Facilities
• Encloses Launch Pad 1.
• Environmentally controlled rail mounted building consisting of two door
structures roller mounted on circular rails.
• Flame trench will accommodate up to 1.2 million pounds of rocket thrust.
• Unique design allows it to read accommodation of a wide range of vehicles:
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- Work platforms are adjustable by one foot height increments.
- Platform inserts accommodate various sized diameter vehicles.
from horizontal to vertical position and stacking on the launch stool.
• Accommodates Castor 120 and Minotaur launch stools and others
as needed.
Launch Pad 1 (Orbital Pad)
• Designed to support up to Castor 120 boosted launch vehicles including,
but not limited to:
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- Athena
- Taurus
- Minutemen orbiting and sub-orbital derivatives
- Strategic Target System vehicles with class 1.1 propellants.
• An excellent location for launching of telecommunications, remote sensing,
imaging and space-science satellite payloads orbit.
• Pad gantry height can accommodate future expansion to Delta
class vehicles.
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