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• AADC owns and operates the Kodiak Launch Complex.
• Construction of KLC began in 1998 and was completed in 2000. It is the first commercial spaceport in the U.S. not collocated with a federally-owned and operated launch facility.
• There have been eleven launches from the KLC since 1998. The next launch is planned for Fall 2007.
+ View KLC launch list
• Kodiak is in an advantageous location for launching satellites into polar orbits and research and development payloads into sub-orbits. KLC offers unrestricted flight azimuths, with no need for dogleg flight segments.
• Kodiak is also ideal as a test site to support the nation’s Missile Defense Program. Launches from Kodiak are on a trajectory over the North Pacific which can simulate an enemy missile attack on the continental U.S.
+ Read more about KLC’s ideal location
• Other than an initial state grant to match federal funds, there have been no state general funds appropriated to AADC. The corporation has received a number of federal grants and also receives revenues from launch operations.
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