RFP ANNEX L
LAUNCH COST BASELINE:
COST OF USING CURRENT LAUNCH SYSTEMS TO SATISFY THE EELV PORTION OF THE NATIONAL MISSION MODEL

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1. This annex contains the baselined Life Cycle Cost (LCC) of satisfying the Government (DoD, civil, and intelligence) requirements from the EELV portion of the National Mission Model (RFP Annex C-1) with launch systems currently existing in the DoD fleet, e.g., Titan II, Delta II, Atlas II, and Titan IV. However, because the last Titan II is planned for launch in Fiscal Year (FY) 1999, the Titan II-class missions identified in the mission model were assumed, in this cost baseline, to be flown on Delta II 7925s. Baselined costs were categorized and estimated in accordance with the Work Breakdown Structure information listed in RFP Annex D. This cost baseline represents the aggregated total program LCC of acquiring, operating, maintaining, and supporting the current fleet of launch vehicles needed to satisfy the EELV Medium Launch Variant (MLV) and Heavy Lift Variant (HLV) requirements between their respective Initial Operational Capabilities (IOCs) and FY 2020. The purpose of this LCC baseline is to establish a "benchmark" from which the LCC estimated for potential EELV concepts can be compared and evaluated. However, this LCC baseline is subject to change pending the availability or realization of more current information/data (e.g., mission model changes, modifications to launch operations concepts, and higher fidelity of cost data).

2. The LCC baseline was estimated at $22.5 billion in constant FY 1995 dollars (FY95$); it includes all relevant costs allocable to the Government through FY 2020. However, the baseline does not include costs of predictive launch failures, spacecraft redesigns, or Government System Program Office (SPO) program management. Examples of program management costs, which are not included in the baseline, are SPO military and civilian pay, Government travel, Aerospace Corporation support, Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contractor support, and supplies and equipment. All other acquisition and ownership costs of the launch vehicles needed to satisfy the mission model may be assumed to be included in the cost baseline.

3. The $22.5 billion (FY95$) cost baseline can be further broken out by the three existing classes of launch systems the EELV will replace: Delta-class, Atlas-class, and Titan IV-class. Specifically, the baselined LCC, in FY95$, for the three launch vehicle classes are as follows:

a. Delta-class: $4.8 billion (91 missions)

b. Atlas-class: $6.3 billion (64 missions)

c. Titan IV-class: $11.4 billion (17 missions)

4. Some of the assumptions made in establishing the LCC baseline are as follows:

a. Spacecraft will already be configured to launch on existing systems.

b. Overlap of the mission model for current systems and the EELV mission model were taken into consideration.

c. A nominal amount of non-recurring investment costs were included in the baselined LCC for each of the current launch vehicles. These costs include such elements as vehicle and facility enhancements, upgrades, and modifications which will be required to allow current launch systems to continue as viable space boosters for satisfying launch requirements through FY 2020.