Falcon Performance

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COTS Program

• Goal to develop and demonstrate the vehicles,
  systems, and operations needed to resupply,
  return cargo from, and transport crew to and from
  the ISS
• The broader objectives of the Commercial Orbital
  Transportation Services (COTS) Program are to
• facilitate U.S. private industry demonstration of
  cargo and crew space transportation capabilities
  to the ISS with the goal of achieving reliable,
  cost effective access to low-Earth orbit
• create a market environment in which commercial
  space transportation services are available to
  Government and private sector customers and
• to stimulate commercial enterprises in space.

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COTS Parameters

• COTS is envisioned to be executed in two phases
• Phase 1 A period of development and
  demonstration
• Phase 2 A competitive procurement of orbital
  transportation services to resupply the ISS with
  cargo and crew
• Once demonstrated, industry will be able to
  provide these new services to non-NASA customers.
• In the future, NASA intends to extend its use of
  commercial space services to other NASA needs,
  such as in-space fuel delivery to support human
  exploration missions beyond the space station.

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Funding Profile

• SpaceXs COTS Space Act Agreement
• 278 million
• Anticipated Funding appearing in COTS
  Announcement 500 million in total
• FY 06 50 million
• FY 07 120 million
• FY 08 200 million
• FY 09 130 million

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Summary of SpaceX COTS Options A-C

• A single configuration of the Dragon spacecraft
  provides pressurized cargo, unpressurized cargo
  and crew transportation
• Every cargo flight is also a test flight for crew
  transport
• Demo 1, Q3 2008 Core Functionality Only
• Tests fundamentals
• Demo 2, Q2 2009 Autonomous Rendezvous
  Berthing
• Using the 2nd stage as a physical target and
  mapping a virtual Space Station, this mission
  verifies that Dragon can safely approach the ISS
• Demo 3, Q3 2009 Deliver Cargo and Return
  Down-mass
• Establishes system as operational by executing a
  mission that demonstrates delivery of cargo to
  ISS and returns cargo safely to Earth

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COTS Option D (Crew)

• (Schedule determined by contract authority to
  proceed and NASA funding, but could be completed
  by 2010)
• Demo 1, 2009 Unmanned high altitude abort
• Verifies abort and recovery systems operations
• Demo 2, 2010 Crew transport to ISS (three crew)
• Cargo mission will have proven ISS rendezvous and
  berthing operations
• A light flight with three crew and min cargo to
  provide max delta V and life support margin
• Demo 3, 2010 Crew transport to ISS (seven crew)
• Verifies ability to transport full complement of
  crew

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Concept of Operations

• Up to 10 launches per Year
• Integration Flow
• Cargo loaded into Dragon trunk in facilities at
  launch pad
• Dragon mated to trunk, whole assembly to booster
• Transported to pad, then erected
• Late-load of cargo (10 each type) and/or crew up
  to L-2 hours
• Launch
• Injection into 185 x 300 km orbit, hold, trim
  separate
• Dragon phases to ISS holds outside approach
  ellipsoid
• ISS approach gt capture berth
• On-station dwell
• 24 weeks cargo
• 6 months crewed
• Depart ISS
• Unberth execute departure manuever
• De-orbit burn, jettison trunk, CAM re-enter
• Landing
• Water splash-down
• Ship recovery

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Falcon 9

• NASA man-rating factor of safety
• Nine Merlin engines provide engine out
  reliability similar to Saturn I Saturn V
• Upper stage also powered by a Merlin
• Basic F9 performance is ten tons to LEO
• Multi-engine stage hold down firing in Q1 2007

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Falcon 9 Under Construction

• New Technologies
• Skin Stringer Construction
• Aluminum-lithium
• Friction Stir Welds (FSW)
• Longitudinal stringer welds
• Circumferential barrel joints

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Thrust Structure/Thrust Skirt
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Merlin Regen Components
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Texas Test Facilities
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Falcon 9 Test Stand
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Dragon
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Dragon on Station
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Thirteen Launches Contracted
Customer Launch Vehicle Departure Point
DARPA Demo Launch 1 Q1 2006 Falcon I Kwajalein
DARPA Demo Launch 2 Q4 2006 Falcon I Kwajalein
OSD/NRL Q1 2007 Falcon I Kwajalein
Malaysia Q3 2007 Falcon I Kwajalein
US Government Q2 2008 Falcon 9 Kwajalein
MDA Corp (Canada) Q3 2008 Falcon 9 Kwajalein
NASA Q3 2008 Falcon 9 Kwajalein
MDA Corp (Canada) Q4 2008 Falcon 1 Vandenberg
SpaceDev Q1 2009 Falcon 1 Vandenberg
NASA Q2 2009 Falcon 9 Kwajalein
Bigelow Aerospace Q2 2009 Falcon 9 Kwajalein
NASA Q3 2009 Falcon 9 Kwajalein
Swedish Space Corp Q4 2009 Falcon 1 Vandenberg
Plus 100 Million AF IDIQ Falcon I Contract
Launched