Athena I vehicle with Kodiak Star mission outside the Launch Service Structure in 2001.
Launch Service Structure at Kodiak
The
Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) is a commercial rocket launch
facility for sub-orbital and orbital space launch vehicles owned and
operated by the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, a public corporation of
the State of
Alaska.
[1][2] The facility is located on
Kodiak Island, Alaska.
The launch facility has handled 15 launches since it opened in 1998—most of those for the
US government, with a 100 percent success rate to date.
Launch facilities
The Kodiak spaceport has two launch pads with a mission control
center that includes 64 workstations with high-speed communications and
data links. There is a clean room for preparing
satellites
for launch, a fully enclosed 17-story-tall rocket assembly building and
two independent range and telemetry systems. The complex sits on 3,700
acres (15 km
2) of state-owned land. Launch pad 1 is designed
for orbital launches, while launch pad 2 is intended for sub-orbital
flights. A third launch pad is planned which would allow the facility to
support quick launches of satellites: under 24 hours to launch from 'go
ahead'.
[2]
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