Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
Start Date
28-4-1993 2:00 PM
End Date
28-4-1993 5:00 PM
Description
Several Western Pacific Rim nations are beginning to challenge the domination of the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the international market for commercial launch services. This paper examines the current development of launch systems in China, Japan, and Australia.
China began commercial launch services with their Long March-3 in April 1990, and is making enhancements to vehicles in this family. Japan is developing the H-2 rocket which will be marketed on a commercial basis. In Australia, British Aerospace Ltd. is leading a team conducting a project definition study for an Australian Launch Vehicle, aimed at launching the new generation of satellites into low Earth orbit.
Paper Session II-A - Launch System Development in the Pacific Rim
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
Several Western Pacific Rim nations are beginning to challenge the domination of the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the international market for commercial launch services. This paper examines the current development of launch systems in China, Japan, and Australia.
China began commercial launch services with their Long March-3 in April 1990, and is making enhancements to vehicles in this family. Japan is developing the H-2 rocket which will be marketed on a commercial basis. In Australia, British Aerospace Ltd. is leading a team conducting a project definition study for an Australian Launch Vehicle, aimed at launching the new generation of satellites into low Earth orbit.
Comments
Current Launch Systems
Session Chairman: Lee R. Scherer, Consultant, Commercial Launch Services, General Dynamics Corporation
Session Organizer: Shaman Mullick, Advanced Programs, Harris Space Systems Corporation