Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program

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United States Air Force program space launch vehicle development program

The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program was a U.S. Air Force initiative to develop a new generation of cost-effective, reliable expendable rockets for launching military and government payloads into space.

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Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force program ⓘ space launch vehicle development program ⓘ
abbreviation	EELV ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	EELV program ⓘ Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program ⓘ surface form: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
customer	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Reconnaissance Office ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
developedLaunchFamily	Atlas V ⓘ Delta IV ⓘ
domain	space launch ⓘ
focus	assured access to space ⓘ expendable launch vehicles ⓘ
fundingSource	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
goal	increase launch vehicle reliability ⓘ reduce launch costs for national security payloads ⓘ standardize launch vehicle families ⓘ
industryPartner	Boeing ⓘ Lockheed Martin ⓘ United Launch Alliance ⓘ
managedBy	Space Systems Command ⓘ surface form: Space and Missile Systems Center
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
operator	United States Space Force ⓘ surface form: U.S. Space Force United States Air Force ⓘ
purpose	develop cost-effective expendable launch vehicles ⓘ improve reliability of U.S. military space launch ⓘ launch U.S. government payloads ⓘ launch U.S. military payloads ⓘ
rebrandedAs	National Security Space Launch (NSSL) ⓘ surface form: National Security Space Launch program
regulatingAgency	Department of the Air Force ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Air Force
relatedTo	National Security Space Launch (NSSL) ⓘ surface form: National Security Space Launch Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ surface form: United Launch Alliance EELV-class vehicles
scope	heavy-lift launch vehicles ⓘ medium-lift launch vehicles ⓘ
startDate	1990s ⓘ
status	replaced by National Security Space Launch ⓘ
successor	National Security Space Launch (NSSL) ⓘ surface form: National Security Space Launch program
technologyArea	cryogenic propulsion ⓘ liquid-fueled rockets ⓘ
typeOf	national security space launch program ⓘ
usedFor	geostationary communications satellites ⓘ missile warning satellites ⓘ navigation satellites ⓘ reconnaissance satellites ⓘ scientific spacecraft ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program → alsoKnownAs → Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

Atlas V 541 → family → Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program ⓘ

Air Force Space Command → oversawProgram → Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program ⓘ