Mini-IRENE: the first European capsule with a deployable heat shield
launched from the Swedish spaceport of Esrange
December 16, 2022, H: 9:30 CET
Embassy of Italy in Sweden, Stockholm
Open Session
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9:30 Welcome H.E. Vinicio Mati, Ambassador of Italy in Sweden
Chairman: Augusto Marcelli, Scientific Affairs Attaché, Embassy of Italy in Sweden
9:45 Paolo Vernillo (CIRA, Italy) Mini-IRENE and the 100,000 vicissitudes of the project
10:00 Pasquale Dell’Aversana (Leadtech, Italy) Mechanisms and flexible thermal protection
10:15 Maurizio Ruggiero (Euro.Soft, Italy) Electronics and communications
10:30 Roberto Gradi (CIRA, Italy) Mission and recovery
10:45 Francesco Punzo (ALI S.c.a.r.l.) The IRENE programme: origins and developments
11:00 Björn Ohlson (SSC) Satellite ground station services
11:15 Henrik Pettersson (SSC) Science and launch services
11:30 Coffe break
A closed session will follow. It will be dedicated to the discussion of existing collaborations between Italy and Sweden on research rockets and balloon flights, industrial collaborations and, in particular to the programs of the new Swedish spaceport of Esrange, unique in the continental Europe, which should begin launching satellites in 2023/24.
