MDA Enters Strategic Alliance With Rocketplane Kistler

ROCKET SCIENCE

Rocketplane Kistler.

by Staff Writers
Richmond, Canada (SPX) Nov 02, 2006
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a strategic long term Agreement with Rocketplane Kistler to participate in the initial and future phases of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The Agreement is expected to evolve as financing, technical and customer milestones are being met.

COTS is a collaborative program between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Industry to demonstrate the viability of alternative space transportation capabilities, in anticipation of procuring commercial space transportation services in future years when the current space shuttle fleet is going to be retired. Rocketplane Kistler is one of the two finalists selected recently by NASA to develop a COTS demonstration model.

MDA's scope includes the "Last Mile Solution", which supports rendezvous and docking of Rocketplane Kistler's orbital vehicle K1 with the International Space Station, as well as the development and sustenance of the un-pressurized cargo subsystems.

MDA provides advanced information solutions that capture and process vast amounts of data, produce essential information, and improve the decision making and operational performance of business and government organizations worldwide.

Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) brings together two industry-leading makers and future operators of the next-generation orbital and suborbital space transportation vehicles. RpK was formed when Kistler Aerospace Corporation and Rocketplane Limited, Inc. were brought under common ownership.

RpK markets the services of the fully reusable, two stage Kistler K-1 orbital space transportation vehicle and the fully reusable, suborbital Rocketplane XP Spaceplane, both of which will be first to fly in their respective markets.

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

ROCKET SCIENCE

Indigenous Cryogenic Stage Successfully Tested

Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Nov 01, 2006
ISRO has achieved a major milestone in the development of rocket systems for satellite launches. Cryogenic Upper Stage for GSLV was hot tested today (28th October 2006) at 6.20 pm for a duration of 50s. The test was carried out at the Liquid Propulsion Systems centre (LPSC) test complex at Mahendragiri. The performance of the test was as predicted. This test is first of its kind in the country.

SPACE TRAVEL Lost In Space No More LAUNCH Becomes First Magazine For Hobby Rocketry And Commercial Space Travel Enthusiasts A Eureka Year For Russian Space NASA Announces Discovery Program Selections	MARSDAILY A Mission To Mars - Part Two Minerals And Mountains On Mars Russian Dreams Of Reaching Mars First Mars Science Laboratory Shakedown In The High Arctic
LAUNCH PAD Sea Launch Successfully Delivers Latest XM Radio Satellite To Orbit Russian Space Co. To Launch At Least 11 Satellites By 2009 ATK Receives $17.5 Million Contract For CASTOR 120-R Motors MetOp Weather Satellite Reaches Polar Orbit	EARTH OBSERVATION Esperanza Fire Captured By Aqua Satellite Start of Operations Phase For ALOS And Data Provision To The Public Afghanistan Opium Cultivation Monitored By International DMC Constellation Deimos And Surrey Satellite Technology Contract For Spanish Imaging Mission
OUTER PLANETS Making Old Horizons New Scientist Who Found Tenth Planet Discusses The Downgrading Of Pluto New Horizons Spacecraft Snaps Approach Image of the Giant Planet Does The Atmosphere Of Pluto Go Through The Fast-Freeze	STELLAR CHEMISTRY Stars Churning Away In Large Magellanic Cloud Latest Views Of The V838 Monocerotis Light Echo From Hubble Astronomers Weigh 200-Million-Year-Old Baby Galaxies Star Ends Infancy Abruptly
MOON DAILY Chinese Lunar Orbiter Prototype On Display At Air Show No Lunar Polar Ice Sheets Found In High Resolution Radar Images New Russian Spaceship Will Be Able To Fly To Moon - Space Corp Ice Store At Moon's South Pole Is A Myth	GPS NEWS Lockheed Martin Announces Experienced Team For Pursuit Of ADS-B Program New Airdrop System Offers More Precision From Higher Altitudes India May Quit EU-led GPS project EU Refuses To Rule Out Military Role For Galileo GPS Network

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement