Introduction speech

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

Moderator:
Kamil Sobczak – Head of Space Propulsion Department
Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation

Panelists:
1. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kirchberger – Head of Department Institute of Space Propulsion Satellite and Orbital Propulsion, German Aerospace Center – DLR Lampoldshausen
2. Dr Mark Ford – Head of the Propulsion Engineering Section, European Space Agency
3. Prof. Niklas Wingborg – Project Manager, FMV

Busch Group – market insight:

How vacuum technology enables progress in spaceflight
(Jan-Hendrik Doerr, Market Manager R&D, Busch Group)

Moderator:
Dr Jamila Mansouri – Head of Propulsion, Aerothermodynamics and Flight Vehicles Engineering Division, European Space Agency

Panelists TBD:
1. Andrew Clark – Head of Propulsion Products and Tanks, Airbus Defence and Space (online)
2. Błażej Marciniak – CEO, Thaliana Space
3. Derek Harris – Business Development Manager, Nammo Ireland
4. Ismael Gutierrez – Co-Founder & Director of Propulsion, Arkadia Space
5. Joe Hunter – Strategy, Marketing and Sales, Thales Alenia Space

LABORATORY TECHNICAL TOUR

Discover Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation laboratories for space technologies including vacuum propulsion hotfire facility

”Propulsion testing and modeling’

• Overview of Cryogenic Propulsion Components Tests at the DLR M3 Infrastructure – Justin Hardi (Head of the Rocket Propulsion Technology Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR))
• The commissioning of the high-altitude test facility for space rocket propulsion testing – Michał Zieliński (Engineer at Space Technology Center, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Challenges in developing students’ remote test stand for rocket propulsion systems – Michał Kret (Member of Students’ Space Association, Warsaw University of Technology)
• Dynamics of E-pumps Developed for the RELIANCE Rocket Engine – Jiří Kozak (Project Manager, 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 (Aerospace Engineer, Warsaw University of Technology)
• Overview of Rocket Propulsion Test Activities at Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation in 2023-2024 – Tobiasz Mayer (Head of the Rocket Propulsion Test Section, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator Simulation – Krzysztof Matysek (Simulation Engineer, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)

Moderator:
Dariusz Aksamit – Science Communicator, Medical Physicist, NGO Activist, Warsaw University of Technology

Panelists:
1. Kate Underhill – FLPP Propulsion Engineer, European Space Agency
2. Dr Andrzej Piątkowski – Deputy Director Research and Innovation Department, Polish Space Agency
3. Dr Jiří Kozák, Project Manager, InPraise Systems

TECHNICAL SESSION 2

• 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 (Manager of the Experimental Rockets Department, SpaceForest)
• Hybrid rocket motors’ development in Students’ Space Association – Bartosz Hyży (Warsaw University of Technology)

TECHNICAL SESSION 3
• Green Propellant Research at DLR Lampoldshausen – Christoph Kirchberger (Head of the Satellite and Orbital Propulsion Departament, German Aerospace Center (DLR))
• Grace Development Programme: A green Engine for Future Spacecraft and Space Transportation – PhD Eng. Paweł Surmacz (Head of the Satellite Propulsion Section, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Engine control unit for a green microsatellite propulsion system – Konrad Wojciechowski (Systems Engineer, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)
• Demonstration of deep throttling with green storable propellants – a step towards future flexible space propusion – Dawid Cieśliński (Head of the Rocket Analysis and Test Section, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation)

TECHNICAL SESSION 4

• Detonative Propulsion Research at Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation – PhD Eng. Michał Kawalec (Head of the Space Propulsion Section, 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)