A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault

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Table A-3
LAUNCH COSTS--NOMINAL CASE
($ millions)
Maximum AEM and L-AEM-BL altitude 1000 n mi
AEM and L-AEM-BL orientation - Earth only
Space shuttle cost/launch
- $15.4 million
Kick stages
- Solid rockets
Payloads 114 228
Payloads/spacecraft 13 6 13 6
100% weight attribution
AEM/STPSS 37 51 65 93
AEM/MMS 41 63 68 111
STPSS 37 51 60 94
XMS 41 67 65 112
L-AEM 36 50 58 90
AEM/L-AEM 36 50 62 90
L-AEM/MMS 34 51 57 96
AEM/L-AEM/MMS 33 50 57 89
50% weight attribution
AEM/STPSS 26 37 48 69
AEM/MMS 27 44 46 77
STPSS
MiS
26
28
38
46
42
43
68
77
L-AEM 26 37 42 66
AEM/L-AEM 26 37 46 67
L-AEM/MMS 24 37 39 68
AEM/L-AEM/MMS 24 37 41 66
Service charge
AEM/STPSS 16 24 30 44
AEM/MMS 14 24 24 42
STPSS 16 24 25 43
MMS 14 24 22 41
L-AEM 16 24 25 43
AEM/L-AEM 16 24 29 44
L-AEM/MMS 14 24 22 41
AEM/L-AEM/t41S 14 24 24 42
NASA tariff
AEM/STPSS 79 127 157 241
AEM/!14S
STPSS
83
79
144
126
149
131
258
235
MS 83 146 134 252
L-AEM
AEM/L-AEM
85
85
134
133
142
167
247
254
L-AEM/M4S 78 134 129 242
AEM/L-AEM/MMS 77 133 141 242
Modified NASA tariff s
AEM/STPSS 35 47 61 87
AE74/HMS 60 90 97 158
STPSS 34 46 55 84
tmS 61 97 92 163
L-AEM 38 51 76 92
AD/L-AEI 44 49 76 99
L-AEM/MMS 42 51 71 92
AEM/L-AEM/MMS. 38 53 66 95
Assumes that whenever possible, the spacecraft and its
kick stages will be oriented perpendicular to the shuttle
axis.