verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message canadian arrow type corporation industry aerospace founded 1999 headquarters corunna ontario canada area served north america products rocket spacecraft services tourism website www.canadianarrow.com the canadian arrow was a privately funded rocket and space travel project founded by london ontario canada entrepreneurs geoff sheerin dan mckibbon and chris corke . the project s objective was to take the first civilians into space on a vertical sub orbital spaceflight reaching an altitude of 112 km . canadian arrow was considered one of the top three candidates for the x prize competition citation needed along with scaled composites burt rutan and armadillo aerospace john carmack . scaled composites won the competition on october 4 2004 . the canadian arrow team s motto is making space for you . they have completed the first series of tests on their 57 000 lbf 254 kn thrust engine and have built a space training centre and a full scale mock up of their rocket . after an open nomination process they also recruited a team of six astronauts from around the world including several seasoned military pilots and a nasa trained astronaut from ukraine . astronaut candidates the group arrow six includes david ballinger ted gow terry wong jason dyer larry clark and yaroslav yarko pustovyi the only member of the team with actual space training . 1 in november 2010 geoff sheerin the president of canadian arrow stated the company is unlikely to fly a canadian arrow rocket as a space tourism vehicle . 2 contents 1 design 1.1 first stage 1.2 second stage 1.3 crew cabin escape system 1.4 rocket engine 1.5 flight profile 1.6 testing 2 funding commercial aspects and the future 3 picture gallery 4 see also 5 references and notes 6 external links design edit a rendering of a canadian arrow vehicle in flight . the canadian arrow is a 16.5 m tall two stage rocket where the second stage is a three person space capsule . the canadian arrow team s somewhat conservative approach has been to base the design of their rocket engine and aerodynamics on the well proven v 2 design from wwii . first stage edit the rocket s first stage is 10.2 m long and 1.7 m in diameter . it is propelled by a single liquid fuel rocket engine . it produces a thrust of 254 kn . graphite jet vanes are used for stabilisation before the rocket has reached a velocity high enough for the four fins to be effective . about one minute after ignition the fuel is depleted and the engine shuts off . citation needed second stage edit the rocket s second stage is 6 m long and 1.7 m in diameter at the base . it carries three astronauts and is propelled by four jato type solid rocket engines . these are ignited immediately after stage separation and will carry the capsule to an altitude of 112 km . cold gas jets were planned to be used for attitude control . citation needed crew cabin escape system edit the design proposed four solid rocket engines in the second stage that could be fired at any time even when the rocket stands on its launch pad . this constitutes an escape system which can in a case of an emergency quickly separate the second stage from the rocket and propel it to an altitude of 1.5 km where its parachutes can be deployed . citation needed rocket engine edit the rocket engine was to use alcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants and produces a maximum thrust of 254 kn and burns for 55 s. it is constructed of low carbon steel with propellant injectors made out of brass . citation needed flight profile edit the canadian arrow rocket will launch vertically from the ground . initial thrust is 75.5 kn but the rocket quickly reaches maximum thrust . after 55 s the propellant is depleted and stage separation occurs . the solid fuel rockets in the second stage are ignited and boosts it up to an altitude of 112 km where the crew and passengers will experience a few minutes of zero g or weightlessness . after stage separation the first stage reaches an apogee of over 80 km before descent begins . four parachutes slow the canadian arrow s first stage down before splashdown occurs at a speed of 9 m s after which recovery of the spacecraft can take place . during descent the crew cabin the second stage was planned to use a ballute to reduce its speed . when its velocity becomes subsonic the second stage s ballute was to be released and pull out the three parachutes before splashdown . citation needed testing edit summer 2002 single burner cup engine test . citation needed october 5 2002 the rocket test stand complete . citation needed november 7 2003 first engine tests conducted . citation needed august 14 2004 canadian arrow carries out a successful drop test of the crew cabin to test the parachutes and recovery routines . citation needed funding commercial aspects and the future edit canadian arrow started as a team competing in the international x prize competition with the ultimate goal of continuing past the x prize into the commercial sector providing private access to space . funding during the x prize was provided by sponsorship and private investment . in early 2003 the company would receive a major infusion of financial support by canadian arrow partner and director of spacecraft development lou van amelsvoort . as a result during the next two years the company would also proceed to open the world s first private astronaut training facility continue vehicle development and test propulsion and recovery systems . citation needed canadian arrow founders from left to right dan mckibbon chris corke geoff sheerin . geoff sheerin president and ceo of canadian arrow and dr. chirinjeev kathuria announced on may 17 2005 the creation of planetspace corporation . it is through this enterprise that canadian arrow will complete the construction of their space craft and within 24 months offer suborbital space flight to aspiring space tourists . planetspace expects to fly about 2 000 new astronauts within five years of operation . the price is expected to be 250 000 for each flight including fourteen days of training . cape breton island in nova scotia is being considered as a launch site and a contract has been signed with the government of nova scotia to provide 120 acres 0.49 km2 of land for the project . 3 a requirement of the x prize for each participating company was to propose other possible markets for their spacecraft . canadian arrow coined the term spacediving while investigating the possible use of canadian arrow spacecraft for a high altitude version of skydiving . on november 11 2005 canadian arrow teamed up with former x prize competitor romanian aerospace company arcaspace to develop privately built spacecraft . 4 on december 15 2005 planetspace corporation unveiled plans for an orbital commercial vehicle capable of carrying eight passengers . this vehicle to be called the silver dart is based on the u.s. air force s flight dynamics laboratory 7 lifting body program from the 1970s . planetspace corporation defunct as of 6 february 2013 5 6 on june 21 2013 blackburn news reported that the full scale engineering mock up of the canadian arrow rocket was purchased by sarnia ontario s preferred towing . having spent several years at chris hatfield airport in sarnia ontario preferred towing expressed interest in hopes of restoring the rocket for display in sarnia . this plan has since been scrapped and the mock up no longer exists . 7 picture gallery edit canadian arrow astronauts . helicopter beginning canadian arrow s crew cabin drop test on the toronto islands august 14 2004 . canadian arrow s crew cabin drop test parachute landing august 14 2004 . former canadian arrow engineering department members . canadian arrow concept rendering of a water lift off . see also edit list of private spaceflight companies a compiled list of private spaceflight companies terry wong pilot mcdonnell douglas dc x masten space systems armadillo aerospace interorbital systems quad rocket zarya kankoh maru lunar lander challenge reusable vehicle testing program by jaxa project morpheus nasa program to continue developing alhat and quad landers corona project bp 190 proposed manned sub orbital spaceflight spacex reusable launch system development program references and notes edit wikimedia commons has media related to canadian arrow . 1 cbc news canadian space flight dreams live on macdonald randy ; canadian press 2006 08 16 . cape breton eyed for space launch site . ctv national . ctvnews . archived from the original on 2012 06 20 . retrieved 2007 07 10 . malik tariq november 11 2005 . former x prize rivals announce partnership . mission launches . space.com . retrieved 2007 07 10 . malik tariq december 15 2005 . space tourism firm unveils orbital spacecraft concept . spaceflight . space.com . retrieved 2007 07 10 . corporations canada 2014 09 14 . federal corporation information 6363253 . industry canada . ottawa government of canada . archived from the original on 2014 09 30 . retrieved 2014 09 30 . irwin melanie june 21 2013 . canadian arrow on display . blackburnnews.com . blackburnnews.com . retrieved 2014 09 30 . v t e space tourism companies armadillo aerospace bigelow aerospace blue origin airbus d & s golden spike company mojave aerospace ventures orbital sciences corporation citation needed rocketship tours sierra nevada corporation space adventures the spaceship company spacex virgin galactic xcor aerospace organizations arca association of autonomous astronauts astronaute club europ en commercial spaceflight federation copenhagen suborbitals space frontier foundation space tourism society spacecraft interplanetary transport system cst 100 spaceshiptwo soyuz dragon new shepard new glenn living in space commercialization of space space colonization space habitat space station suborbital spaceplane space competitions america s space prize ansari x prize google lunar x prize space elevator competitions space tourists dennis tito mark shuttleworth gregory olsen anousheh ansari charles simonyi richard garriott guy lalibert tourism on the moon external links edit planetspace corporation canadian arrow space centre bus tours canadian arrow at astronautix.com v t e ansari x prize x prize foundation competitors armadillo aerospace arca space corporation bristol spaceplanes canadian arrow da vinci project interorbital systems mojave aerospace ventures space transport corporation winner mojave aerospace ventures scaled composites burt rutan vulcan inc. paul allen tier one spaceshipone x flight 1 x flight 2 white knight one brian binnie mike melvill peter siebold people amir ansari anousheh ansari peter diamandis related virgin galactic the spaceship company tier 1b white knight two spaceshiptwo x prize cup xcor ez rocket rocket racing 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