Oct 3, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-051

NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES PROVIDER FOR JUNO JUPITER MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - NASA's Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla , has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo , for the Juno mission to Jupiter

The $190 million contract award is a competed firm-fixed-price task order It includes the launch service for an Atlas V model 551 rocket, payload processing, launch vehicle integration, and the necessary tracking, data and telemetry support The spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla , in August 2011 on an interplanetary trajectory to Jupiter

Juno will arrive at Jupiter in August 2016 to uncover the secrets hidden beneath the planet's thick, colorful clouds Juno's remote sensing and gravity science measurements will characterize Jupiter's interior, atmosphere and polar magnetosphere with the primary science goal of understanding the planet's origin and evolution A principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio leads the Juno mission

For more information about the Juno mission, visit:

http://juno nasa gov

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