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Then and Now: COTS & CRS Progress Update Brian Bjelde Senior Director, Product & Mission Management © SpaceX November 15, 2011
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Brian Bjelde
Senior Director, Product &
Mission Management
©SpaceX
November 15, 2011
SpaceX
•Founded in mid-2002 with goal of providing highly reliable,
low-cost space transportation for both cargo and crew
•Over 1,500 employees and growing
•55,700 sq m (600,000 sq ft) of offices, manufacturing and
production in Hawthorne (Los Angeles), California
•242-hectare (600-acre) state-of-the-art propulsion and
structural test facility in central Texas
•Offices in W
ashington DC, Chantilly VA, Huntsville AL, and
Houston TX
•Launch sites at Cape Canaveral, Kwajalein and Vandenberg
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SLC-4, Vandenberg
SLC-4, Vandenberg
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral
Central Texas
Central Texas
Hawthorne (Los Angeles) Headquarters
Hawthorne (Los Angeles) Headquarters
Omelek, Kwajalein Atoll
Omelek, Kwajalein Atoll
Vehicles
Falcon 1
Falcon 1
Falcon 9
Falcon 9
Dragon Spacecraft
Dragon Spacecraft
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy
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COTS Then……………….
•2005 (ref: SpaceX COTS Proposal)
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…and Now….
Falcon 9 Flight 2 –Dec 8, 2010
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Dragon C1 –Dec 8, 2010
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Falcon 9 Demo Flight 2 –
COTS C1 Mission
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Total Running Time: 4 min 2 sec
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Next: Falcon 9 Flight 3 –Dragon C2/3 to ISS
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On target to be the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station
On target to be the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station
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Dragon Spacecraft Capabilities
•Total Cargo Up M
ass
6,000 kg
•Total Cargo Down Mass
3,000 kg
•Propellant Mass
1,290 kg
•Pressurized Volume
10 m
3
•Unpressurized Volume
14 m
3
•Reaction control system: 18 Draco thrusters
•Lifting re-entry for landing precision and low-g’s
•Ablative, high-perform
ance heat shield
•Crew version accommodates seven
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All structures, thrusters, most avionics and all ground systems designed and mostly built by SpaceX
All structures, thrusters, most avionics and all ground systems designed and mostly built by SpaceX
Nose cap
Pressurized
Services
Trunk
Dragon Spacecraft Services
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•Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
•SpaceX receives $278M over 3.5 years
•Demonstrates cargo services to and from the ISS
•Commercial Resupply Services
•SpaceX awarded $1.6B for 12 cargo
missions, 2012 –2015
•Minimum of 20,000 kg to be delivered
•Option for additional missions
•Free-flying recoverable platform
for
microgravity research
•Regular, frequent, commercial
access to space
•First mission in 2014
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Courtesy NASA
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Commercial Crew Transport
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Spacecraft Abort System
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SpaceX Manifest
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Cu
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Date
†V
eh
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Sit
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NASA COTS–remaining
2011
Falcon 9 / Dragon
Cape Canaveral
ORBCOMM–multiple flights
2011-2014
Multiple
Cape Canaveral
MDA Corporation (Canada)
2012
Falcon 9
Vandenberg
NASA Resupply to ISS–Flights 1 thru 12
2012-2015
Falcon 9 / Dragon
Cape Canaveral
Falcon Heavy Demo Flight
2012
Falcon Heavy
Vandenberg
SES (Europe) –two flights
2013, 2015
Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral
Thaicom (Thailand)
2013
Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral
NSPO (Taiwan)
2013
Falcon 9
Vandenberg
DragonLab –two flights
2014, 2015
Falcon 9 / Dragon
Cape Canaveral
Space Systems/Loral
2014
Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral*
CONAE (Argentina)–two flights
2014, 2015
Falcon 9
Vandenberg*
Spacecom (Israel)
2015
Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral*
Astrium (Europe)
2015
Falcon 1e
Kwajalein
Bigelow Aerospace
2015
Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral
Iridium–eight flights
2015-2017
Falcon 9
Vandenberg
*Or Kwajalein, depending on range availability.
†Hardware arrival at launch site.
COTS and CRS
•Commercial Orbital Transportation
Services (COTS)
–Perform
ed under a Space Act Agreement
(SAA)
–Government and private funding
–Approximately $500 million split among
Orbital and SpaceX, with unfunded space
act agreements to other companies.
•Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)
–Perform
ed under a fixed price contract
–Milestone paym
ents at key points during
preparation for each mission
–Two main suppliers –Orbital and SpaceX
–$1.6 billion to SpaceX under a fixed price
contract for 12 cargo flights to ISS
–Minimum of 20,000 kg cargo total
–Each flight similar to COTS C3
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Quality Policy
• SpaceX has developed the following Quality Policy, from which all other policies and activities are derived. No
other policy or activity may contradict the Quality Policy.
• All employees are trained on the Quality Policy and how it affects their particular responsibilities.
For the purposes of training employees and developing quality objectives, SpaceX interprets this policy as follows:
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COMMITMENT: SpaceX m
ust strive to m
eet all
customer, regulatory and statutory requirements.
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT: In order to m
aintain a
position as an industry leader, SpaceX will continually
improve its products, services and internal processes.
RELIABILITY: SpaceX products and services m
ust be
of high quality to ensure reliable perform
ance and
results.
ECONOMY: SpaceX processes m
ust be efficient and
practical, to reduce the costs of development and
manufacturing.
SAFEST: SpaceX will provide and maintain the
safest products, services and work environments.
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•Open and fixed pricing for all customers.
•Best-price guarantee.
•Discounts for contractually committed, multi-launch purchases.
•Prices are in US dollars.
•Please contact us for details at [email protected]
SpaceX Standard Pricing
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Falcon 1
Falcon 9
Falcon Heavy
