Location
Cocoa Beach
Start Date
7-12-2012 9:30 AM
Description
Since the early 90’s the space launch business has undergone significant change in customers, composition, capacity, and key players. These changes have a resultant effect upon the spaceport industry. Some spaceports, in their current state, may not survive the probable future market and business environment. To stay in the game, spaceports are reexamining their target launch vehicles, services, and operations philosophy. One of the strategies being developed to accommodate current and future changes is to repurpose facilities to support multiple customers. The new vision is that multiple commercial, as well as government entities, having multiple spacecraft and launch vehicle configurations will all operate within or upon one multi-purpose facility – including launch pads. One of the challenges is to develop capability for the “first to market” vehicles without increasing price or risk to future users. This presentation will provide the considerations involved in developing facility infrastructure to support the multi-customer environment.
Multi-Use Facilities - Repurposing Facilities Infrastructure to Support the Multi-customer Environment
Cocoa Beach
Since the early 90’s the space launch business has undergone significant change in customers, composition, capacity, and key players. These changes have a resultant effect upon the spaceport industry. Some spaceports, in their current state, may not survive the probable future market and business environment. To stay in the game, spaceports are reexamining their target launch vehicles, services, and operations philosophy. One of the strategies being developed to accommodate current and future changes is to repurpose facilities to support multiple customers. The new vision is that multiple commercial, as well as government entities, having multiple spacecraft and launch vehicle configurations will all operate within or upon one multi-purpose facility – including launch pads. One of the challenges is to develop capability for the “first to market” vehicles without increasing price or risk to future users. This presentation will provide the considerations involved in developing facility infrastructure to support the multi-customer environment.
