Vice President, Business Development November 27, 2018| 0830 Firefly and the Emerging Suborbital and Near Earth (LEO) Services Market Leslie Kovacs Vice President, Business Development Firefly Aerospace
Overview Small Launch Services Marketplace Alpha Launch Vehicle Alpha Design Responsive to Smallsat Community Multiple Payload Options Orbit Transfer Vehicle (OTV) Operations Augmentation “Enveloping” of Capability
Small Satellite Market – Launch Demand Launch Gap 1,231 Small Sats Launched Euroconsult. Prospects for the Small Satellite Market. August 2018 https://www.faa.gov/data_research/commercial_space_data/ http://spacelaunchreport.com/
Firefly “Alpha” Launch Vehicle RP-1 Tank LOx Tank Lightning Engine Payload Engines First Stage 59ft / 18m Second Stage 19.5ft / 5.9m Payload Segment 16.5ft / 5.04m Propulsion: Stage 1 Engine - 4X Reaver 1 Propellant - LOX / RP-1 Turbopump-Fed Thrust (vac) - 165,482 lbf lsp (vac) - 295.6 sec Performance Payload LEO 1,000 kg (LEO 28.5°, 200 km) Payload SSO 630 kg (SSO, 500 km) Max Gross Lift-off Weight 54000 kg Avionics Mostly COTS Components Ethernet Autonomous Flight Termination Propulsion: Stage 2 Engine - Firefly Lightning 1 Propellant - LOX / RP-1 Turbopump-Fed Thrust (vac) - 15,759 lbf lsp (vac) - 322.2 sec Structures All Carbon Composite Structure Linerless Tanks with Cryo Tolerances Optimal Strength to Weight Ratio In-House design, analysis, and testing Carbon Overwrapped Pressure Vessels
Facilities – Engineering, Fabrication & Test Briggs Austin $40M in R&D Spent 160+ Employees 46 Subcontractors
Alpha – Multiple Payload Options Payload Integration Engineering Firefly provides customized engineering services for complex satellite mounting requirements High fidelity analysis for accurate definition of payload loads and environments 2 PAYLOAD WITH DUAL PAYLOAD ATTACH FITTING (DPAF) ESPA GRANDE CLASS SATELLITES SMALL LAUNCH ESPA AND 3 ESPA STANDARD
Orbit Transfer Vehicle (OTV) – Capabilities Unlocks higher altitudes and nearly any inclination compared to Alpha LV alone. Travel time varies with payload mass and power
Enveloping Capabilities Key Elements - Long Lead, Production, I&T– Solved by Purchasing $15M Alpha in Advance - “Bracketed” Mission Design Compatibility (CLA, ICD, Performance, 6DOF…) - Pre-Coordinated Approvals by Range, FCC, FAA Firefly Rapid Response Concept - USG purchases “White Tail LV to be ready for L-4 month callup (Target is L-1 month) - Perform Analyses to Bracket Payload Types – Eliminates Mission Specific Analyses (Analyses Required for First White Tail. Future Missions Leverage Results) - USG Builds Spacecraft to Standard Interfaces and Bracketed Properties - Firefly Cycles out White Tail Vehicles as Limited Life Items Approach
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