NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program

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The NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program is an initiative that partnered with private companies to develop and demonstrate commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the International Space Station.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA program
commercial spaceflight program
public–private partnership
administeredBy NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
canceledPartner Rocketplane Kistler
canceledPartnerReason failure to meet financial milestones
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedVehicle Antares launch vehicle
surface form: Orbital Antares

Cygnus spacecraft
surface form: Orbital Cygnus

Crew Dragon
surface form: SpaceX Dragon

Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: SpaceX Falcon 9
endTime 2013
firstDragonOrbitalFlight 2010-12-08
firstISSBerthingByPartner SpaceX CRS-10
surface form: SpaceX Dragon
firstISSBerthingYear 2012
firstSuccessfulDemoMission SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
focus cargo resupply to the International Space Station
orbital transportation services
fundingModel Space Act Agreements
fixed-price milestone-based agreements
goal encourage competition in space transportation services
reduce NASA cost for ISS cargo resupply
stimulate development of a commercial space transportation industry
transition ISS cargo resupply from government-owned to commercial systems
initialAwardValue 278 million USD
initialAwardYear 2006
notableOutcome demonstrated viability of commercial orbital launch services
established routine commercial cargo resupply to ISS
reduced NASA dependence on Space Shuttle for cargo
OrbitalAwardValue 170 million USD
oversightOffice Commercial Crew Program
surface form: Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office
parentAgency NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
policyContext Vision for Space Exploration
policyObjective leverage private sector for low Earth orbit logistics
precededBy NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program (for ISS cargo)
primaryAwardee Orbital Sciences Corporation
SpaceX
purpose demonstrate commercial orbital transportation capabilities
develop commercial cargo transportation services to the International Space Station
relatedTo International Space Station program
surface form: International Space Station

Commercial Crew Program
surface form: NASA Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office
replacementCompetition COTS Round 2
selectedCompany Andrews Space
Boeing
Orbital Sciences Corporation
PlanetSpace
Rocketplane Kistler
SpaceDev
SpaceX
t/Space
shortName COTS
SpaceXAwardValue 278 million USD
startTime 2006
status completed
successorProgram Commercial Crew Program
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
usedContractType funded Space Act Agreement
unfunded Space Act Agreement

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Dragon spacecraft designedFor NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
Dragon spacecraft designedFor NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Resupply Services program
Falcon rocket family usedForProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A laterUsedForProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
Commercial Crew Program replaces NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program for crew transportation
Commercial Crew Program relatedProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
Commercial Crew Program relatedProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
Dragon 1 program NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Resupply Services
Dragon 1 usedFor NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) missions
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program successorProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
Common Berthing Mechanism (Cargo Dragon 1) usedDuringProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)
Crew Dragon Demo-1 relatedProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
COTS Demo Flight 1 program NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
COTS fullName NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
COTS acronymFor NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
Space Act Agreements relatedTo NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
Andrews Space participatedIn NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
COTS Round 2 partOf NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
COTS Round 2 administeredBy NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office
COTS Demo Flight 2 program NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) relatedProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
subject surface form: Commercial Resupply Services
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 program NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 program NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA COTS
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 program NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
European Automated Transfer Vehicle program relatedProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: NASA Commercial Resupply Services
Orb-1 nasaProgram NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
this entity surface form: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services successor program