The Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility is located on 62 acres of company-owned property just outside Kennedy Space Center. With 110,000 square feet of customer processing space, the Florida facility consists of nine major buildings dedicated to spacecraft non-hazardous and hazardous processing, payload and hardware storage, and customer office accommodations.
The facility capacity can accommodate up to five missions simultaneously, successfully demonstrated in 2009. The facility design supports up to five-meter class spacecraft and launch vehicle encapsulation hardware, capable of supporting all Eastern Range launch vehicle programs.
Meeting all EPA and OSHA requirements and sited to DoD standards, ASO's hazardous processing accommodations include an explosion-proof design, fueling "islands," bi-propellant fueling capability, and spin stabilized balancing capacity of 18,500 lbs.
