session 1

Title

Launch Vehicles in Service or in Development

type

oral

Description

Review of up to date status of launch vehicles currently in use in the world or under short term development with a special focus on the Space Transportation activities in Australia and New Zealand: This session also plans to highlight the Space Transportation activities in Australia and New Zealand. This can include: - Launch related propulsion/ stage development, - Orbital launch systems in development and operational, - Orbital launch sites as well as - In space Transportation systems.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Aaron Weaver, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States;

• Co-Chair: Dr. Martin Sippel, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

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

• Rapporteur: Dr. Giuseppe Rufolo, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Anurup Marath, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India;