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.

Date

2022-09-21

Time

15:00

Room

S06

IPC members

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

• Co-Chair: Mr. Ulf Palmnäs, Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), Sweden;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Florian Ruhhammer, MT Aerospace AG, Germany;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Randolph Kendall, The Aerospace Corporation, United States;