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Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) Status

For Section 508 Compliance, all photos, illustrations and/or graphics include a descriptive caption. All charts in this package include a background image of Earth as viewed from space. Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) Status. NASA Advisory Council Kennedy Space Center

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Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) Status

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  1. For Section 508 Compliance, all photos, illustrations and/or graphics include a descriptive caption. All charts in this package include a background image of Earth as viewed from space. Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) Status NASA Advisory Council Kennedy Space Center February 5, 2009 John Logsdon

  2. 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

  3. SpaceX Milestone Tracking

  4. 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

  5. Orbital Milestone Tracking Updated per SAA Amendment 1

  6. COTS Flight Demonstration Schedule 2011 2008 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)

  7. 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 Artist’s Rendition of Fully Assembled ISS in Orbit

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