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Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com. SpaceX Summary. Founded in mid 2002 with the singular goal of providing high reliability, low cost space transportation Initial target market is government & commercial satellites to minimize market risk

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Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex

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  1. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  2. SpaceX Summary • Founded in mid 2002 with the singular goal of providing high reliability, low cost space transportation • Initial target market is government & commercial satellites to minimize market risk • Transition to human transportation once technology is proven • Silicon Valley mode of operation – flat hierarchy, high engineer to manager ratio, rapid prototype iteration, best idea wins • 270 employees • Six buildings (100,000 sqft) of office and manufacturing space in Southern California • 300 acre propulsion and structural test facility in Texas • Launch complexes in Kwajalein, Vandenberg, and Cape Canaveral • In less than 5 years, what have we achieved? Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  3. SpaceX Highlights • Executed 2 Demonstration Falcon 1 flights and gathered enough data on the vehicle and supporting systems to comfortably move towards operational status • Numerous improvements made to the Falcon 1 vehicle, ground system and Quality processes based on first two demonstrations • Substantial progress on Falcon 9 and Dragon development • Have 11 flights on the manifest Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  4. 12 Launches on Manifest Plus AF IDIQ Falcon I Contract Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  5. Falcon 1 Demo Flight 2 Second Demonstration of the Falcon 1 a near complete success for a test flight • Falcon 1 reached space • Fastest recycle ever demonstrated • All major flight regime command modes validated • Validated first and second stage propulsion • Validated all vehicle structures • Validated all vehicle avionics • 289km altitude; 5.1 km/s • Reduced pad acoustic environments Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com Photos courtesy of USAKA

  6. What was not achieved? One significant issue: 2nd stage control • Still under investigation, likely slosh-related • As a result the following are not flight verified • Full duration Kestrel burn • Terminal Guidance and Orbit Insertion Accuracy  • Avionics Payload Separation   • Avionics Coast Power & Attitude control   • Thermal control on Avionics Transmitter (2nd Burn) • 2nd Burn Guidance Lesser Issues: • 2nd Stage LOX QD anomaly • Lower than expected helium margin • Slight 1st Stage under-performance (still would have made orbit) • Fairing separation anomaly • Re-contact on stage separation • 1st Stage was not recovered Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  7. Vehicle Summary Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  8. Vehicle Development Path • Demo flights • Merlin 1A ablative engine • 2219 Aluminum upperstage • Kestrel-1 upperstage engine • Skin/stringer fairing • ~700 pounds to orbit • Next 3 flights • De-tuned Merlin 1C Regen engine • 2014 aluminum upperstage • Kestrel-2 upperstage engine • Slosh baffles…. • Skin/stringer fairing • ~1200 pounds to orbit • 2009—Falcon 1E • Full Merlin 1C performance • Longer first stage • 2198 Aluminum upperstage • Composite ogive fairing • ~1800 pounds to orbit Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  9. Falcon 1 Performance Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  10. Multi Payload Options--SpaceDev Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  11. Multi Payload Options--SAT Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  12. Multi Payload Options--MPE Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  13. Payload Adapter & Fairing • Standard Payload Attachment Fitting (PAF) available • Mission-specific payload separation system • Flown lightband and marmon clamp • Payload Fairings • F1: Bi-conic aluminum skin & stringer • F1e: Composite ogive Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  14. Electrical Interface Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  15. Falcon Current and Planned Launch Sites • Falcon 1 • Reagan Test Site • SLC 3W at VAFB through 2008 • Agreements in place (inactive) for LC 46 at the Cape • Falcon 9 • Approval for LC 40 at the Cape • Siting effort underway at RTS • Formal request for SLC 4 at VAFB • Discussions w/ Wallops and Kodiak Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  16. Integration & Launch Operations • 2 week launch campaign • Vertical Payload Encapsulation • Rotate to horizontal for mating • Conditioned air supplied to the fairing volume • Post-mate payload/LV checkouts • 2 hour fully automated countdown Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  17. Standard Payload Services • Single POC including interface with the range/range safety • Standard mechanical and electrical I/F • Definition of mission specific ground and flight environments • Analyses • Separation, clearance, 2 coupled loads, performance/trajectory • Launch Site Support • Payload processing facilities in environmentally controlled and monitored facility & fairing • Seats in the MCC and LCC • Payload access 48 hours prior • Launch • High availability • GPS guided insertion for accuracy • Low tip off rates • Collision Avoidance Maneuver Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  18. Demo 2 Launch Video Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  19. The NASA COTS Project • NASA is making an unprecedented co-investment in commercial space transportation services to create a competitive market for ISS flights • Limited resources and the space shuttle's pending retirement has created a favorable environment for COTS partnership • Through a Space Act Agreement with NASA, SpaceX will develop and demonstrate an in-space transportation system, Dragon • Three demonstration flights (late 2008-late 2009)—the third to approach and berth with the ISS • It is a safe bet: we only get paid when we accomplish a milestone • Other government organizations are interested in the project and the flexibility of the SpaceX solution Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

  20. Originally designed for crew/cargo Can easily accommodate instruments & communication equipment 3 metric tons of payload capacity 12 cubic meters of environmentally controlled volume 12 cubic meters of additional unpressurized volume Over a kilowatt of power available Stable platform, fine pointing Recoverable so the payload can be returned Ideal for rapid prototyping and experimentation High flight rate expected Dragon—SpaceX’s COTS offeringCapable and cost effective host spacecraft(and you get your payload back) Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com

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