NASA Modifies Launch Service Contract To Add Delta II Rocket

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Sep. 30, 2011

Michael Curie 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
michael.curie@xxxxxxxx 

George H. Diller 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468 
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CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-044

NASA MODIFIES LAUNCH SERVICE CONTRACT TO ADD DELTA II ROCKET

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA announced the modification of its NASA 
Launch Services (NLS) II contract with United Launch Services of 
Littleton, Colo., to add the Delta II rocket launch service in 
accordance with the contract's on-ramp provision. The modification 
will enable United Launch Services to offer as many as five Delta II 
rockets. 

The NLS II contracts are multiple award, indefinite-delivery, 
indefinite-quantity contracts with ordering periods through June 
2020. The NLS II on-ramp provision provides an opportunity annually 
for new launch service providers to compete for future missions and 
allows existing launch service providers to introduce launch vehicles 
not currently on their NLS II contracts. 

The NLS II contracts provide for a minimum capability of delivering 
agency payloads weighing approximately 550 pounds or more to a 
minimum 124-mile-high circular orbit with a launch inclination of 
28.5 degrees. The launch service providers also may offer a range of 
vehicles to NASA to meet higher payload mass and orbit requirements. 

The NLS II contracts support the goals and objectives of the agency's 
Human Exploration and Operations and Science Mission Directorates. 
Under the contract, NASA also can provide launch services to other 
government agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 

The Launch Services Program Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 
Florida is responsible for program management. For more information 
about NASA and agency programs, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov   

	
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