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Location Map: Orbiter Processing Facility, denoted in red (Base map prepared by Space Gateway Support 2006).
NAME(S): Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay 3 (OPF-3) FACILITY NO(S): K6-696 FLORIDA MASTER SITE FILE NO: 8BR1992 LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building Area PROPERTY TYPE: Vehicle Processing Facilities; Manufacturing and Assembly Facilities DATE(S): 1987 (as Orbiter Modification and Refurbishment Facility [OMRF]); 1989-1991 conversion to OPF-3; 1996-1998 Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facility [SSMEPF] addition ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: W&J Construction Corp., Cocoa (design/build for conversion to OPF); Ivey Construction, Inc., Merritt Island (SSMEPF construction) USE (ORIGINAL/CURRENT): The OPF-3 was built to house post-flight deservicing, testing, modifications, and preflight processing of the Space Shuttle Orbiters. Current use is the same. HISTORICAL DATA: The OPF-3 originally served as the Orbiter Modification and Refurbishment Facility (OMRF). Constructed in 1986-1987 by the W&J Construction Company of Cocoa, the facility was used to perform extensive, non-hazardous modification, rehabilitation and overhaul of the orbiter fleet. In 1989, work began to convert the OMRF to an OPF at a cost of $85 million. Shuttle-unique work platforms from the former Vandenberg Launch Site in California were cut into pieces, shipped to KSC, and reconstructed in the new OPF, completed in 1991. Lockheed was responsible for relocating and installing the high bay platforms and ground support equipment from Vandenberg. The third OPF served to expand KSC’s capabilities for preflight and post-landing orbiter processing. Compared with the original OPF, OPF-3 was designed for easier flow of ground support equipment (GSE) in the high bay. Major improvements included a new built-in computerized cooling system and new hydraulic pumps located inside a support building instead of outside in the weather. In addition, a track system provides better access to the orbiter. Operations performed within the OPF-3 include draining and purging the fuel systems, removing ordnance, repairing/replacing damaged components, inspecting/refurbishing the Thermal Protection System, inspecting/testing orbiter systems and installing/removing payloads. Orbiter processing times vary, depending on the payload and the need for modifications to the orbiter. Currently, the high bay is dedicated to the Orbiter Discovery. It was first processed in the OPF-3 in support of mission number STS-48 which launched on September 12, 1991. The SSMEPF, completed in June 1998 as an addition to the OPF-3, was designed specifically for processing the Space Shuttle main engines in support of Space Shuttle Program flight operations. The specifications for the facility were developed by representatives from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-SSME, NASA Design Engineering, and United Space Alliance. The facility provides the capabilities for post-flight inspections, maintenance and functional check-out of all engine systems prior to installation in the orbiter. Before completion of this facility, these operations were conducted in the VAB. Engines arrive at the SSMEPF either from the OPF, after removal from the orbiter, or from Stennis Space Center in Mississippi following testing. Beginning in February 2002, both SSME assembly and flight inspection were performed at KSC. Historically, SSMEs were built and assembled at Rocketdyne’s facility in Canoga Park, California, with flight
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NAME(S): Vehicle Assembly Building
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Projecting from the south elevation
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years, Criteria Consideration G app
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Photo 3. Space Shuttle vehicle in V
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Photo 7. VAB upon completion, 1966.
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Photo 11. Atlantis being brought in
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NAME(S): Launch Control Center (LCC
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metal swing doors, providing access
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Program is the longest running Amer
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Photo 3. Aerial view of LCC constru
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Location Map: Launch Control Center
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altitude are maneuvered by small se
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PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo 1. Crawler Trans
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NAME(S): Crawlerway FACILITY NO.: N
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Photo 9. MLP with SRBs at Crawlerwa
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the construction of a space station
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NAME(S): Launch Complex 39: Pad A H
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• Azimuth Alignment Station (J8-1
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Photo 3. LC 39A, Camera Pad A No. 1
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Photo 7. Aerial view of Launch Comp
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NAME(S): Launch Complex 39: Pad A F
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tank (ET) gaseous hydrogen vent arm
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Figure 1. Schematic drawing of Laun
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Photo 3. Launch Pad 39A, rail track
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Photo 7. Aerial view of Launch Comp
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Location Map: Launch Pad 39A, denot
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weather protection structures, a SR
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Photo 5. Launch Complex 39B, facing
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Photo 9. STS-26 “Return to Flight
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Location Map: Launch Complex 39: Pa
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NAME(S): Parachute Refurbishment Fa
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INTEGRITY: The Parachute Refurbishm
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Photo 3. Parachute Refurbishment Fa
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NAME(S): Canister Rotation Facility
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Photo 5. Canister Rotation Facility
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Location Map: Canister Rotation Fac
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NAME(S): Hypergolic Maintenance and
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PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo 1. View showing
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Location Map: Hypergolic Maintenanc
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opens onto the roof of the annex. F
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position aft of the ship to the hip
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NAME(S): Retrieval Ship Freedom Sta
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The forecastle deck, or Deck 01, si
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Photo 3. Retrieval Vessel, Freedom
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NAME(S): Mobile Launcher Platform (
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flight-ready Space Shuttle vehicle
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Photo 3. MLP during renovations for
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