SpaceFlight Services (Andrews) + SpaceX

[docmordrid]

Looks like they'll also offer F9/Dragon flights ~Q4 2012. 

Link....

Press Release

Andrews Space Forms Secondary Payload Service Company -- Signs Agreement With SpaceX to Offer Near Term Flight Opportunities

SEATTLE, April 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Andrews Space today formally announced the formation of SpaceFlight Services (SpaceFlight), a service company focused on providing routine low cost space access for small payloads through the use of standard flight interfaces and a streamlined integration process.

SpaceFlight is a commercial provider of small payload flight services for fixed and deployable cargo and spacecraft. SpaceFlight's process allows payloads to be rapidly manifested, certified, integrated and flown to space by simplifying launch integration planning and providing a single customer interface.

SpaceFlight provides standard interface options for a range of small spacecraft, including the CalPoly P‐ POD canister for CubeSat‐class spacecraft as well as dispensers to launch 6U, 12U and 24U nanospacecraft. In addition, SpaceFlight provides low‐shock payload adapter‐mounts for deployed MicroSats and ESPA‐class payloads.
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More information about SpaceFlight Services and specific flight opportunities can be found on the company's website: http://www.spaceflightservices.com.

About SpaceFlight Services:

SpaceFlight Services was established in 2009 by Jason Andrews, President and CEO of Andrews Space, to revolutionize secondary payload flight services for fixed and deployable cargo and transport. More information about SpaceFlight Services and specific flight opportunities can be found on the company's website: http://www.spaceflightservices.com.

The Andrews Space, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=1539

CONTACT:  Andrews Space, Inc.
  John Savage
  [email protected]

[MP99]

Hmm, something weird here.

They're offering space on a Falcon 9 / Dragon flight in "Q4 2012". This is SpaceX's published manifest:-

2011 F9/Dragon - NASA Resupply to ISS – Flt 2 (Cape Canaveral)
2012 F9/Dragon - DragonLab Mission 1 (Cape Canaveral)
2012 F9/Dragon - NASA Resupply to ISS – Flt 3 (Cape Canaveral)
2012 F9/Dragon - NASA Resupply to ISS – Flt 4 (Cape Canaveral)
2012 Falcon 9 - CONAE (Argentina) (Vandenberg**)
2012 Falcon 9 - Spacecom (Israel) (Cape Canaveral**)
2013 F9/Dragon - DragonLab Mission 2 (Cape Canaveral)

**Or Kwajalein, depending on range availability

Presuming that DragonLab Mission 2 isnt going to come forward into 2012, it looks like SpaceX is already assuming their manifest will be running nearly a year late by the time of DragonLab Mission 1.

cheers, Martin