The H-IIB rocket is a fully expendablelaunchvehicle, with a liquid-oxygen fueled central core, and four solid-fuel boosters that surround the base.
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Solid-propellant upper stages, planetary gravity assists, and expendablelaunchvehicles would subsequently replace the Shuttle-Centaur G-prime system in NASA's planetary mission plans.
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He said one of his main goals was to make sure SpaceX can compete for the Evolved ExpendableLaunchVehicle (EELV) program.
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The venture provides launch services to send U.S. military and intelligence satellites into space under the Evolved ExpendableLaunchVehicle (EELV) program.