Canadian Arrow

The Canadian Arrow ( German: Canadian Arrow ) is a planned rocket for private manned space Canadian Geoff Sheerin in London, Ontario, Canada. The project participated at the X-Prize in the competition. The two-stage rocket based on the German A4 and has been further developed from the original building plans. You should carry three astronauts into space.

Technology

The first stage is reusable and is decelerated at her separation from four parachutes before it lands in the sea. The second level houses the three astronauts. It is also designed as a safety system with a false start or flight problems during ascent. So they can be ignited prematurely and the astronauts can exit through the side opening hatches the vehicle. In a normal flight path, the second stage is ignited by the burning end of the first stage and the discharge. The engine is operated using alcohol and liquid oxygen, and has a power just after the ignition of 75.5 kN. The full performance will be increased automatically after a longer burn time to 254 kN. The missile is about 16.5 feet long. You should have a total height of about 100 kilometers. The landing is done using three parachutes in the water.

Launch and landing area

As a starting places, has not yet decided on which Churchill Launch Range come in northern Manitoba, Canada, or the Virginia Space Flight Center at Wallops Iceland in the U.S. in question.

Planet Space

The founder of Canadian Arrow, Geoff Sheerin, founded on 17 May 2005 in Chicago, along with another investor, the project Planet Space. In this project, several well-known companies are involved including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, ATK, Space Florida, PTC Corporation, SPACEHAB and MEHTA Engineering. The company's goal is to carry space tourists into space, to ensure the supply of the ISS and crew changes the ISS. To use the multi-stage rocket Athena should come III.

However, NASA accepted the offer for budget reasons not to, but created a more tender. In the second call, the company Orbital Sciences Corporation won with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft. As this system, however, proved to be significantly more expensive than that of Planet Space, Planet Space lodged a formal complaint. By refinancing and participation exclusively by U.S. banks, the development could be continued.