IAF Digital Library

5

session 5

Title: Technologies for Future Space Transportation Systems
type: oral
Description: Discussion of technologies enabling new reusable or expendable launch vehicles and in-space transportation systems. Emphasis is on early TRL hardware development and verification prior to flight, including ground testing and/or innovative technology prototype demonstrations not yet involving flight.
Date: 2026-10-07
Time: 15:00
Room: Hall 23

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mr. Franck Koebel, ArianeGroup, France;
Co-Chair: Mr. Christophe Bonnal, European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS), France;
Rapporteur: Dr. Shoyo Hyodo, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan;
Rapporteur: Ms. Shana Diez, SpaceX, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	Evolution from H3 to Next Generation Launch Vehicle	15	confirmed	Dr. Shoyo Hyodo	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.	Japan
2	15:15	A Systematic Methodology for Stage Separation Analysis of Multi-Stage Launch Vehicles	15	confirmed	Mr. Mustafa Sener	ROKETSAN Roket Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.	Türkiye
3	15:30	Design Methodology for a 100-Time Reusable Space Transportation System	15	confirmed	Prof. Rong Chen	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China
4	15:45	Development of Rockoon System using Hybrid Rocket and CMG-based Attitude Control Device	15	confirmed	Dr. Tadayoshi Shoyama	Chiba Institute of Technology	Japan
5	16:00	JOINT OPTIMIZATION OF UPPER-STAGE TRAJECTORY AND SATELLITE RELEASE CONDITIONS FOR ACCELERATED CONSTELLATION DEPLOYMENT	15	confirmed	Dr. Sai Chen	Zhejiang University	China
6	16:15	Aerodynamic and Aerothermodynamic Analysis of the Hypersonic Flight Test ATHEAt	15	confirmed	Dr. Sebastian Willems	German Aerospace Center (DLR)	Germany
7	16:30	Lossless Convex Optimization for Reusable Launch Vehicle Reentry Trajectory Planning with Multiple Constraints	15	confirmed	Dr. Jun Zhang	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China
8	16:45	GEORyder System-Level Validation of Embedded Guidance and Navigation Algorithms for Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking	15	confirmed	Mrs. Annachiara Ippolito	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
9	17:00	A Multifaceted Approach to Enabling Multi-Manifest Launch Agility	15		Mr. Akhil Gujral	The Aerospace Corporation	United States
10	17:15	Numerical Investigation of Aerothermodynamic Characteristics in the Slip-Flow Regime for an Aeroassisted Orbital Transfer Vehicle and Preliminary Analysis of Its Propellant-Saving Capability	15	confirmed	Dr. Mingyue Lin	China Academy of Launch Vechicle Technology	China