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2010 US Commercial Space Transportation Federal Aviation Administration 2010 U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Developments and Concepts: Vehicles, Technologies, and Spaceports January 2010 HQ-101068.INDD 2010 U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Developments & Concepts • About FAA/AST About the Office of Commercial Space Transportation The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) licenses and regulates U.S. commercial space launch and reentry activity, as well as the operation of non-federal launch and reentry sites, as authorized by Executive Order 12465 and Title 49 United States Code, Subtitle IX, Chapter 701 (formerly the Commercial Space Launch Act). FAA/AST’s mission is to ensure public health and safety and the safety of property while protecting the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States during commercial launch and reentry operations. In addition, FAA/AST is directed to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space launches and reentries. Additional information concerning commercial space transportation can be found on FAA/AST’s web site at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/. NOTICE Use of trade names or names of manufacturers in this document does not constitute an official endorsement of such products or manufacturers, either expressed or implied, by the Federal Aviation Administration. • i • Federal Aviation Administration / Commercial Space Transportation • ii • 2010 U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Developments & Concepts • Contents Table of Contents Introduction . .1 Space competitionS . 1 expendable launch Vehicle induStry . 2 reuSable launch Vehicle induStry . 2 reentry VehicleS and in-Space technology . 3 enabling technologieS . 3 commercial human Spaceflight training . 4 SpaceportS . 4 regulatory and legiSlatiVe deVelopmentS . 4 Significant 2009 Events. .5 Space Competitions . .9 google lunar x priZe . 9 america’S Space priZe . 10 centennial challengeS . 10 Expendable Launch Vehicles. 13 current expendable launch Vehicle SyStemS . 13 atlas V – united launch alliance . 13 delta ii – united launch alliance . 15 delta iV – united launch alliance . 15 falcon 1 – Space exploration technologies corporation . 16 minotaur i – orbital Sciences corporation . 16 pegasus xl – orbital Sciences corporation . 17 taurus – orbital Sciences corporation . 17 Zenit-3Sl and -3Slb – Sea launch company, llc . 18 elV deVelopment effortS . 19 athena iii – planetSpace . 19 eagle S-series – e’prime aerospace corporation . 19 falcon 9 – Space exploration technologies corporation . 20 nanosat launch Vehicle – garvey Spacecraft corporation . 22 neptune – interorbital Systems . 22 minotaur iV and V – orbital Sciences corporation . 24 Quickreach – airlaunch llc . 25 Shadow iii – lunar rocket and rover company . 26 taurus ii – orbital Sciences corporation . 26 naSa exploration launch VehicleS . 27 ares i . 27 ares V . 28 Sounding rockets . 29 black brant – bristol aerospace limited . 29 orion and oriole – dti associates . 30 • iii • Federal Aviation Administration / Commercial Space Transportation Spaceloft xl – up aerospace, inc . 31 Shadow i and ii – lunar rocket and rover company . 31 terrier-orion – dti associates . 32 Reusable Launch Vehicles. 33 commercial rlV deVelopment effortS . 33 QUAD & mod-1 – armadillo aerospace . 33 new Shepard – blue origin . 34 xa-1 .0 – masten Space Systems . 35 Silver dart – planetSpace . 36 rocketplane xp – rocketplane global . 36 SpaceShiptwo – the SpaceShip company . 37 dream chaser – Sierra nevada corporation . 38 laramie rose – Speedup . 39 michelle-b – tgV rockets, inc . 39 burning Splinter – unreasonable rocket . 40 lynx – xcor aerospace . 40 goVernment rlV deVelopment effortS . 41 Space Shuttle . 41 Reentry Vehicles and In-Space Technologies . 43 international Space Station crew and cargo tranSport . 45 Spacex dragon . 46 orbital Sciences taurus ii/cygnus . 47 other commercial crew and cargo transport concepts . 48 x-37b orbital teSt Vehicle . 48 commercial orbital habitat deVelopment . 49 Enabling Technologies. .51 future reSponSiVe acceSS to Space technology program . 51 improVed heat Shield material – Spacex . 52 compoSite tankS – microcoSm, inc . 52 high performance preSSuriZation SyStem (hppS) – microcoSm, inc . 53 VaSimr® engine – ad aStra rocket company . 53 rocket upper Stage – Speedup . 54 Solid rocket motorS – alliant techSyStemS, inc . 54 nofb monopropellant and rocket engineS – fireStar technologieS, llc . 54 liQuid rocket engineS and aSSociated technologieS – garVey Spacecraft corporation . 55 liQuid rocket engineS – pratt & whitney rocketdyne, inc . 56 liQuid rocket engineS – Space exploration technologieS corporation . 56 liQuid rocket engineS – microcoSm, inc . 57 launch abort SyStem – orbital ScienceS corporation . 57 • iv • 2010 U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Developments & Concepts • Contents Scramjet propulSion – pratt & whitney rocketdyne, inc . 58 Stage recoVery SyStem – alliant techSyStemS, inc . & united Space alliance, llc . 58 Spacecraft naVigation LIDAR – Spacex . 59 Spaceports . .61 non-federal SpaceportS . 62 blue origin launch Site . 62 california Spaceport . 63 cecil field . 63 mid-atlantic regional Spaceport . 65 mojave air and Space port . 66 oklahoma Spaceport . 67 Spaceport america . 68 federal SpaceportS . 69 cape canaveral air force Station . 69 edwards air force base . 70 kennedy Space center . 70 reagan test Site . 72 Vandenberg air force base . 73 wallops flight facility . 74 white Sands missile range . 74 propoSed SpaceportS . 75 Space florida Spaceport . 75 Spaceport hawaii . 77 Space port indiana . 78 Spaceport Sheboygan . 78 inactiVe SpaceportS . 79 Commercial Human Spaceflight Training . .81 introduction . 81 aurora aeroSpace . 81 barrioS technology . 82 ciVilian aero and Space training academy . 82 executiVe aeroSpace phySiology training . ..
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