XXXX Delta II Launch Vehicle Medium-weight spacelift provides access to space to deliver essential Global Positioning System capabilities. Boeing, Rocketdyne, Aerojet, Alliant. Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Medium- to heavyweight spacelift to meet lift requirements for DoD, national, and civil users. Vehicles will replace current Delta, Atlas, and Titan space launch vehicles during Fiscal 2002-20. Competition for life of program.
Payload interface standard by class for all.
Reliability rate of 98 percent. Could be launched from expendable booster, reusable booster, or space shuttle. Loiter on orbit for up to six months, then return to US for refit and redeployment. Deployment, repositioning, and on orbit service and recovery of satellites. Support of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance missions by maneuvering ISR payloads and reconfiguring constellations for optimal coverage.