SpaceX Launched into Space using Siemens PLM Software

By DE Editors

Dragon Spacecraft designed by SpaceX showing solar panels deployed.

Siemens PLM Software (Plano, TX)  announced that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX; Hawthorne, CA), a privately held space launch-vehicle developer and services provider, standardized on NX and Teamcenter software for product design, simulation, and product data management (PDM).

NX, Siemens PLM Software’s comprehensive digital product development portfolio, enables SpaceX to integrate all aspects of the design-through-manufacturing process. NX will allow knowledge-based engineering methods to enhance the ability to effectively leverage information across the enterprise. In addition, the superior simulation functionality will enable SpaceX to predict product performance in the design phase, which is crucial for the mission-critical space launch industry.

Teamcenter,  Siemens PLM Software’s digital lifecycle management solution, will enable SpaceX to effectively manage design data and specifications as the industry continues to mature and new products are added to the mix.

SpaceX is supported by both Siemens PLM Software and Saratech,  Inc. (Dana Point, CA), a certified platinum business partner with PLM expertise.

SpaceX is developing a family of launch vehicles intended to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of both manned and unmanned space transportation ultimately by a factor of ten. SpaceX currently has 14 missions on its manifest plus indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with NASA and the U.S. Air Force.

As a winner of the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services competition (COTS),  SpaceX is in a position to help fill the gap when the Space Shuttle retires in 2010.

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Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.