NASA Advisory Council

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Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS)
Status
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• NASA Advisory Council
• Kennedy Space Center
• February 5, 2009
• John Logsdon

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SpaceX COTS System

• Description and Features
• Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle
• Dragon Crew/Cargo Spacecraft
• Flexible crew and cargo configurations
• Recoverable launch vehicle and spacecraft
• Cape Canaveral LC-40 Launch Site
• ISS Flight Demonstration March 2010
• NASA Investment
• Cargo Demonstration up to 278 M
• Crew Demonstration Option up to 308 M (not
  funded)

Dragon Crew
Dragon Cargo
Falcon 9
Launch Complex at KSC
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SpaceX Milestone Tracking
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Orbital COTS System

• Description Features
• Taurus II Launch Vehicle derivative of Taurus I
  with Aerojet AJ-26 engines (2) Castor 30 2nd
  stage
• Standard Service Module used for all missions
  derived from STAR Dawn spacecrafts
• Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) Heritage - ISS
  MPLM
• Unpressurized Cargo Module (UCM) Heritage - ISS
  ExPRESS Logistics Carrier
• Wallops Flight Facility Launch Site
• ISS Flight Demonstration December 2010
• NASA Investment
• Cargo Demonstration up to 170 M

Pressurized Cargo Module (w/ Service Module)
Unpressurized Cargo Module (w/ Service Module)
Taurus II
Launch Complex at Wallops Island VA
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Orbital Milestone Tracking
Updated per SAA Amendment 1
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COTS Flight Demonstration Schedule
2008
2011
2009
2010
Cargo Demo Flight 1 (Jun 09)
Cargo Demo Flight 2 (Nov 09)
Cargo Demo Flight 3 to ISS (Mar 10)
Cargo Demo Flight 1 to ISS (Dec 10)
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ISS Commercial Resupply Services

• COTS Phase II -- ISS Commercial Resupply Services
  (CRS) contract awarded December 23, 2008
• SpaceX 12 cargo missions 2011 - 2015, 1.6 B
• Orbital 8 cargo missions 2011 2015, 1.9 B
• PlanetSpace protest under review with GAO

Artists Rendition of Fully Assembled ISS in Orbit