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    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 Australia and New Zealand: This session also plans to highlight the Space Transportation activities in Australia and New Zealand. 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

    2025-09-29

    Time

    15:30

    Room

    Room C4.1

    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;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:30

    An Assessment of Australian Launch Capabilities and the Need for Sovereign Space Access

    15

    Mr. Ravijay Gampala

    Australian Government

    Australia

    2

    15:45

    H3 Upgrade Progress and R&D for Next Generation Launch Vehicle

    15

    Dr. Shoyo Hyodo

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

    Japan

    3

    16:00

    Medium Launch Vehicle: Expanding Access to Space

    15

    Mr. James Drew

    Northrop Grumman Corporation

    United States

    4

    16:15

    Ariane 6: exploitation ramp-up phase and evolutions

    15

    Mr. Arnaud DEMAY

    ArianeGroup

    France

    5

    16:30

    Estimation of flight parameters of the first stage of the Electron launch vehicle based on open data

    15

    Dr. Dmitriy Grishko

    Bauman Moscow State Technical University

    Russian Federation

    6

    16:45

    Design and Test of a Multi-Layer Insulation Integrated Heat Shield for the Second-Stage Base of a Reusable Launch Vehicle

    15

    Mr. Ning Dongpo

    LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd.

    China

    7

    17:00

    Small Launchers - 2025 Survey and Competitive Landscape

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Erik Kulu

    Estonia

    8

    17:15

    The Technological Innovations and Development Prospects of Kinetica-2 Launch Vehicle

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Ye Wang

    CAS Space

    China

    9

    17:30

    YQ-1 Reusable Launch Vehicle Development: LOX/LCH4 Propulsion System Integration with Tower-based Capture Mechanism for LEO Constellation Deployment

    15

    Dr. Lu Tanwei

    Shanghai Cosmoleap Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd.

    China

    10

    17:45

    A reusable and reconfigurable heavy launcher for Space Centre Australia

    15

    Mr. Adarsh Rajguru

    University of Southern California

    United States

    *

    Application of Systems Engineering Innovation in the GNC Technology of the Controlled Recovery for a Reusable Launcher

    10

    Mr. Jian Kang

    LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd.

    China

    *

    DELUXE CRUISE ROCKETS

    10

    Mr. Oleg Aleksandrov

    United States