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[i]NASA and Denver-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) are negotiating to add the Delta 2 medium-class rocket to the agency's list of available launch vehicles capable of lofting small- to intermediate-sized science payloads to orbit. "ULA has indicated to NASA it is interested in on-ramping the Delta 2," NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz said in a May 12 email response to questions. Schierholz said the agency could add the Delta 2 this summer to NASA's recently negotiated launch services contract, a roster that includes eight U.S.-made launch vehicles capable of delivering between 175 and 14,280 kilograms to orbit. However, "NASA may accelerate the start of the on-ramp period to better distribute launch services program resources during the summer/fall timeframe," Schierholz said... NASA's plan to phase out Delta 2 stemmed from a decision by the U.S. Air Force to end its use of the rocket in 2009, leaving NASA to foot the bill for maintaining the launch vehicle's infrastructure.[/i]
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