FICTIONAL PLANNING ARTIFACT. "Apogee Launch Co." is an invented company. Nothing here builds, tests, or flies a rocket. "To space" means a suborbital flight crossing the Kármán line (100 km); orbital flight is out of scope. All figures are planned targets, not measured results.
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Apogee Launch Co. — 24-Month Plan to Space

Overview

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Apogee Launch Co. — 24-Month Earth-to-Space Program Plan

Planning artifact (fictional). "Apogee Launch Co." is an invented company.
Nothing here builds, tests, or flies a rocket. This deliverable is a complete,
day-by-day plan for a 5-person, $200M, 24-month program whose goal is a
first suborbital flight across the Kármán line (100 km).

What this is

A founding-to-flight program plan answering the request: *"build a rocket ship company from scratch — 5 employees, $200M, 24 months, first rocket from Earth to space; plan every single day."* It ships as:

  • An interactive website (public/index.html) — open it in any browser. It

contains the phase roadmap, a budget burn chart, the crew, milestones, a risk register, and a day-by-day planner covering all 730 days.

  • A canonical plan model (src/plan.mjs) — the single source of truth.
  • A verification suite (verify.mjs) — proves the plan is consistent,

complete, and deterministic.

  • A proof package (proof/) — IRS_AUDITOR evidence, limitations, and the

Proof Layer's authoritative decision.

Scope decision (disclosed)

"To space" = crossing the Kármán line (100 km) on a suborbital trajectory. Orbital flight is out of scope at this budget/headcount. The 24-month schedule is disclosed as the program's top risk, not a guarantee.

Quick start

node build-site.mjs     # regenerate public/index.html
node verify.mjs         # run the MUST_PASS checks

Then open public/index.html in a browser.

The plan at a glance

  • 10 phases, Day 1–730: Foundation → Requirements (SRR) → PDR → CDR →

Component fab → Hot-fire campaign → Integration & stage qual → Launch prep & FAA → Launch & flight → Post-flight.

  • 5 crew (E1–E5): systems/CEO, propulsion, structures+avionics+GNC,

manufacturing+test, operations+regulatory.

  • 17 milestones from kickoff (Day 1) to flight (Day 710) to program review

(Day 730).

  • $200M allocated across propulsion, tooling, structures, test facilities,

avionics, launch/FAA, salaries, and a ~$40M reserve; planned peak spend ~$188M.

Honest status

Verification asserts the plan is internally consistent, complete, and deterministic. It does not assert that a rocket exists or that the schedule is achievable in reality. See proof/LIMITATIONS.md. The authoritative certification state, Evidence Grade, and Trust Score are assigned by the Proof Layer (tools/forge-proof.mjs), not by hand.