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    Title

    Enabling safe commercial spaceflight: vehicles and spaceports

    type

    oral

    Description

    This session 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.

    Date

    2025-10-02

    Time

    10:15

    Room

    Room C4.7

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. John Sloan, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST), United States;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Francesco Santoro, Altec S.p.A., Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Gennaro Russo, Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA), Italy;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    10:15

    Discernment of Risks and Safety Considerations for Overland Space Launches in Australia: A CEC Approach

    15

    Mr. Mustapha Chahine

    Nova Systems

    Australia

    2

    10:30

    Design Framework of a Sustainable Spaceport for Africa: The Ras Ngomeni Spaceport Case Study

    15

    Mr. Geovian Stower

    Kenya Space Agency (KSA)

    Kenya

    3

    10:45

    Feasibility Analysis of Suborbital Vehicle Operations at Grottaglie Spaceport: simulation of nominal and out-of-nominal scenarios

    15

    Dr. Oscar Gori

    Politecnico di Torino

    Italy

    4

    11:00

    Spaceport Feasibility Analysis for Doha as a Gateway to Low Earth Orbit

    15

    Dr. Ugur Guven

    UN CSSTEAP

    United Kingdom

    5

    11:15

    Enabling Safe Commercial Spaceflight through technology: Vehicles and Spaceports

    15

    Mr. Muhammad Najeeb Ahmad

    NUST

    Pakistan

    6

    11:30

    omega spaceport: establishing kenya as a global hub for equatorial space access and commercial space sector growth

    15

    Ms. WANJIKU KANJUMBA

    University of Florida

    United States

    7

    11:45

    Application of the ASTRA Software Tool to Support Launch Site Feasibility and Safety Assessment.

    15

    Mr. Liam Ewen

    Australia

    8

    12:00

    Space Licensing Complexities and Key Selection Factors: Lessons from Launch Operators and Spaceports

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Scott Schneider

    Australia

    9

    12:15

    the spaceport competitiveness evaluation framework: the methodology and case studies

    15

    Mr. Jungho Yang

    Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)

    Korea, Republic of

    10

    12:30

    Pre-Mission Phase Service and Pre-Mission Phase Client in the context of Offshore Spaceport Solutions for Orbital Launches

    15

    Mr. Tobias Rabus

    DLR (German Aerospace Center)

    Germany

    *

    Geo-Bio Synergistic Spaceport Design

    10

    Mr. Devansh Bhatia

    Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    India

    *

    Towards Sustainable Space: Tackling Environmental Challenges in Arctic Spaceports for the Future of Spaceflight

    10

    Ms. Paulina Adzgauskaite

    Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)

    Sweden