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Facilities
   
    Payload Processing Facility (PPF)

• Primary bay access is through roll up doors.

• Spacecraft are received in the PPF, processed, fueled, checked out,
  mated to the interface adapter, and encapsulated in the flight fairing.

• Class 100,000 clean room, which can be operated as a Class 10,000
  clean room if desired.

• Clean room equipped with HVDS, CCTV, fire detectors, and breathing air.

• Hypergol fuel storage bunker located proximal to PPF to facilitate fuel
  transfer to payload tanks.

• Includes two 40 by 60 foot by 66 foot high processing bays with an
  equipment entry air lock bay.

• PPF has 15-ton bridge crane with 50 feet of hook height.

• Environmentally conditioned with controlled and monitored temperature,
  humidity and cleanliness.

• Concrete wall and blast shutter protect the processing bay from the
  control room.

• Pipe and conduit pass through's are provided at strategic locations for
  gaseous helium and gaseous nitrogen feed and electrical connectivity for
  remote control and monitoring.

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