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Because United Launch Alliance received the highest score in the Phase 2 selection, ULA will receive 60% of the estimated 34 Phase 2 missions to be flown over a five- to six-year period.
Blue Origin delivered the first BE-4 test engine to ULA’s factory in Decatur, Alabama.
Phase 2 contracts will be awarded annually, so the 60/40 mission split between ULA and SpaceX will not be exact each year.
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Capabilities (ELC) funding was awarded yearly to ULA for infrastructure and engineering support and was discontinued in 2019.
The October 2018 Launch Service Agreement awards provided Blue Origin $500 million, Northrop Grumman $792 million, and ULA $967,000,000 to be spread out through 2024.
United Launch Alliance was awarded a $337,000,000 Phase 2 contract to launch two missions, USSF-51 and USSF-106, scheduled for the second and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2022, respectively.
The Air Force awarded ULA 60% of the Phase 2 missions to be flown over five years and awarded SpaceX the remaining 40% of Phase 2 missions.
United Launch Alliance received a $337,000,000 contract for two Phase 2 missions planned for fiscal 2022.
SpaceX filed a federal lawsuit in 2014 challenging the Air Force’s block buy contract to United Launch Alliance for Atlas 5 and Delta 4 launches.
In Phase 2 United Launch Alliance will receive 60 percent of the missions and SpaceX will receive 40 percent.
The Department of the Air Force selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX to launch national security satellites for U.S. military and intelligence agencies for five years starting in 2022.
SES ordered launches from SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support its C-band satellite deployments.
The U.S. Air Force announced on 2020-08-07 that SpaceX and United Launch Alliance would split the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contracts for launches between 2022 and 2027.
United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan Centaur, a two-stage heavy-lift launch vehicle with a main stage powered by Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine.
Between 2022 and 2027 United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will collectively fly as many as 34 missions for the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office under firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contracts.
Since 2018, launches from Vandenberg’s north and south ranges have included 2 United Launch Alliance Delta IV launches.
SES selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to each launch two geostationary satellites to replace C-band capacity in the United States being repurposed for 0.005 kg cellular networks.
United Launch Alliance will launch two satellites built by Boeing on a single Atlas V in 2022 for SES.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 a.m. Eastern.
Blue Origin is competing with SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman for two long-term launch contracts the U.S. Defense Department is expected to award 2020.