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 emerging space-fairing nations: This session also plans to highlight the Space Transportation activities in emerging space-fairing nations. 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.
Date: 2026-10-05
Time: 16:30
Room: Hall 23

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;
Rapporteur: Dr. Giuseppe Rufolo, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy;
Rapporteur: Mr. Anurup Marath, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	16:30	an overview of reusable launch vehicles: current status and future developments	12	confirmed	Dr. Francesca Maria Pisano	CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre	Italy
2	16:42	Autogenous Pressurization System of the ZQ-3 Methalox Rocket: Architecture and Flight Validation in Booster Recovery	12	confirmed	Mr. Hua Wei	LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd.	China
3	16:54	Evolution from H-IIA/B to H3: Heritage Succession and Block Upgrade Progress	12	confirmed	Mr. Koji Kita	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.	Japan
4	17:06	Development of Korea’s Next Generation Launch Vehicle (KSLV-III)	12	confirmed	Dr. Chang-Su Park	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Republic of Korea
5	17:18	Europe's expanding horizons: enhanced performance and flexibility with Ariane 6's 2026 journey	12	confirmed	Mr. Arnaud DEMAY	ArianeGroup	France
6	17:30	The Space Launch System Utilizing the Centaur-V Upper Stage	12	confirmed	Mr. Benjamin Donahue	The Boeing Company	United States
7	17:42	Development and Hot-fire Testing of the YQ-1 Reusable LOX/Methane Launch Vehicle	12	confirmed	Dr. Lu Tanwei	Shanghai Cosmoleap Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd.	China
8	17:54	Electron Launch Vehicle Flight Parameters Estimation Based On Open Data	12	confirmed	Mr. Egor Piatibrat	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Russian Federation
9	18:06	African Launch Vehicles and Sites: Examination of Past, Present, and Future	12	confirmed	Mr. Jonas Tobiassen	International Space University	Norway
10	18:18	Experimental Investigation of Effective Reynolds Number for Wind Tunnel Testing of Launch Vehicle Ground Wind Load Predictions	12	confirmed	Mr. Atakan Oncul	ROKETSAN Roket Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.	Türkiye
11	18:30	the impact of aerodynamic characteristics determination accuracy on the probabilistic energy performance of launch vehicles	12	confirmed	Mrs. Olena Koliada	Yuzhnoye State Design Office	Ukraine
12	18:42	Comparison of South Korea's Nuri Rocket and Next-Generation Launch Vehicle-Based Crewed Launch Vehicle Development Strategies	12	confirmed	Dr. Keum-Oh Lee	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Republic of Korea

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