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Topic: SpaceX: Expanding operations at Cape Canaveral
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-11-2011 06:11 PM
   
Florida Today reports that Space Florida, the agency in charge of growing the state's aerospace business, has approved $7.3 million for SpaceX infrastructure upgrades. Up to $2.3 million will help transition a former Delta II hangar for processing Falcon 9 rockets.Another $5 million will aid construction of a new payload integration and encapsulation facility near the Falcon 9 pad at Launch Complex 40. According to their Twitter feed, the Delta II hangar to be used for Falcon 9 is Hangar AO. SpaceX has taken over Hangar AO at the Cape, big enough to process two Falcon 9 rockets. Needed as launch rates increase.Hangar AO most recently used for Delta II. Had been used for Voyager and Ulysses. | |
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