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ULA Releases Commercial Pricing For Atlas Launches

Monday, December 5th, 2016

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Nov. 30 released its commercial pricing for Atlas V launches as part of its RocketBuilder.com online ordering system.ULA is charging $109 million for a standard Atlas V 401 launch to 1800 meters/second geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from the East Coast with a launch date of first quarter 2017. If $65 million in ULA add-ons, including reliability value, schedule certainty and orbit optimization, is subtracted from ULA’s $109 million, that brings an Atlas V launch to…

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