September 23 - JPSS-1 (NOAA-20), MiRaTA, Buccaneer RMM, EagleSat, CP 7, Fox 1B (RadFxSat), MakerSat 0 - Delta II 7920-10C - Vandenberg SLC-2W
The nine missions previously set up for head-to-head competitions included six GPS 3 satellites, the SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite, the AFSPC 9 mission, and a multi-payload launch called STP-3 for the Air Force’s Space Test Program.Leon said six classified missions for the National Reconnaissance Office...have been added to the list....The Air Force expects to award the STP-3 launch contract in June ... then release two more requests for bids by the end of the year.According to Leon, the two new solicitations will bundle the remaining 12 missions, likely seven for the first batch and five in the second set. ...The Air Force plans to assign the last three sole-source missions to ULA by the end of this year, fulfilling the final segment of an $11 billion order of 36 Delta and Atlas rocket cores from 2014, Leon said...the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite...NROL-82 and NROL-101.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas VDate: March 24, 2017Launch Window Opens: 8:50 p.m. ET
Then, a Falcon 9 will launch a classified mission for the National ReconnaissanceOffice, NROL-76, on April 16, sometime between 7 and 9am EDT.
ISS capcom Andrea Boyd reports on the Australia and Space Facebook that launch is NET 8 April."We were told NET 8th and if so capture/berthing NET 13th and therefore next EVA has been cancelled as it will be after exp49/50 crew depart"
United Launch Services LLC, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $146,520,357 modification (P00162) to previously awarded contract FA8811-13-C-0003 for launch vehicle production services (LVPS). Contractor will provide LVPS in support of the launch vehicle configuration of an Atlas V 551, 5M Payload Fairing 9ft Plug and transportation. This modification adds a pre‐priced contract line item for the Atlas V 551 LV configuration. Work will be performed at Centennial, Colorado; Decatur, Alabama; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 12, 2020. Fiscal 2016 missile procurement funds in the amount of $146,520,357 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.
Based on the long range schedule, NROL-82 looks like a good candidate for the Delta IV-H. I can't find any candidate for the Atlas 551. United Launch Services LLC, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $270,414,224 modification (P00161) to previously awarded contract FA8811-13-C-0003 for launch vehicle production services (LVPS). Contractor will provide LVPS in support of the launch vehicle configuration of a Delta IV Heavy and transportation. This modification adds a pre‐priced contract line item for the Delta IV Heavy LV configuration. Work will be performed at Centennial, Colorado; Decatur, Alabama; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 29, 2020. Fiscal 2017 missile procurement funds in the amount of $54,619,351 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.United Launch Services LLC, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $146,520,357 modification (P00162) to previously awarded contract FA8811-13-C-0003 for launch vehicle production services (LVPS). Contractor will provide LVPS in support of the launch vehicle configuration of an Atlas V 551, 5M Payload Fairing 9ft Plug and transportation. This modification adds a pre‐priced contract line item for the Atlas V 551 LV configuration. Work will be performed at Centennial, Colorado; Decatur, Alabama; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 12, 2020. Fiscal 2016 missile procurement funds in the amount of $146,520,357 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.
Quote from: Targeteer on 04/01/2017 05:17 pmBased on the long range schedule, NROL-82 looks like a good candidate for the Delta IV-H. I can't find any candidate for the Atlas 551. United Launch Services LLC, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $270,414,224 modification (P00161) to previously awarded contract FA8811-13-C-0003 for launch vehicle production services (LVPS). Contractor will provide LVPS in support of the launch vehicle configuration of a Delta IV Heavy and transportation. This modification adds a pre‐priced contract line item for the Delta IV Heavy LV configuration. Work will be performed at Centennial, Colorado; Decatur, Alabama; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 29, 2020. Fiscal 2017 missile procurement funds in the amount of $54,619,351 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.United Launch Services LLC, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $146,520,357 modification (P00162) to previously awarded contract FA8811-13-C-0003 for launch vehicle production services (LVPS). Contractor will provide LVPS in support of the launch vehicle configuration of an Atlas V 551, 5M Payload Fairing 9ft Plug and transportation. This modification adds a pre‐priced contract line item for the Atlas V 551 LV configuration. Work will be performed at Centennial, Colorado; Decatur, Alabama; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 12, 2020. Fiscal 2016 missile procurement funds in the amount of $146,520,357 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.According to SFN the Atlas V 551 is actually from the Cape, and is for NROL-101: https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/04/02/united-launch-alliance-wins-three-u-s-government-satellite-launches/
Air Force Public affairs strikes, and fails, again. The "9 foot plug" is intriguing. Is that an additional extension of the existing longest fairing or referring to an existing model?