First test launch scheduled for 2017
Cost per launch 500 million
Capacity 150,000 to 290,000 lbs
Launch Site KSC LC-39
First flight scheduled December 17th, 2017
Uses 2 space shuttle boosters (5 segment)
Proposed and unofficial launch schedule
| SLS-1/EM-1 | December 2017 | Block I | Send Orion/MPCV on unmanned trip around the Moon |
| SLS-2/EM-2 | 2021 | Block I | Send the Orion (spacecraft) with 4 astronauts to an asteroid that's been robotically captured and placed in lunar orbit two years in advance |
| SLS-3 | August 2022 | Block IA | |
| SLS-4 | August 2023 | Block IA | |
| SLS-5 | August 2024 | Block IA | Mars Sample Return Mission |
| SLS-6 | August 2025 | Block IA | Manned "Exploration" Mission: Orion BEO picks up Mars sample & returns to Earth |
| SLS-7 | August 2026 | Block IA | Cargo launch |
| SLS-8 | August 2027 | Block IA | Manned launch |
| SLS-9 | August 2028 | Block IA | Cargo launch |
| SLS-10 | August 2029 | Block IA | Manned launch |
| SLS-11 | August 2030 | Block IA | New configuration, Cargo launch |
| SLS-12 | August 2031 | Block IA | Manned mission |
| SLS-13 | August 2032 | Block II | New configuration, Cargo launch |
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