DLA Energy News

Dec. 19, 2022

DLA Energy propels rocket with NOAA and NASA payloads

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Energy supported the last launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Nov. 10. The rocket carried the NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System-2 and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of Inflatable Decelerator.

Dec. 10, 2022

DLA Energy powers NASA Orion spacecraft 

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After its historic 25-day, 1.4-million-mile journey that ventured beyond the Moon, NASA’s Orion returned to Earth on Dec. 11. To power its journey, DLA Energy supplied the uncrewed Orion capsule with 438 pounds of high purity hydrazine, 6,245 pounds of Monomethyl Hydrazine and 10,670 pounds of Nitrogen Tetroxide Mon-3 grade propellants.

Aug. 6, 2020

DLA Energy fuels Mars rocket launch

Carrying equipment destined for Mars, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket fueled by DLA Energy blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, July 30. The rocket carried the $2.7 billion NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in to space on a 300-million-mile voyage.

April 17, 2018

Forming new partnerships with NASA

A new partnership between Defense Logistics Agency Energy and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility is reducing the space agency’s jet fuel bill.

Nov. 30, 2017

DLA Energy Aerospace supports Delta II rocket launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Aerospace Energy provided the fuel for a Delta II rocket launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Nov. 18.

July 15, 2015

DLA Energy supports New Horizons spacecraft’s Pluto mission

San Antonio, Texas — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s support now extends to the edge of the solar system as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reaches Pluto. Propellants used along the spacecraft’s journey, as well as the fuel and other products used in the Atlas V rocket that launched New Horizons were all procured, stored and transported by DLA Energy.