NASA Selects Launch Services for ICESat-2 Mission

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Feb. 22, 2013

George Diller 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov

Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
josh.byerly@nasa.gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-011

NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES FOR ICESAT-2 MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's 
Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected United Launch Services 
LLC of Englewood, Colo., to provide Delta II launch services for the 
Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission, 
currently scheduled for July 2016.

A firm fixed-price launch service task order has been awarded under 
the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity NASA Launch Services 
(NLS) II contract. NASA's total cost to launch ICESat-2 is $96.6 
million, including payload processing, integrated services, 
telemetry, reimbursables and other launch support requirements.

The Delta II rocket will place the ICESat-2 spacecraft into a 
near-circular Earth polar orbit following liftoff from Space Launch 
Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ICESat-2 is a 
continuation of the global time series of precision ice topography 
measurements initiated by the first ICESat mission. ICESat-2 will 
measure changes in the elevation of the polar ice sheets to 
understand their contribution to current and future sea-level rise. 
It also will characterize polar-sea ice thicknesses and global 
vegetation heights to understand their connections to the Earth 
system.

Subcontractors performing work for United Launch Services include 
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif., Alliant 
Techsystems Inc. of Magna, Utah, and Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif. 
United Launch Services' United Launch Alliance provides the Delta II 
and launch services.

NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center is responsible 
for management of the ICESat-2 launch service acquisition and 
implementation.

For more information about the ICESat-2 mission, visit:

http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/icesat2/

For more information about NASA's Launch Services Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/

For more information about NASA programs and missions, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov  

	
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