| Focus Areas: | Technology Development |
| Contact: | David Mandernack Business Development Analyst |
| Phone: | 321.360.1948 |
| Email: | dmandernack@astrotech.com |
| Website: | http://www.astrotechspaceoperations.com |
Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) provides launch site facilities and related services for spacecraft processing prior to launch. Our state-of-the-art payload processing facilities are ideally located to support launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station/Kennedy Space Center Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base California. ASO’s facilities provide processing areas for a wide range of spacecraft including complex communications, earth observation, and deep space satellites. Processing activities include pre-launch hardware integration and testing, fueling, and satellite encapsulation before transport to the pad.
ASO has been providing payload processing services since 1981, and continues to set the standard today for world class facilities and services. With over 300 spacecraft successfully processed to date, ASO’s focus remains on exceeding customer satisfaction through employing the industry’s most experienced workforce while providing highly efficient and flexible facilities and services.
Capabilities:
- Proven Performance
- 329 spacecraft missions processed since 1981
- Includes Military, NASA and Commercial customers Support all launch vehicles (ULA, SpaceX)/Pads
- Certified clean processing areas
- Meets ISO 14644-1 Class 8 or better
- Dedicated processing/propellant loading bays
- Overhead cranes
- Redundant Power
- Spacecraft Storage/Maintenance available
- Mission Services
- Spacecraft Mission Integration
- Propellant transfer/loading operations
- Propellant and Commodity Procurement
- Spacecraft Transportation and Handling, Ground Support Equipment Design, Fabrication, and Test
Facilities:
- Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, FL
- 200k square feet of facilities on 64 acres
- Up to 15 mission per year
- Mission Services
- 60k square feet of facilities on 59 acres
- Up to 7 missions per year