EELV

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EELV is a U.S. Air Force program that developed a family of cost-effective, reliable expendable rockets—primarily Atlas V and Delta IV—for launching military and government payloads into space.

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EELV canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf space launch program ⓘ
space launch program ⓘ
abbreviationOf Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ⓘ
contractor Boeing ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
customer National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA

National Reconnaissance Office ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
designFeature expendable launch stages ⓘ
modular launch vehicle configurations ⓘ
use of common components ⓘ
developedFamily Atlas V ⓘ
Delta IV ⓘ
Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
fullName Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ⓘ
fundingAgency United States Air Force ⓘ
goal maintain at least two independent launch systems ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas V ⓘ
Delta IV ⓘ
Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
managingAgency Air Force Space Command ⓘ
missionType orbital launch ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
payloadType military communications satellites ⓘ
missile warning satellites ⓘ
navigation satellites ⓘ
reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
policyContext assured access to space for national security payloads ⓘ
predecessor Atlas II ⓘ
Delta II ⓘ
linked to: Delta rocket

Titan IV ⓘ
purpose improve launch reliability ⓘ
launch government payloads to space ⓘ
launch military payloads to space ⓘ
reduce launch costs ⓘ
rocketFamilyMember Atlas V 401 ⓘ
Atlas V 551 ⓘ
Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
Delta IV Medium ⓘ
linked to: Delta IV
startDate 1990s ⓘ
status restructured and renamed as National Security Space Launch ⓘ
successor National Security Space Launch ⓘ
technologyBase liquid-fueled launch vehicles ⓘ

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