{"title":"Latest developments on SpaceX's Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles and Dragon spacecraft","authors":"L. Dreyer","doi":"10.1109/AERO.2009.4839555","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"SpaceX is committed to revolutionizing access to space by providing highly reliable, low cost launch services. To this end, SpaceX has been developing a family of orbital transportation solutions comprised of SpaceX-developed proprietary technologies, as well as off-the-shelf and minimally modified hardware from leading aerospace subcontractors. SpaceX is currently offering launch services on the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon 9 Heavy launch vehicles as well as commercial flights on the Dragon spacecraft. Founded in mid-2002, SpaceX has been busy. This paper provides the latest developments and progress, including recent launches and future plans.","PeriodicalId":117250,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE Aerospace conference","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2009 IEEE Aerospace conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2009.4839555","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
SpaceX is committed to revolutionizing access to space by providing highly reliable, low cost launch services. To this end, SpaceX has been developing a family of orbital transportation solutions comprised of SpaceX-developed proprietary technologies, as well as off-the-shelf and minimally modified hardware from leading aerospace subcontractors. SpaceX is currently offering launch services on the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon 9 Heavy launch vehicles as well as commercial flights on the Dragon spacecraft. Founded in mid-2002, SpaceX has been busy. This paper provides the latest developments and progress, including recent launches and future plans.