United Launch Alliance Overview 2016 ITEA Symposium Les Kovacs Director, Executive Branch Affairs October 5, 2016 Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. United Launch Alliance Overview Delta Family Atlas V Family EELV Provides Assured Access for National Security Space Missions Two World Class Launch Systems – Atlas V, Delta IV More Than a Century of Combined Experience in Expendable Launch Systems – Pooled Experience of > 1300 Launches – Legacy Reaching Back to the 1950s Commercial Sales Through Lockheed Commercial Launch Services or 401 431 551 Medium Medium Heavy Boeing Launch Services 4,2 5,4 GTO LEO GTO LEO 4,750 kg – 8,900 kg 8,080 kg – 15,760 kg 4,210 kg – 13,810 kg 7,690 kg – 23,560 kg 10,470 lb – 19,620 lb 17,820 lb – 34,750 lb 9,280 lb – 30,440 lb 16,960 lb – 51,950 lb One Team, One Infrastructure , 100% Mission Success 11 October 2016 | 1 A Sampling of Notable Launches… MSL New Horizons EFT-1 JUNO WGS OTV GPS 11 October 2016 | 2 30 Year Product Road Map Delta-M RD180 Delta-Hvy 2045 Retired Retired Retired BE4 Replaces the RD180 11 OctoberLater 2016 | 3 Upgrade to ACES Retires Delta-Heavy for ¼ the Lift Cost 500 Series Configuration Expanded Existing Centaur Second Stage New Composite New (Common) 5.4m Interstage Diameter Booster New Solid Rocket Boosters Existing 5.4m New Existing PLF BE-4 Avionics Engines & Software New 5.4m Lower PLF Adapter New Composite Heat Shield 1111 October October 2016 2016| 4 | 4 Atlas - Vulcan Evolution 38 34 30 26 5m PLF Single 22 Common Avionics Engine Upgrade Centaur Centaur ACES 18 3.8m Str/ LO2 3.8m 5.4m Tank Booster Booster 14 Stretch GTO Capability (K lb)(K Capability GTO 10 SRBs BE4/AR1 RD-180 SRB Engine 6 Engine BE4/AR1 Reuse 2 Atlas I Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas V Vulcan Vulcan Vulcan Atlas II IIAS IIIA IIIB (0-5 SRBs) (0-6 SRBs) (0-6 SRBs) (0-6 SRBs) Atlas IIA (SEC) First 1990 1993 2000 2002 2002 2019 2023 2024 Flight Continuing Atlas Evolution with CCB & Engine Refresh 11 October 2016 | 5 Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) Large 150 klb capacity, in same length Best of Atlas and Delta –Centaur type construction –Anticipate >0.92 Mass Fraction –Aft avionics similar to Delta Designed specifically for Vulcan Booster Competitive engine downselect –RL10, XCOR, BE-3 derivative options publicly acknowledged New capabilities with Integrated Vehicle Fluids –Long Duration 11 October 2016 | 6 Technology Development Integrated Vehicle Fluids An APU which burns boil-off H2 and O2 Generates electricity (replacing main batteries) Provides autogenous pressurization (replacing He bottles) Supplies H2/02 ACS Thrusters (eliminating Hydrazine and hydrazine Operations) 11 October 2016 | 7 Launch Vehicle Recovery & Reuse Value and cost of recovery –Booster engine most valuable –Inertial velocity • Booster 3-6 km/sec • Upper stage at LEO 7-8 km/sec • GTO at perigee 10 km/sec –Substantial cost for RTLS 11 October 2016 | 8.