Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
Start Date
27-4-1999 2:00 PM
Description
The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) is an Air Force effort to reduce launch costs and assure access to space. One of the EELVs currently in development is the Boeing Delta IV, an outgrowth of the existing Delta II and Delta III. The Delta IV employs so much new hardware and innovations, that it might well be considered a new launch vehicle in its own right. Bringing Delta IV to a reality is now underway. Construction of the assembly plant in Decatur, Alabama has begun, as has Eastern Range launch site construction at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. The purpose of this report is to follow the evolutionary path to Delta IV and offer comparisons to its predecessors.
Paper Session I-C - The Path to Delta IV: Vehicle, Facilities, and Ground Processing Comparisons Between Delta II/III and Delta IV at Cape Canaveral Air Station
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) is an Air Force effort to reduce launch costs and assure access to space. One of the EELVs currently in development is the Boeing Delta IV, an outgrowth of the existing Delta II and Delta III. The Delta IV employs so much new hardware and innovations, that it might well be considered a new launch vehicle in its own right. Bringing Delta IV to a reality is now underway. Construction of the assembly plant in Decatur, Alabama has begun, as has Eastern Range launch site construction at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. The purpose of this report is to follow the evolutionary path to Delta IV and offer comparisons to its predecessors.
Comments
Prefatory Note: Acronyms and abbreviations are used extensively throughout this report. Those which are generally accepted and used throughout the industry are not defined. Those which are less common or are brand new, are defined the first time they are used.