Space SAS — France

Rapporteur: Gennaro Russo
Campania Aerospace District, DAC — Italy

D6.2-D2.9. Safe Transportation Systems for Sustainable Commercial Human Spaceflight / Small Launchers: Concepts and Operations (Part II)

Commercial human space transportation systems must account for technical, economic and policy factors in order to be sustainable. This session will explore both this technical design solutions for reliability and safety, as well as the related economics, policy and regulatory issues involved in producing a human space transportation ecosystem that is sustainable. The discussion can include both suborbital and orbital transportation systems, as well as spaceports and infrastructure.

Co-Chair: Aline Decadi
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

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

D6.3. Enabling safe commercial spaceflight: vehicles and spaceports

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.

Co-Chair

Christophe Chavagnac
Airbus Defence and Space SAS — France

John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — United States

Rapporteur: Francesco Santoro
Altec S.p.A. — Italy