How to launch small payloads? Evaluation of current and future small payload launch systems

Stuart McIntyre; Travis Fawcett; Thomas Dickinson; Christie Alisa Maddock; Alessandro Mogavero; Lorenzo Ricciardi; Federico Toso; Michael West; Kostantinos Kontis; Kin Hing Lo; Sriram Rengarajan; David Evans; Andy Milne; Simon Feast

How to launch small payloads? Evaluation of current and future small payload launch systems

Stuart McIntyre, Travis Fawcett, Thomas Dickinson, Christie Alisa Maddock, Alessandro Mogavero, Lorenzo Ricciardi, Federico Toso, Michael West, Kostantinos Kontis, Kin Hing Lo, Sriram Rengarajan, David Evans, Andy Milne, Simon Feast

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This paper describes a preferable vehicle classification alongside a brief description of key technologies available on the shelf or under development to address the demand of the small payload market. This is followed by a discussion on the investigation of the current market and the future forecast; regarding the delivery of small payloads into orbit.

Original language	English
Number of pages	15
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2016
Event	14th Reinventing Space Conference - Royal Society, London, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Oct 2016 → 27 Oct 2016 http://rispace.org/conference/previous/reinventing-space-2016/

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Conference	14th Reinventing Space Conference
Abbreviated title	RI Space
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	24/10/16 → 27/10/16
Internet address	http://rispace.org/conference/previous/reinventing-space-2016/

Keywords

small payload satellite market
launch vehicles
vehicle classification
air launch
propulsion
thermal control
reusability
future predictions
market evaluation

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McIntyre, Stuart ; Fawcett, Travis ; Dickinson, Thomas ; Maddock, Christie Alisa ; Mogavero, Alessandro ; Ricciardi, Lorenzo ; Toso, Federico ; West, Michael ; Kontis, Kostantinos ; Lo, Kin Hing ; Rengarajan, Sriram ; Evans, David ; Milne, Andy ; Feast, Simon. / How to launch small payloads? Evaluation of current and future small payload launch systems. Paper presented at 14th Reinventing Space Conference, London, United Kingdom.15 p.

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How to launch small payloads? Evaluation of current and future small payload launch systems. / McIntyre, Stuart; Fawcett, Travis; Dickinson, Thomas; Maddock, Christie Alisa; Mogavero, Alessandro; Ricciardi, Lorenzo; Toso, Federico; West, Michael; Kontis, Kostantinos; Lo, Kin Hing; Rengarajan, Sriram; Evans, David; Milne, Andy; Feast, Simon.

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How to launch small payloads? Evaluation of current and future small payload launch systems

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