1. Launch System Selection
(How do we get there from here?)

2. Launch System Selection
System selection process
Define requirements and constraints
Number of spacecraft
Spacecraft mass
Spacecraft dimensions
Mission orbit
Mission timeline
Funding constraints

3. Launch System Selection
System selection process
Identify capable systems
Reliability
Performance margin available
Fairing size and shape
Launch Availability
Cost

4. Launch System Selection
System selection process
Analyze capable systems
Maximum accelerations
Vibration frequencies and amplitudes
Acoustic frequencies and amplitudes
Temperature extremes
LV/satellite interface
Kick motor needed?

5. Launch System Selection
References
Wertz, J. R., and Larson, W. J., eds., Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd ed. Ch. 18, Microcosm Press, El Segundo, CA,1999.
Isakowitz, S. J., AIAA International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems, 2nd ed. AIAA Press, Washington DC, 1995.