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.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Mr. Iwao Igarashi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Florian Ruhhammer, MT Aerospace AG, Germany;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Vincent Taponier, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Jeremy Pinier, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center, United States;