COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT Garrett Reisman Director of Crew Operations, SpaceX August 27, 2014
SPACEX OVERVIEW SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.
FOUNDED
VEHICLES
MANIFEST
EMPLOYEES
2002
3
40+
3500+
BUSINESS OVERVIEW PRIVATELY OWNED ✓ Profitable
DIVERSE CUSTOMER BASE
35% U.S. Government
Falcon Heavy Falcon 9
$5B Orders to date $3B Backlog Orders
OPEN PRICING POLICY $90M $61.2M
65% Commercial
FALCON 9 ROCKET AND DRAGON SPACECRAFT ARE DESIGNED, BUILT, AND TESTED ENTIRELY IN THE U.S. BY SPACEX
SPACEX TODAY Headquarters
Office
Launch Facility
Development Facility
Supplier Locations
SUPERDRACO STAND GRASSHOPPER PAD
TEXAS SITE OVERVIEW
DRAGON DECON DRACO ENGINE STAND FIRST-STAGE STAND F9 STRUCTURAL STAND
CENTRAL SITE
y CONTROL ROOMS (8)
MERLIN STAND MVAC STAND SECOND-STAGE STAND COMPONENT STAND
SPACEX VEHICLES
DRAGON
FALCON 9
FALCON HEAVY
FALCON 9 FLIGHT HERITAGE Falcon 9 made history in 2012 when it delivered Dragon into the correct orbit for rendezvous with ISS, making SpaceX the first commercial company ever to visit ISS. For v1.1, numerous safety and reliability improvements designed for human-rating were made.
FALCON 9 v1.0
FALCON 9 v1.1
June 2010 ˝
Inaugural Flight
September 2013˝
MDA Corp (Canada)
December 2010˝
NASA COTS 1
December 2013˝
SES (Europe)
May 2012˝
NASA COTS 2+
January 2014˝
Thaicom (Thailand)
October 2012˝
NASA CRS 1
April 2014˝
NASA CRS 3
March 2013
NASA CRS2
July 2014
Orbcomm
FALCON 9
DRAGON v2
CREW DRAGON Capable of carrying up to 7 crew members ECLSS System > Comfortable environment 8 SuperDraco engines provide escape capabilites all the way to orbit Rapid reusability capabilities SpaceX-designed & built docking adapter Impact attenuating landing legs Advanced heat shield enables lunar mission capabilities