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SpaceX Receives Block Buy Chronology From ULA, With Unofficial Timeline

Pat Host

Monday, May 12th, 2014

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SpaceX Receives Block Buy Chronology From ULA, With Unofficial Timeline

A Falcon 9 launch in January 2014. Photo: SpaceX.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) received its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) chronology from United Launch Alliance (ULA) for review, according to a company spokeswoman. SpaceX is now reviewing the timeline for any changes it requires, and the spokeswoman said once both companies are in agreement, the chronology will be sent to U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Susan Braden for approval. The chronology is a key point of the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. United States case, in which…

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