Launch vehicle, Atlas V |
Launch vehicle, Atlas V |
Jun 3 2006, 01:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 13-March 05 Member No.: 191 |
NASA has decided to use the Atlas V, with 4 strap-on solid rocket boosters to launch MSL. This is the same rocket that launched MRO (no solids) and New Horizons (5 solids).
Cost: $194.7 million, less than half the price of the Titan IV which would have been needed a few years ago. Rocky Mountain News article NASA press release |
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Jun 3 2006, 06:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 321 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Cape Canaveral Member No.: 734 |
NASA has decided to use the Atlas V, with 4 strap-on solid rocket boosters to launch MSL. This is the same rocket that launched MRO (no solids) and New Horizons (5 solids). Cost: $194.7 million, less than half the price of the Titan IV which would have been needed a few years ago. The amount is not the price of the rocket. Asthe news release says "That cost includes NASA launch services and mission integration requirements" which includes many things like payload processing facility costs, down range telemetry support, KSC contractor support, KSC support, mission unique modifications to the launch vehicle (NASA never orders a "stock" vehicle and this spacecraft uses special power sources) etc. |
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