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ULA Wins $98 Million For Three Atlas V Launches

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

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ULA Wins $98 Million For Three Atlas V Launches

ULA's Atlas V sits ready for Orbital ATK's OA-6 CRS mission to ISS. Photo: ULA.

The Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a $98.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for Atlas V Completion launch services, marking the end of a series of sole-source contracts to the joint launch group as the service transitions to a competitive space launch procurement program. This contract provides launch service completion for three previously ordered National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Atlas V missions, including two Air Force and one National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) missions, according to the Oct. 1 award announcement.…

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