session 2

Title: Launch Services, Missions, Operations, and Facilities
type: oral
Description: Review of the current and planned launch services and support, including economics of space transportation systems, financing, cost, insurance, licensing. Advancements in ground infrastructure, ground operations, production methods, mission planning and mission control for both expendable and reusable launch services.
Date: 2025-09-30
Time: 15:00
Room: Room C4.1

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mrs. Tina Buechner da Costa, European Space Agency (ESA), France;
Co-Chair: Mr. Iwao Igarashi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan;
Rapporteur: Mr. Christian Corba, EUMETSAT, Germany;
Rapporteur: Dr. Jeremy Pinier, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	Global Launch Service Industry Landscape and Opportunities: A Network Analysis Approach	15	confirmed	Mr. Jung Ho Park	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Korea, Republic of
2	15:15	Mobile Mission Operations: A New Australian Facility Supporting Access to Space in Remote and Regional Locations	15	confirmed	Mr. Craig James	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)	Australia
3	15:30	LauncherScanner: An innovative approach to matchmaking payloads and launch systems	15	confirmed	Mr. David Perillo	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
4	15:45	Ground facilities and operations for H3 launch vehicle at Tanegashima space center	7.5	confirmed	Mr. Hideto Kawashima	JAXA	Japan
5	15:52	Optimizing and Enhancing Commercial Constellations: Cost-Effective Deployment, Configuration, and Lifecycle Management with Responsive Launch Technologies	15	confirmed	Mr. Marcelo Boldt	Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)	Germany
6	16:07	Enabling Launch Manifest Agility	15	confirmed	Mr. Akhil Gujral	The Aerospace Corporation	United States
7	16:22	Research and Engineering Experimental Application of Liquid Oxygen/Liquid Methane Parallel Full Subcooling Fuelling Process	15	confirmed	Mrs. Hui Wang	LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd.	China
8	16:37	TwinPad: Real-time validation of designs and control systems for launch pads and rocket engine test facilities	15	confirmed	Mr. Raphael Methot		France
9	16:52	A Hybrid DSS for Launch Pad Maintenance Optimization Using Z-AHP and Z-TOPSIS	7.5	confirmed	Mr. Alish Nazarov	Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU)	Azerbaijan
10	16:59	Optimizing Mobile Launch Platform Maintenance via a DSS Integrating Z-DEMATEL and Z-VIKOR	7.5	confirmed	Mr. Alish Nazarov	Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU)	Azerbaijan
11	17:06	an integrated network for commercial spaceports: enhancing global space access and collaboration	15	confirmed	Ms. WANJIKU KANJUMBA	University of Florida	United States
12	17:21	Feasibility of Al Dhafra and Liwa as Strategic Launch Sites: A Framework for UAE’s Space Transportation and Orbital Access	15		Mr. Syed Suhail Valappilakath	G D Goenka University	India

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