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SpaceX Dragon A Flexible Platform for Space . Gwynne Shotwell January 13, 2009. Bringing Manufacturing Back to the US: 21 st Century Rocket Factory. SpaceX Falcon Family of Vehicles. Falcon 1. Falcon 9. Dragon. NASA COTS Capability A-C. SpaceX started COTS work Sept 1, 2006
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SpaceX Dragon A Flexible Platform for Space Gwynne Shotwell January 13, 2009
Bringing Manufacturing Back to the US: 21st Century Rocket Factory Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Spacex.com
SpaceX Falcon Family of Vehicles Falcon 1 Falcon 9 Dragon Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
NASA COTS Capability A-C • SpaceX started COTS work Sept 1, 2006 • Completed COTS Space Act Agreement (SAA) Milestones: • Sep. ‘06: Project Management Plan Review • Nov. ‘06: Demo 1 System Requirements Review • Feb. ‘07: Demo 1 Preliminary Design Review • Mar. ‘07: Financing Round 1 • Mar. ’07: Demo 2 System Requirements Review • Aug. ‘07: Demo 1 Critical Design Review • Oct. ’07: Demo 3 System Requirements Review • Dec. ’07: Demo 2 Preliminary Design Review • Mar. ’08: Draco Initial Hot-Fire • Mar. ’08: Financing Round 2 • Jun. ’08: Demo 3 Preliminary Design Review • Aug. ’08: 15 second 9-engine test • Jan. ’09: Critical Design Review 13 of 22 COTS Milestones complete
Launch Manifest * Actual launch date
The Dawn of a New Era in Space Preliminary Design ReviewDemo-C3 Mission Spacex.com