Feb 22, 2013

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

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh byerly@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-011

NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES FOR ICESAT-2 MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo , to provide Delta II launch services for the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission, currently scheduled for July 2016

A firm fixed-price launch service task order has been awarded under the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract NASA's total cost to launch ICESat-2 is $96 6 million, including payload processing, integrated services, telemetry, reimbursables and other launch support requirements

The Delta II rocket will place the ICESat-2 spacecraft into a near-circular Earth polar orbit following liftoff from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ICESat-2 is a continuation of the global time series of precision ice topography measurements initiated by the first ICESat mission ICESat-2 will measure changes in the elevation of the polar ice sheets to understand their contribution to current and future sea-level rise It also will characterize polar-sea ice thicknesses and global vegetation heights to understand their connections to the Earth system

Subcontractors performing work for United Launch Services include Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif , Alliant Techsystems Inc of Magna, Utah, and Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif United Launch Services' United Launch Alliance provides the Delta II and launch services

NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center is responsible for management of the ICESat-2 launch service acquisition and implementation

For more information about the ICESat-2 mission, visit:

http://icesat gsfc nasa gov/icesat2/

For more information about NASA's Launch Services Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/

For more information about NASA programs and missions, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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