session 3

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: ground operations and launch site 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.

IPC members

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

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

• Rapporteur: Mr. Robert Veldhuyzen, European Space Agency (ESA), retired, The Netherlands;