Product Roadmap

The long term product strategy for Masten Space Systems is an incremental approach that uses components and systems from earlier revenue producing products as the basis for future capability. This roadmap illustrates how the lineage of all future products trace back to the original XA 1.0 vehicle. The roadmap illustrates technical development paths we plan to pursue over the long term.

eXtreme Altitude (XA)

The eXtreme Altitude line includes all of the suborbital only vehicles. The name eXtreme Altitude is used because all are intended to reach far beyond the 100km definition of space.

• XA-1.0
  The first production vehicle that we have planned is the XA-1.0. The XA-1.0 will take a 100kg payload to over 100km altitude on a suborbital trajectory several times in a single day. It will be used to test out many of the systems, operations techniques, and technologies that will be used in later vehicles. It is being developed in an incremental, "build a little, test a little, fly a little" style that will help keep costs down and progress fast. We are targeting a cost per flight of between $20,000 to $30,000 depending on the launch site facilities and costs. At 100kg per flight that gives customers the opportunity to for missions at $300/kg. A price point that is easily within reach of any K-12 program and most science fair projects.
• XA 1.5
  XA 1.5 is a slightly scaled up version of XA 1.0 that can reach much higher altitudes with twice as much cargo mass. XA 1.5 is the precursor to the orbital upper stage and extraterrestrial landers.
• XA 2.0
  XA 2.0 is a much larger version of the previous two vehicles and will be capable of carrying either 2000kg (or roughly 5 people) to an altitude of at least 500km. The size and power of this vehicle is the basis for the lower stages or B series of orbital boosters. This vehicle will be capable of servicing the space tourism market.
• XA x.0
  As the subsequent O and B lines develop and technology improvements are inserted into existing product lines the vehicles will improve in altitude and up mass capability. These new vehicles are the future extension of the XA vehicle line.

Boosters

By removing the payload fairing and creating a mating collar, an XA 2.0 can be turned into a booster for an upper stage orbiter. Both the upper and lower stages still land vertically and simply need to be stacked and refueled for the next flight.

• B 1.0
  Based off of an XA 2.0 with no payload fairing, the B 1.0 is used as a booster for the the O 1.0 upper stage as the companies first orbital capable launch system. Both the lower and upper stage are VTVL which means that turn around times are on the order of a day instead of months for other vehicles.
• B 2.0
  By scaling up the B 1.0 the same way the other vehicles were scaled up the B 2.0 booster will be used with the O 2.0 for larger orbital payloads, including people.
• B x.0
  As demand grows and technology improves subsequent boosters will be able of putting more mass into orbit.

Orbiters

• O 1.0
  O 1.0 will be the first vehicle capable of orbit. It will be launched on top of the B 1.0 booster and will be modeled after XA 1.5.
• O 2.0
  The combination of the O 2.0 and B 2.0 vehicles will be capable of putting people or significant amounts of mass into orbit. This will be the company's initial entry into the ISS and Bigelow hotel servicing market.
• O x.0
  Subsequent versions of the Orbital line will increase the up mass and target orbit capability. A large target capability of subsequent Orbital vehicles is bringing XL and xT x.0 to orbit for on orbit or assembly operations.

eXtraterrestrial Landers

• XL 1.0
  The company's early technology decisions have always assumed that the VTVL technology developed for terrestrial use could easily be used on other worlds. The XL 1.0 is a direct result of that philosophy and is intended to be a version of XA 1.5 that can operate on the Moon or other low gravity bodies.
• XL 2.0
  As XL 1.0 is scaled up it becomes capable of being used on higher gravity bodies such as Mars as well as simply moving larger masses from the lunar surface.
• XL x.0
  Subsequent versions of the XL line will increase up and down mass capability as well as its precision and possible alternate fuel needs.

Transfer Vehicles

• xT x.0
  As the Orbiter and eXtraterrestrial Lander technologies develop and markets mature the Orbiter vehicles will be modified for pure space operations. The VTVL propulsion system will be modified for proximity operations and fine grained attitude control needed for orbital rendezvous and docking.