E'Prime Aerospace: Services

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E'Prime Cold Gas vs Competitor Hot Pad

E' Prime offers superior payload placement solutions to clients in both US and International Launch Communities.
E' Prime's Strategic Launch Service Solutions incorporate:

Proven Technology
Cutting-Edge Materials & Resources
Innovative Ideas
Knowledge & Experience

Integrating our team's collective Knowledge and Experience, Cutting-Edge Technology and Materials, and Innovative Ideas, we are poised to offer our clients the most reliable, cost-effective solutions for their space access needs.

Utilizing our modular system, launch vehicles are configured to match the payload, allowing our clients to concentrate fully on what is important to their mission - developing the practical technology of their payload. Launching with E' Prime, our clients are not restricted to specific payload weight as they are with other launch services.

Below is a comprehensive list of services and benefits we offer our clients.

Complete launch services
Most advanced launch vehicle in existence
Superior modular technology for precise payload match
Rapid deployment
Reliable launch
The most accurate placement of payload
Low cost
Versatile launch scenarios

EPAC is marketing a range of launch vehicles with payload capabilities from small communications satellites up to large multipurpose satellites of 20,000 pounds into a geosynchronous earth orbit. Light to medium lift single core vehicles will be launched from a launch tube which propels the rocket some 200 feet into the air before the first stage is ignited. This "cold launch" method increases the payload capability by approximately 10% and prevents costly refurbishment to the launch facility. Flight hardware for the Eagle Series launch vehicles will be produced by many of the same companies that were responsible for the manufacture and supply of materials for the Peacekeeper. By utilizing the experience of these suppliers, the track record of reliability experienced during the Peacekeeper missile system program will be carried forward into a commercial application.

Unlike its competitors, E’Prime employs what is known as a Cold Gas Launch System, one of the most efficient, low cost, and accurate methods available today. Using a gas charge, the launch vehicle is steam propelled 200 feet into the air prior to ignition. This system holds many advantages over conventional Hot Pad Systems including cost-savings, accuracy, and operational efficiency. Additionally, E’Prime offers its customers complete launch service packages.

	E’PRIME: COLD GAS LAUNCH SYSTEMS	COMPETITORS: HOT PAD LAUNCH SYSTEMS
COST-SAVINGS	25 employees	200 employees
	E’Prime’s only activity is satellite payload launch services enabling limited overhead and operational costs.	Large conglomerate corporations with massive overhead absorbed by the launch service operations.
	Requires limited launch pad and facility fees; significantly reduced launch costs compared to competitors range	Requires elaborate launch pads; physical facilities including gantry, plumbing, cryogenic fuel storage tanks/ transfer equipment, burn ponds, and assembly equipment; higher launch costs as a result of excess operational overhead
	Lower insurance costs compared to competitors as solid rocket fuel is stable and low-risk	Liquid fuel is volatile and poses higher risk of explosion thus the probability for disaster is great causing increased insurance costs
	E’Prime’s unique launch vehicle motors are simple machines (no moving parts except for steering nozzles) and are produced at lower costs and having significantly less weight	Complicated launch vehicle motors with extensive plumbing, massive pumps, complex valves, and heavy tanks adding significant construction costs and increasing vehicle weight
	E’Prime’s family of Eagle S Vehicles provide precise matching of the payload allowing a low-cost option in the selection of the vehicle	Payloads are required to meet specifications of the launch vehicle ultimately increasing customer cost.
ACCURACY	Solid rocket fuel provides greater thrust per pound. Solid rocket fuel propels the launch vehicle and is loaded into the rocket at the manufacturer's plant	Liquid rocket fuel, an unstable oxidizer requiring extremely low temperatures, is loaded into the vehicle immediately before launch
	Solid rocket fuel creates constant combustion	Liquid rocket fuel creates unstable combustion requiring heavy monitoring and compensations during flight.
	Solid rocket fuel prevents weight shifting during flight	Liquid rocket fuel moves in the holding tanks creating weight shifts effecting operation of the vehicle and the payload
	To increase thrust for heavy payloads, additional solid fuel rockets are attached to the launch vehicle	To increase thrust for heavy payloads, solid rockets are strapped to the launch vehicle
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY	Payload is positioned at final destination within 48 hours and is fully operational. With sufficient fuel on board, E’Prime’s proprietary Post Boost Vehicle places the payload at its prescribed location quickly and accurately	Payload is positioned at its final destination several weeks after launch adding operational delay. Because of excess weight and limited fuel supply capability the satellite is allowed to drift to its final position
	Final assembly of launch vehicle components and the satellite is done in horizontal position allowing continuous and simultaneous technical access to all areas of the vehicle including quick disassembly and efficient problem management	Final assembly of launch vehicle components and the satellite are done in the vertical position requiring elaborate gantries, work platforms, and equipment; thus, increasing operational costs including significant problem management costs.
	The launch pad requires little or no refurbishment post-launch	The launch pad requires extensive post-launch refurbishment to repair physical facilities damage
	The launch pad can handle +20 launches per year	The launch pad can handle 4-5 launches per year
	Launch pad preparation time is approximately five days with a three hour (or less) final countdown launch.	Launch pad preparation time is approximately 90 days.