A U.S. Air Force EELV Program Timeline
Credit: USAF/Patrick Corkery
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, forcing the Pentagon and intelligence community to recommit to expendable launch vehicles. 1994: USAF crafts “assured access to space” policy, calls for two expendable launch vehicles with standard payload interfaces to provide redundancy. 1998: Initial EELV...
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