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    Title

    Small Launchers: Concepts and Operations

    type

    oral

    Description

    Discussion of existing, planned and future Launchers for small payloads ranging from 1500 kg to as low as 1 kg into Low Earth Orbit. Includes innovative solutions such as airborne systems, evolutions from sub-orbital concepts, combinations of existing/emerging elements and new elements, reusable, partially reusable and expendable concepts, and flexible, highly responsive concepts. Includes mission operations, design, development, and specific constraints. For discussion of small satellite missions not focused on launchers and their operations, please refer to session B4.5.

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Harry A. Cikanek, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Ulf Palmnäs, Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), Sweden;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Florian Ruhhammer, MT Aerospace AG, Germany;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    Smallsats by the Numbers: Growing Smallsat Activity and its Implications for the Small Launch Market

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Nickolas Boensch

    Bryce Space and Technology

    United States

    3

    Reliable launch options for small satellites in the age of increased lunar expectations

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Lars Hoffman

    Rocket Lab

    United States

    4

    LAUNCHERONE: DEDICATED, FREQUENT, AND RESPONSIVE LAUNCH FOR SMALL SATELLITES

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Sirisha Bandla

    Virgin Galactic L.L.C

    United States

    6

    HyImpulse Mini Launcher – Revolutionary Access to Space for Small Satellites

    confirmed

    Dr. Goutham Karthikeyan

    HyImpulse Technologies GmbH

    Germany

    8

    system study of reusable orbiter for epsilon launch vehicle

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Ryoma Yamashiro

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

    Japan

    13

    Radical Low-cost solution to a commercially feasible NanoLauncher

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Oswaldo Loureda

    Brazil