Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program

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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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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

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Air Force Space Command oversawProgram Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
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
National Security Space Launch (NSSL) predecessor Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
subject surface form: National Security Space Launch
National Security Space Launch (NSSL) formerlyKnownAs Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
subject surface form: National Security Space Launch
National Security Space Launch (NSSL) replacedProgram Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
subject surface form: National Security Space Launch
LDPE-3A launchVehicleFamily Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
this entity surface form: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
Long Duration Propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter launchVehicleFamily Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
this entity surface form: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
Titan IV successorRole Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
Delta IV program Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
EELV program fullName Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
EELV fullName Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
this entity surface form: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
EELV abbreviationOf Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
this entity surface form: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle