1. 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
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
2008
2009
2010
2011
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 , $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