Astrotech-processed payloads launch from
Florida's NASA Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and Long
Beach, California. The Astrotech facilities are specifically
sized and outfitted to accommodate a wide range of customer
payloads as well as the payload fairings and payload adapter
assemblies of the launch service providers. This approach
allows for maximum flexibility in the processing of parallel
missions and accommodating schedule changes. Astrotech's
goal is to make its facilities a seamless extension of the
customer's factory environment.
Some of the critical features
of Astrotech processing facilities include:
Segregated
hazardous and non-hazardous work areas
Liquid
propellant handling support systems
Proven
cleanliness capability below Class 10,000
Dynamic
spin-balance machine
Fiber optic-based communications
network
Customer-dedicated control rooms and
office space
Conditioned and non-conditioned
hardware storage
Comfortable and friendly working environment
Follow these links for more detail on each
location:
Astrotech - Florida Operations
Astrotech - Sea Launch Operations
Astrotech - Vandenberg Operations
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