Getting There and Back: Dream Chaser Dr. John Olson Vice President , Space Systems Group June 2014
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• 100% Privately Owned by Mgt • 3,000 Employees • 2013 Revenue ~$2 Billion • Average 10 year growth of 20% • Continuous Profits for 14 years • Twice the Industry Average R&D • 25 Years of Space Flight Heritage • 420+ Space Missions • 4,000 Products with No Failures • Largest smallsat producer in world for 100-500 kg range • Launching Every 3 Weeks on Avg. • 70+ Successful NASA Missions • Business in over 20 Countries
2 2 Space Systems Product Lines
Spacecraft Systems Space Technologies
Multi-Mission DSX Deployable Docking Pointing Space Vehicle Structures and Capture and Control
TacSat-2 DARPA F6 ORBCOMM Gen 2 Restraint Solar Array Drives Gimbals
Space Transportation Space Exploration Propulsion Systems
Green Hybrid Engines for Suborbital & Orbital Launch
Dream Chaser Vehicle For Commercial Crew Transportation Green & Solar Thermal Satellite Propulsion Orbit Transfer
3 Our NASA Mission: Crew Transport Services to the ISS In a World Full of Capsules…
5 Dream Chaser Stands Alone
6 Preserving the Legacy of Lifting Bodies
X-24A M2-F3 HL-10 Dream Chaser Historic First Flight – Much More History to Make!
Space Shuttle Enterprise Dream Chaser Spaceship October 26, 1977 October 26, 2013 Edwards AFB, Runway 22L Edwards AFB, Runway 22L
8 Evolution of Dream Chaser
NASA’s HL-20 Spacecraft (Russian BOR-4 heritage) 1970
– >1200 wind tunnel tests – Abort landing simulations
– Trajectory studies – Ergonomics and egress
– Handling evaluations – Fabrication and operations 1980
Building Upon Space Shuttle Heritage – Leverages 40 yrs of Shuttle design, technology development, and operational experience
– Reusable, Reconfigurable Runway-Landing Vehicle 1990
– Ideally Suited to Host a Range of Other Missions
SNC’s Dream Chaser Vehicle 2000 – Incorporates 10+ years of research,
design, development, and testing
– Modern materials, Aerodynamic data – Improved flight control surface design
– Significant CFD analysis, Wind Tunnels 2010 – Trajectory refinement
– Component and wind tunnel testing – Launch vehicle integration – Flight simulation
9 Dream Chaser Space System
• Capable of 7 crewmember Safe Affordable Flexible Evolvable Reliable transport for the International (SAFER by Design) Space Station and LEO Meets NASA requirements for 4 crew to and from ISS Also accommodates pressurized cargo • Non-toxic Main Propulsion System (MPS) motors used 3rd stage insertion, launch abort, orbital translations, and deorbit maneuver • <1.5g re-entry profile and >1000 nm cross-range capability • Integrated on the Atlas V launch vehicle, but Launch-vehicle agnostic Mature, reliable, and compatible with 100+ consecutive Atlas (46 consecutive Atlas V launches)
10 Turning Dreams into Reality
11 DC Concept of Operations Dream Chaser Inherent Capabilities Exceed NASA Requirements
Inherent Capability Benefits Launch Rate . Ability to perform up to 4 launches/year - shorten ISS crew rotations and increase ISS utilization (100% excess capability) NASA Crew . Carrying up to 5 crew - flexibility in crew rotations and ISS crew complement (25% excess capability). Maximum crew of 7. Rotation Interval . Minimum crew rotation interval of 60 days - significantly increased ISS utilization flexibility (200% excess capability) Landing Sites . KSC Shuttle Landing Facility and Edwards AFB Transport/Return . Cargo mass of 270 lbm in excess of NASA requirements both up and down mass Cargo (74% excess capability) Cargo Volume . 30ft3 pressurized cargo volume available, 22f ft3 above NASA requirement (275% excess capability) Low g reentry/ . Reentry /landing loads for nominal flights ≤1.5 g for gentle return of deconditioned crew and delicate runway landing science payloads Runway abort . Ascent and on-orbit abort to hard surface runway of 8,000 ft or greater length capability Non-toxic, non- . Non-toxic, non-hypergolic RCS and MPS - significantly simplified ground operations, immediate crew hypergolic RCS access and egress after landing and MPS Surplus delta-V . 44% excess delta-V margin for nominal ISS missions - additional opportunities such as additional margin propulsive or on-orbit cooling capabilities
Dream Chaser lifting-body inherent capabilities provide unique benefits to NASA Our National DreamTeam
14 Program People Impact Jobs in 30 States and growing!
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Proprietary Dream Chaser & Atlas V
Bringing Designed in Colorado Space Jobs Back Home
Flying Built in Alabama the U.S. Proudly To Earth Orbit Launched in Florida We Are Teaming with Two of the Most Iconic Story Tellers
17 Dream Chaser Development Status
• Completed 29 Milestones under the Commercial Crew Program • Certification Products Contract (CPC) execution near completion • Engineering Test Article (ETA) Built, Tested & Flown; Next Flt in Fall ‘14 • Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) Under Construction by Lockheed Martin at NASA Michoud Facility, First Orbital Flight 2016
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The Dream Chaser Enterprise Supporting New Customers and Markets
Serving NASA Requirements to Transport Crew and Cargo to the ISS …
Safe Atlas V Launch Low-g Reentry & Global Runway Piloted Docking to ISS Landing Capability for Rapid Access
… While Developing New Customers & Markets in Low Earth Orbit…
Expanded Crew & Cargo Services Alternative Transportation Options Industry, International, Design Compatible Interagency & Institutions with Alternative LVs Multiple LEO Destinations Launch Vehicle Synergy with Exploration Agnostic Point-to-Point SAFER and Strong ROI Suborbital Multi-mission Flexibility Capabilities
Support for Exploration Programs: Stepping Stones to the Future
… Including Missions of Exploration to Asteroids, the Moon and Mars
LEO and Beyond LEO Evolution Synergy
Mission: Applied Research, Technology Development and On-Orbit Assembly and Test Dream Chaser Multi-Mission Capability: Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) Concept
22 Dream Chaser Space Utility Vehicle (SUV)
Extended Duration (ED) Long Duration (LD) Space Servicing Science Science “Working in Space” “Discovering in Space” “Observing from Space”
Mission: Microgravity Laboratory Mission: Direct Observation Mission: Satellite Servicing, For In Situ Science and Science Missions From LEO Deployment, Retrieval , Deorbit Technology Investigation and Debris Removal Duration: Up to 1 year Duration: Up to 28 days Duration: 1-10 days Configuration: Long Duration Configuration: Crew-Capable Uncrewed Vehicle Modified to Configuration: Basic Crewed Extended Duration Vehicle Support Earth Observation Dream Chaser Modified to Meet Modified to Support Internal /Astronomical Missions for up to Unique Mission Needs (e.g., Science for up to 3 weeks and 1 year and Return (e.g., Solar Robotic Arms, Airlock, Sat Return (e.g., Fuel Cells, Science Arrays, Non-propulsive ACS, Deployment Capabilities) Compatibility) Payload Interface)
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Best of Breed in Industry, Government and Academia Why SNC & Dream Chaser?
• Dream Chaser is a safe, reliable, and cost effective crew transportation system especially suitable for ISS missions • We are a highly-integrated team of experienced human spaceflight people, world class industry partners, NASA Centers, and international experts • SNC has been a great partner to NASA on over 70 missions and an industry innovator • We have a uniquely capable spacecraft that started as a NASA design which has been tested over 20 years as a fully integrated system that is highly-flexible and evolvable • Our strong NASA partnership builds upon and advances the successful legacy of leadership by the United States in human spaceflight. •CommercialWe will meet NASA Crew certification Development before flying and be certified Program by 2017 • Our Atlas V launch vehicle will have over 50 successful flights prior to our first mission. •CTSWe understand Certification quality – 25 years,Phase 425+ 2missions – zero on-orbit failures • SNC is a financially strong viable company with stable leadership that has and will invest Proposalsignificantly as Strategy part of a Public Private Partnership and a driver goal to make history • We have safe aborts to a runway — low risk to vehicle, crew, and payload •ToddOur Mosher,low-g return Ph.D. to a runway is optimized for high-value crew and critical cargo • We have a modern design for multiple markets and missions which will provide further Directorsustainability, robustness, and flexibility for our offerings September 18, 2013 • Our Dream Team with jobs in over 30 states will assure U.S. leadership in space and blast open new economic and mission opportunities at a crucial opportunity point in history 7/21/2014 Sierra Nevada Corporation Proprietary 25
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