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Commercial and US Government Launch Vehicles => ULA - Delta, Atlas, Vulcan => Topic started by: russianhalo117 on 07/30/2011 06:05 pm

Title: ULA Further Consolidates Atlas and Delta Operations by Merging LV Transportation
Post by: russianhalo117 on 07/30/2011 06:05 pm

ULA starts transporting Atlas and Delta components aboard Delta Mariner. See attached PDF for article or visit http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/76/ (http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/76/).

Title: Re: ULA Further Consolidates Atlas and Delta Operations by Merging LV Transportation
Post by: edkyle99 on 07/30/2011 10:19 pm

Quote from: russianhalo117 on 07/30/2011 06:05 pm

ULA starts transporting Atlas and Delta components aboard Delta Mariner. See attached PDF for article or visit http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/76/ (http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/76/).

The photo showing the Delta CBC side by side with the Atlas CCB (first time I've seen such an image) is very informative.  It answers the question posed by those wondering why one costs more than the other.

 - Ed Kyle

Title: Re: ULA Further Consolidates Atlas and Delta Operations by Merging LV Transportation
Post by: sdsds on 07/30/2011 10:39 pm

3 * 5.1 m = 15.3 m
4 * 3.81 m = 15.24 m

So conceivably the Delta Mariner could carry four CCBs in a single trip!  Just the right number for an AJAX launch!