Launch Tower Not Necessary: Could Responsive Launch Revolutionize Spaceport Infrastructure Needs?

Time: 11:30-12:30
Room: 146A
Format: Panel Discussion

Organizers

Sirisha BANDLA

Government Affairs & Business Development Manager, Virgin Orbit

United States

Cody KNIPFER

Government Affairs Specialist, Virgin Orbit

United States

Launch Tower Not Necessary: Could Responsive Launch Revolutionize Spaceport Infrastructure Needs?

If you don’t need a launch tower to support a launch vehicle, what might an ideal spaceport look like? What opportunities – and challenges – might it create? And what new opportunities for infrastructure use might it involve? This interactive panel brings together mobile launch, air-launch, and spaceport operators to discuss the paths toward – and provider and operator needs and requirements of – “responsive” spaceports.

Facilitators

Jeff TRAUBERMAN

Vice President, Government Affairs, VOX Space

United States

Richard DALBELLO

Director, Office of Space Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

United States

Speakers

Karina DRESS

CEO & General Manager, Mojave Air & Space Port

United States

James LINTER

Air Attaché – United States, British Embassy

United Kingdom

Wayne MONTEITH

Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST)

United States

Nina ARMAGNO

Space Programs Director, United States Air Force

United States

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