Program

Program

Program

DAY 1 – DECEMBER 5, 2024
9:30 Registration and morning cup of coffee
10:00 Welcome to Space Trends Conference! Opening remarks:
• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation
• Warsaw University of Technology
• Polish Space Agency
10:15

Introduction speech

• Green propulsion: from AMBER Rocket to orbital operations
Adam Okniński, Director of Space Technologies Center (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)

10:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Michael Gozin (Tel Aviv University)

Janus-type Hypergolic Fuels for Hybrid Systems using H2O2 and HAN – based oxidizers.

11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Panel Discussion 1
HOW WE DO IT. TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN SPACE PROPULSION. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT VERSUS COSTS AND AVAILABILITY. INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES

Moderator:
European Space Agency

Panelists:
1. Ariane Group
2. German Aerospace Center (DLR)
3. Łukasiewicz – ILOT
4. Arkadia Space
5. Benchmark Space System

12:30

Busch Group – market insight:

How vacuum technology enables progress in spaceflight
(Ingo Heitz; Jan-Hendrik Doerr)

12:45 Lunch
13:45

Panel Discussion 2

BRINGING NEW SPACE PROPULSION SOLUTIONS TO THE MARKET. COST IMPLICATIONS AND FEASIBILITY FOR LARGE-SCALE ADOPTION.
Moderator:
Sylwester Wyka – Deputy Director for Research
Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation
Panelists:
TBD:
1. MAIA Space
2. Thaliana Space
3. ESA
4. Airbus Defence and Space
5. Dawn Aerospace

15:00-17:00

LABOLATORY TECHNICAL TOUR

Discover the Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation Laboratories for space application including vacuum propulsion hotfire facility

 

DAY 2 – DECEMBER 6, 2024
8:30 Registration and morning cup of coffee
09:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Maurizio Natali (University of Perugia)

„State-of-the-art of high temperature materials for rocket motors: a review”

09:30 Technical Session 1
”Propulsion testing and modeling’

• Overview of Cryogenic Propulsion Components Tests at the DLR M3 Infrastructure – Justin Hardi (German Aerospace Center (DLR))
• The commissioning of the high-altitude test facility for space rocket propulsion testing – Michał Zieliński (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Challenges in developing students’ remote test stand for rocket propulsion systems – Michał Kret (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Dynamics of E-pumps Developed for the RELIANCE Rocket Engine – Jiří Kozak (Inpraise Systems s.r.o.)
• The influence of flash-boiling conditions on droplets from impinging-jet spray – Hernan Amaya (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Effect of flash-boiling on spray-wall interaction under low-pressure injection – Rohit Thokala (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Overview of Rocket Propulsion Test Activities at Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation in 2023-2024 – Tobiasz Mayer (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator Simulation – Krzysztof Matysek (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)

11:00 Coffee break
11:15

Panel Discussion 3

SPACE PROPULSION BEYOND LEO – THE NEXT DECADES

Panelists TBD:
1. Polish Space Agency
2. The Exploration Company
3. Moog Space and Defense Group
4. Ariane Group
5. Nammo Raufoss AS
6. European Space Agency

12:15  “SOLID AND HYBRID PROPULSION”
 TECHNICAL SESSION 2

• Low smoke solid propellants based on GAP and ADN – Michał Chmielarek (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Development of a ø610 mm solid rocket motor – Dariusz Sokołowski (Military Institute of Armament Technology)
• 3D printing as a viable method of inhibiting solid propellant grains – Michał Tomporowski (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Green Flip Control System – a hybrid propulsion solution for rotating a launcher’s first stage – Adam Matusiewicz (SpaceForest)
• Hybrid rocket motors’ development in Students’ Space Association – Bartosz Hyży (Warsaw University of Technology)

13:15 Lunch
14:15

“GREEN PROPULSION”

TECHNICAL SESSION 3
• Green Propellant Research at DLR Lampoldshausen – Christoph Kirchberger (German Aerospace Center (DLR))
• Grace Development Programme: A green Engine for Future Spacecraft and Space Transportation – Paweł Surmacz (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Engine control unit for a green microsatellite propulsion system – Konrad Wojciechowski (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Demonstration of deep throttling with green storable propellants – a step towards future flexible space propusion – Dawid Cieśliński (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)

”FUTURE PROPULSION SYSTEMS”

TECHNICAL SESSION 4

• Detonative Propulsion Research – Michał Kawalec (Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Water Electrolysis Propulsion for Spacecraft: A Comprehensive Review and Status Assessment – Puneeth Bheesetty (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Electric propulsion activities in IFPiLM – Maciej Jakubczak (Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion)

16:00 Conference Conclusion and Conference Awards
16:30 End of the Event

 

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