SAS team member experience includes major NASA, Air Force and Industry Programs (Orbital Space Plane, Launch Services, EELV, NASA’s Constellation Program, COTS).
SAS team members have worked on every U.S. and foreign-developed launch system including:
- Athena, Atlas (II, IIA, IIAS, IIIAB, V), Delta II, IV, Falcon (I, IX), Pegasus, Taurus, and Zenit
- Successful missions have been Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Pluto New Horizons, and 30+ LEO and Planetary missions
- Demilitarization and Threat Assessment
(SS-18, SS-19, SS-24, SS-25, SS-N-20)
"When old dreams die, new ones come to take their place. God pity a one-dream man."
— Esther Goddard, reading from her late husband’s
diary
to the AP prior to the launch of Apollo 11.
International Business Services
SAS maintains a core team of individuals with extensive experience and relationships in Russian- and Western Europe-developed hardware systems. These systems and services include:
- Russian-designed propulsion systems
- Structures
- Avionics
- Spacecraft Integration
- Launch Systems (both civil and military)
- Demilitarization and Threat Assessment
(SS-18, SS-19, SS-24, SS-25, SS-N-20)
SAS provides services related to ITAR and Export control, Technical Assistance Agreements, Technology Control Plans, and Licensing.
- Business and Technical Intelligence
- Technical Translation
Extensive Hardware Development
SAS team members have worked on the following hardware integration and development programs:
- NK-33 U.S. Hot Fire Program
- RD-180 Hot Fire and Integration
(Atlas III and V) - Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station, and Shuttle processing
- NASA Launch Services Payload Integration
- Athena, Falcon I and small LV solid and hybrid engine technology
- Secondary Payload Integration
- Launch Site Development (LC41, LC37, SLC3E, Wallops and Kodiak)
- NASA and Air Force Advanced Programs
SAS hardware experience covers
U.S.–,
Russian–,
and European–
designed systems.