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Andrews Space

Index Andrews Space

Andrews Space was an aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1999 to develop space systems by Jason Andrews. [1]

12 relations: Aerospace, Attitude control, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Heavy-lift launch vehicle, K-1 (rocket), List of private spaceflight companies, Magnetorquer, Reusable launch system, Seattle, Spacecraft, Spaceflight Industries, Takeoff and landing.

Aerospace

Aerospace is the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth (aeronautics) and surrounding space (astronautics).

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Attitude control

Attitude control is controlling the orientation of an object with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity like the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.

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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to coordinate the delivery of crew and cargo to the International Space Station by private companies.

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Heavy-lift launch vehicle

A heavy-lift launch vehicle, HLV or HLLV, is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting between 20,000 to 50,000 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO).

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K-1 (rocket)

The Kistler K-1 launch vehicle was to have been a two-stage, fully reusable launch system aerospace vehicle in commercial development by Rocketplane Kistler.

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List of private spaceflight companies

This page is a list of non-governmental entities that currently offer – or are planning to offer – equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human.

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Magnetorquer

A magnetorquer or magnetic torquer (also known as torque rod) is a satellite system for attitude control, detumbling, and stabilization built from electromagnetic coils.

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Reusable launch system

A reusable launch system (RLS, or reusable launch vehicle, RLV) is a space launch system intended to allow for recovery of all or part of the system for later reuse.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.

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Spaceflight Industries

Spaceflight Industries, Inc. is a private aerospace company based out of Seattle, Washington that specializes in organizing rideshare space launches of secondary payloads and geospatial intelligence services.

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Takeoff and landing

Aircraft can have different ways to take off and land.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrews_Space

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