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Jeff Patton , Mike Holguin Agenda

 ULA Background  ULA Human Certification Work to Date  for Commercial Crew Launch  Delta IV-H for EFT-1

4 April 2012 | 1 ULA Background

Copyright © 2012 , LLC. 4 April 2012 | 2 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. What is United Launch Alliance?

 Two world-class launch systems operating as a single provider to the U.S. Government –Atlas V, Delta II and Delta IV product lines

 50/50 joint Lockheed Martin/Boeing ownership

 Represents nearly a century of combined experience in expendable launch systems & providing assured access to space – Pooled experience of more than 1,300 launches – Legacy reaching back to the 1950s

 Strengthened ability to ensure mission success

 Our EELVs are flight proven, qualified, and highly reliable, which lowers cost and technical risk

 Provides assured access via two independent systems

 Reduced costs – Consolidated industrial base – Integrated streamlined management Mission Success Comes From an Experienced Team 4 April 2012 | 3 Family Album

58 Launches, 100% Mission Success, One Launch at a Time 4 April 2012 | 4 100% Mission Success – 58 for 58

NROL-21 - 12/14/06 - Delta II GPS IIR-21 - 8/17/09 - Delta II Most Recent Launches THEMIS - 2/17/07 - Delta II PAN - 9/8/09 - Atlas V STP-1 - 3/8/07 - Atlas V STSS Demo - 9/25/09 - Delta II COSMO-1 - 6/7/07 - Delta II WorldView-2 - 10/8/09 - Delta II Atlas V NROL-30 - 6/15/07 - Atlas V DMSP F18 - 10/18/09 – Atlas V MSL - 8/4/07 - Delta II Intelsat-14 - 11/23/09 – Atlas V 11/26/11 Worldview-1 - 9/18/07 - Delta II WGS-3 - 12/5/09 – Delta IV - 9/27/07 - Delta II WISE - 12/14/09 – Delta II WGS-1 - 10/10/07 - Atlas V SDO - 2/11/10 – Atlas V GPS IIR-17 - 10/17/07 - Delta II GOES-P - 3/4/10 – Delta IV DSP-23 - 11/10/07 - Delta IV OTV-1 - 4/22/10 – Atlas V COSMO-2 - 12/8/07 - Delta II GPS IIF SV-1 - 5/27/10 – Delta IV NROL-24 - 12/10/07 - Atlas V AEHF-1 - 8/14/10 – Atlas V GPS IIR-18 - 12/20/07 - Delta II NROL-41 - 9/20/10 – Atlas V NROL -28 - 3/13/08 - Atlas V COSMO -4 - 11/5/10 - Delta II Delta IV GPS IIR-19 - 3/15/08 - Delta II NROL-32 - 11/21/10 – Delta IV WGS-4 ICO G1 - 4/14/08 - Atlas V NROL-49 – 1/20/11 – Delta IV 1/19/12 GLAST - 6/11/08 - Delta II OTV-2 – 3/5/11 – Atlas V OSTM - 6/20/08 - Delta II NROL-27 – 3/11/11 – Delta IV GeoEye - 9/6/08 - Delta II NROL-34 – 4/14/11 – Atlas V COSMO-3 - 10/24/08 - Delta II SBIRS GEO-1 – 5/7/11 – Atlas V NROL-26 - 1/17/09 - Delta IV Aquarius/SAC-D - 6/10/11 – Delta II NOAA-N' - 2/6/09 - Delta II GPS IIF-2 - 7/16/11 - Delta IV Kepler - 3/6/09 - Delta II Juno - 8/5/11 – Atlas V GPS IIR-20 - 3/24/09 - Delta II GRAIL - 9/10/11 – Delta II Atlas V WGS-2 - 4/3/09 - Atlas V NPP - 10/28/11 – Delta II MUOS-1 STSS ATRR - 5/5/09 - Delta II MSL - 11/26/11 – Atlas V 2/24/12 LRO/LCROSS - 6/18/09 – Atlas V WGS-4 – 1/19/12 – Delta IV GOES-O - 6/27/09 – Delta IV MUOS-1 – 2/24/12 – Atlas V

National Security NASA/Civil Commercial

4 April 2012 | 5 Atlas V Launch of MUOS

 2/24/12 launch of MOUS marked several notable milestones –611th launch of an Atlas vehicle –200th Centaur –29th Atlas V launch –100 successful Atlas Centaur missions since March 1993 –58th launch for ULA

4 April 2012 | 6 ULA Human Certification Work to Date

Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. 4 April 2012 | 7 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. Atlas & Delta Capabilities to Support Human Spaceflight and Exploration

 Atlas & Delta heritage flying crew dates back to Mercury/Atlas and Gemini/Titan

 Atlas & Delta systems have evolved to provide reliable assured access for critical NASA, Air Force and NRO missions

 In 2002 NASA selected Atlas V and Delta IV to launch the crewed Orbital Space Plane based on: –Robust, flexible designs –Reliability (Calculated and demonstrated) –Evolutionary Development approach that minimized historical launch vehicle first flight risk

Existing, flight proven Atlas V & Delta IV can meet NASA Human Space Flight and Exploration Needs

4 April 2012 | 8 ULA Experience with Human Certification

 Involved with NASA and commercial human certification launch studies over the past 10 years –Orbital Space Plane, NASA Exploration Launch Studies, NASA CE&R studies, NASA ESAS studies, Bigelow, NASA COTS, FAA studies –Input to NASA Human Rating Requirements (8705.2A and 2B, 1100 Series)  Flight experience key to human certification –Detailed understanding of system behavior and environments • System margins and risks • Precise abort criteria for Emergency Detection System (EDS) –Non-crewed missions retire risk prior to first crewed mission

Human certification is the interaction between requirements and in-depth systems knowledge best gained with Flight Experience

4 April 2012 | 9 System-Level Crew Safety

Emergency Detection Reliability • Monitor Critical Systems • Demonstrated Reliability Using Independent Fault- tolerant Failure Sensing • Experienced People & System Proven Management Commercial Systems Crew • Abort Commands Spaceflight • Single Fault-tolerant • Fly Instrumentation on All Approach Systems Missions • Already Know Our Envts & • Robust Vehicle Design Intact Abort Capability In-family Characteristics for • Vehicle Characterization Developing EDS • Rigorous, Closed-loop Intact Abort Capability Test-as-you Fly • Catastrophic LV Failures Processes Minimized • Benign Abort Environments • Black Zones Eliminated

Common Sense System-Level Approach to Achieve Crew Safety

4 April 2012 | 10 Atlas V for Commercial Crew Launch

Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. 4 April 2012 | 11 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. Atlas V for Commercial Crew Launch

 The Nation trusts ULA and Atlas V to launch crucial NSS and NASA missions

 Atlas represents over 50 years of launch vehicle experience

 Atlas is the only NASA Category 3 vehicle available for Crew Launch

 Atlas V selected by three of the four CCDev contractors to provide launch services

– Significant progress towards Human Certification via the ULA Unfunded Space Act Agreement with NASA

– ULA is demonstrating that Atlas V Meets or Exceeds the Intent of NASA Human Spaceflight Certification requirements

The existing, flight proven Atlas V launch vehicle can provide safe, reliable and affordable launch services with the earliest ILC for a Crew Launch Program

4 April 2012 | 12 ULA Support of Commercial Crew Program

 CCDev1 – Significant progress on the development of the Emergency Detection System – Preliminary integration of Space Vehicle Partners  CCDev2 – Supporting NASA Funded Spacecraft Partners • Sierra Nevada Corporation • Blue Origin • Boeing – NASA Unfunded Space Act Agreement • Establishes Atlas V baseline for human certification • ULA to gain access to NASA’s expertise • NASA gains access to technical information on the Atlas V capability for human spaceflight • Atlas V Meets or Exceeds the Intent of NASA Human Spaceflight Certification requirements

4 April 2012 | 13 CCDev1 EDS Prototype Demonstration Experience

 Demonstration and prototyping effort was successful in proving existing technology can be used to perform fault detection and abort initiation  Fault Coverage Assessment level of detail and approach between ULA and NASA were in synch  NASA CATS team and Crewed SC provider participation in architecture development and FCA yielded mutual benefits – Advanced ULA’s Understanding Human Spaceflight and Crew Safety considerations – Advanced NASA’s Understanding of EELV configurations, design and processes  Integration of Multiple SC providers requirements into a single system implementation process pathfinder was initiated – CCDev1 subcontracts to several SC prime contractor candidates provided pathfinder for future efforts

Prototype Development, Demo & Fault Coverage Assessment Provided Understanding How Human Spaceflight & Crew Safety will integrate within EELV architecture and operations

4 April 2012 | 14 CCDev2 Unfunded Space Act Agreement Scope

 Launch Vehicle Common Elements 1. Human Space Flight Certification/Systems Engineering • DER, Hazard Analysis, PRA, Systems Engineering Plan 2. Emergency Detection System • EDS and DAS prototype development, Common avionics / SIL integration 3. Dual Engine Centaur • Propulsion, EMA’s integration, production/launch site integration 4. Crewed Spacecraft Structural Accommodations 5. Launch Site Accommodations • Crew Ingress/Emergency egress, HSF requirements assessment

4 April 2012 | 15 CCDev2 Unfunded SAA Milestone Status

Launch Vehicle Certification Kickoff Review - July 2011 Conduct kickoff to present program expectations and program plan.  Design Equivalency Review (DER) Summary Review - ULA will present a briefing of Atlas V systems requirements and certification process development.

ULA Documentation provided for review includes, but is not limited to: Decomposition results of system level assessment; Allocation of July- relevant requirements to Launch Vehicle; Preliminary Disposition of September 2011  relevant requirements by affected functional area Subject Matter Experts from all functional areas affected by the CTS Requirements; and ULA Launch Vehicle CTS Certification Process Description. Definition of concept and trade study parameters for key design activities required for CTS. Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Review - Review PRA for Launch Vehicle and Safety Critical Support Systems. Includes Explosion July - November 2011 Modeling, System Hazard Analysis and Report, and revised Fault  Coverage Characteristics.

4 April 2012 | 16 CCDev2 Unfunded SAA Milestone Status (concl)

Tailored System Requirements Review (SRR) – ULA shall conduct a Tailored SRR of the system requirements for Atlas V

ULA Documentation provided for review includes, but is not limited to: November - December Common Element CTS Certification Impacts Description, Draft Hazard 2011 Report; Draft System Safety Report; PRA Summary; Common Elements  Requirements Review. Results of key design trade studies required for CTS. Systems Requirements Review (SRR) Completion of common element risk mitigation ev aluation and common element level requirements reviews to establish requirements and flowdown for each common element.

Second Quarter 2012 ULA Documentation provided for review includes, but is not limited to: Final CTS Certification Requirements for Atlas Launch Vehicle; Hazard Report; System Safety Report; Atlas CTS PRA Report; CTS ULA Certification Rationale for Atlas LV; Common Elements Development Program Plan.

4 April 2012 | 17 Human Space Flight Certification/Systems Engineering

Risk Oriented Path Requirements Oriented Path

Hazard Analysis Meets-Intent Assessment PRA (DER)

Safety Report

Flight History

Certification Rationale

ULA’s Certification Plan Exercises both Risk Retirement and Requirements Implementation

4 April 2012 | 18 Design Equivalency Review (DER)

 ULA and NASA identified 118 NASA CCT-REQ-1130 requirements that were applicable to the launch vehicle  Existing ULA processes, Standards, and design met or exceeded the intent of the majority of NASA requirements  Unique Atlas HSF accommodations will address: - Ingress/Emergency Egress - Abort through all mission phases

 Assessments and additional analyses on-going for: - Structural design requirements for propulsion systems - Fracture control - Structural design and factors of safety 1 - Launch availability 1 - Crew safety 1

1 Requires integrated launch vehicle/spacecraft analyses 4 April 2012 | 19 Emergency Detection System (EDS)

 Similar to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Monitor Launch Programs, the current Atlas V and Delta IV Vehicle launch vehicles will require a system to detect imminent vehicle failures and to initiate an abort  ULA awarded $6.7M to design, develop and test a prototype Emergency Detection System (EDS) Detect Anomalous  ULA used the CCDev investment and internal funds to: Conditions –Advance EDS algorithm development and software solutions, –Determine the sensor/flight computer Safe the Launch interface, Vehicle –Address the timing challenges of collecting and processing time-critical data, and –Initiate the design of the EDS/Crew display interface. Initiate the Abort Command

4 April 2012 | 20 Dual Engine Centaur (DEC)

 Centaur DEC configuration has flown over 160 times starting with AC-1 in 1962  Atlas IIIB successfully flew both the single & dual engine Centaur III configurations – Centaur III (DEC) successfully flew on the Atlas IIIB configuration (AC-204) in Feb, 2002  Atlas V was designed to fly Centaur in single or dual engine configuration – Currently flies the Centaur III

Single Engine Centaur (SEC) Atlas IIIB Centaur (DEC) Atlas V Centaur (DEC) for  DEC provides additional, upper Commercial Crew Missions stage performance capability to improve crew safety and black zone elimination  As the Atlas V vehicle systems evolved, DEC capability was not maintained  Heritage DEC systems need to be evolved to match the SEC vehicle upgrades that have been implemented since the 1 st Atlas V flight Atlas IIIB & V Centaur (SEC)

4 April 2012 | 21 Crew Spacecraft Structural Accommodations

Option 2 – Extended ISA with Option 3 – Strengthened Suspended Centaur Centaur and ISA

Generic Generic Spacecraft Centaur Spacecraft Truss Adapter Truss and Aero Fairing

Extended Modified Centaur Inter-Stage Adapter (EISA) EISA with Aft Load CISA Modified Reactor Option 4 – Modified and 400-ISA Centaur and ISA BISA

Common Common Core Core Modified Booster Booster Centaur

New Interstage

4 April 2012 | 22 Launch Site Accommodations - Ground Crew Ingress / Egress Concept

Stair EARLY CONCEPT Emergency Egress Landing

Elevator

Railed Descent CEES Chase

Crew Support Crew Access Arm Building (CSB) (CAA) - MGSE (NOT SHOWN)

Crew Access Tower (CAT)

Autocoupler Building (ACB)

Pad Equipment Building (PEB)

4 April 2012 | 23 Launch Site Accommodations – Ground Crew Ingress / Egress Concept

CAA Range of Vertical Translation EVOLVED CONCEPT

Crew Access Arm (CAA) - MGSE Crew Access Tower (CAT)

Proposed Mobile Service Emergency Tower (MST) Egress Landing (SHOWN FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY) Stair

Tension Cable CEES

Stair

Autocoupler ACB Roof Hatch Pad Equipment Building (ACB) Building (PEB)

Elevator Crew Support Building (CSB) (NOT SHOWN)

4 April 2012 | 24 Launch Site Accommodations – Innovative MLP Crew Ingress Concept

Crew Access Plank (CAP)

Emergency MLP Mast Egress Landing

3 deg Incline

Personnel Lift (NOTIONAL ONLY – Likely Replaced With Stair or Elevator) Modified Enhanced MLP Personnel LiftMan-Lift (MPL) Autocoupler Building (ACB)

4 April 2012 | 25 Crew Emergency Egress Concepts

Railway

Slide

Embark Landing for Railed Descent

Enclosed Slide Railed Descent Concept Concept

Railed Descent Egress Shown with MLP Access to Illustrate That Ground Infrastructure for Egress Only is Similar to That for Ingress / Egress in Ground Centric Concept

Tension Cables

Individual Tension Cable (“Zip Line”) Egress Shown; Slide Wire Tension Cable / Slide Basket Concept Similar Wire Concept

4 April 2012 | 26 Delta IV-H for EFT-1

Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. 4 April 2012 | 27 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1)

 Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) Objectives – Demonstrate ability to integrate on vehicle and perform controlled re-entry  Present focus is only for first test flight – Unmanned configuration – Inert Orion service module – Launch Abort System (LAS) jettison motors only, no abort motors  ULA is authorized for EFT-1 hardware, launch service and mission unique

4 April 2012 | 28 4 April 2012 | 29 Basic LV Configuration

Launch Abort System  Vehicle Configuration: Delta IV Heavy Orion Crew – RS-68 Booster Engines Module (CM) Orion Service – Staggered Engine Start Module (SM) – Metallic LOX Skirt SM Fairings – GPS Metric Tracking MPCV Stage Adapter (MSA)

 Space Vehicle Delta Cryo Second – MPCV Stage Adapter Stage (DCSS) LH 2 Tank LO 2 Tank

– Service Module with Fairings RL-10B-2 Engine – Crew Module CBC Strap-on Interstage – Launch Abort System

LO 2 Tank

CBC core Centerbody CBC Strap-on

LH 2 Tank

RS-68 Engines

4 April 2012 | 30 EFTEFT--11 Mission Overview

CM Translation Burn Recovery Launch LV/Upper Stage Delta 4 Sep st SLC-37B Upper Stage 1 SM Fairing Engine Start Sep CM/Upper Stage Upper Stage LAS Jettison Separation Disposal Burn LAS Recovery Upper Stage 1 st Upper Stage Engine Cut-Off 2nd Engine Start

Upper Stage 2 nd Engine Cut-Off

OFT-1 Overview

• 2 Revolutions Boost Stage 1 • Low Inclination Upper Stage Burn • High Apogee Coast • High Energy Entry CM Translation Burn 4 April 2012 | 31 3/27/2012 4 April 2012 | 32 Summary

 ULA strongly supports both Congress’ and NASA’s efforts to develop a commercial capability to deliver crew to and from the ISS – The Nation needs this vital capability to transport our astronauts to ISS – The U.S. private sector has the expertise to provide commercial crew transportation safely and provide the best value to the taxpayer – Offers an opportunity to stimulate and promote commercial human spaceflight

 ULA is dedicated to ensure the success of the EFT-1 mission – Enable the acquisition of critical MPCV re-entry flight performance data – Demonstrate early integration capabilities that benefit the Orion, SLS, and 21st Century Ground Systems programs

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